Tax & Fee Increases Under Democrat Control

Home/Personal

• Repealed communication tax exemption, increasing residential phone rates (HB 2)
• Increase in motorcycle registration fee by 25% (HB 2)
• Increase in registration fee for all automobiles of at least $6 per year (HB 2)
• Increase in the tax on both diesel and regular gasoline for cleanup fund (HB 1426)
• Increase in certain motor vehicle fees (HB 1596)
• HB 2 shifts to the county tax payers all future responsibility for all nursing home and Medicaid costs

Tobacco/Gambling

• Increase in tobacco tax by .28 cents per pack (HB 2, 2007)
• Increase in tobacco tax by .25 cents per pack (if $50M is not raised by Oct-SB 321)
• New tax on cigars (HB 1309)
• Increase in tobacco licensing fees (SB 317)
• New tax on charitable gaming (HB 1509)

Sportsmen

• Increase in the wild turkey fee from $5 to $15 for residents, and $5 to $30 for nonresidents (HB 2)
• Increase in the nonresident fee for moose permits to $450 (HB 2)

Business/Real Estate

• Increase in tractor trailer registrations (HB 2)
• New fee for meals and rentals licenses (HB 599)
• New $25 fee assessed on each property transaction recording for LCHIP (HB 2)
• Increase of registration fee for mortgage servicing companies (SB 161)

Environment

• Increase of fees for reviewing terrain alterations from $500 to $1250 (HB 2)
• Increase of fees for shoreline structure application from $100 to $200, plus impact fee increase (HB 2)
• Increase of fees for impact dredge and fill projects application from $100 to $200 (HB 2)
• Increase of fees for hazardous waste management by $2500 (HB 472)

Access to Courts

• New fee for certain cases in the judicial family court (SB 350)
• New $25 filing fee for court proceedings (HB 2)