license plate renewals

[barbara ann]

I am probably the only one that did not know this. You must obtain a new license plate by the end of the year for all license plates, including golf carts, etc.

We found the procedure to be;
1.you go to the post office and tell them which bank you are going to use
2. the post office gives you an account number to deposit the 600 colones
3. you go to the bank and pay 600 colones
4. you take both your plates and the receipt to the post office and give it to them. You then pay for the new plate at the post office according to the value of the vehicle, ours was 20500 colones….
5. 5 days later you receive plates, they will have a costa rican flag on them and you also receive a decal for the inside of your windshield with your plate number on it. The plate has to match the windshield sticker.

We think that too many people are swapping plates.
HAVE FUN!

[DavidCMurray]

What’s the deal while you’re waiting for the new plates? Can you still drive the car?

[barbara ann]

we dont know. we have a golf cart for town. that has to have new plates too..we just accidentally found out about the plates from the librarian here, she had hers sunday when we went to atenas and left her car sit for five days, I would think you could copy your plate and keep the paperwork from the post office, but who knows..no one tells you anything. you just run into it along the way.

[davidd]

[quote=”barbara ann”]we dont know. we have a golf cart for town. that has to have new plates too..we just accidentally found out about the plates from the librarian here, she had hers sunday when we went to atenas and left her car sit for five days, I would think you could copy your plate and keep the paperwork from the post office, but who knows..no one tells you anything. you just run into it along the way.[/quote]

Barbara

thanks for the update. :D:D:D:D

amazing..

so this year we paid

marchamo almost 45% more since it went up
retieve
corporation tax

now another taxd on getting new plates based on the value of teh car

man I am going to go buy a YUGO

[elindermuller]

The government has been pretty creative lately by finding ways to take peoples money. First the corp.tax, then the Marchamo-ripoff, then the license plates, now they want to tax investment money coming in from other countries……..
But, people are creative too and will find their ways around some of those payments. Corporations without assets are left dumped, people buy cheaper cars, money exchange for property purchase can be done in the U.S. etc.

I have a policeman-friend who told me not to hurry. I had to buy new plates 18 months ago for RITEVE because the old ones were faded, short time later they invented the ones with the flag on it. So I will wait as long as possible and maybe they find a better way to obtain the plate, not having people 5 days without their cars. Or maybe they do this on purpose, catching people driving without plates and charge them a nice fine.

And those who think now they will buy an oxcart or a horse, I am sure the government will put marchamos on horses and other animals soon.

The end of the story will be that foreigners will invest in other countries and Costa Rica will go back to the 19th century.

[davidd]

[quote=”elindermuller”]The government has been pretty creative lately by finding ways to take peoples money. First the corp.tax, then the Marchamo-ripoff, then the license plates, now they want to tax investment money coming in from other countries……..
But, people are creative too and will find their ways around some of those payments. Corporations without assets are left dumped, people buy cheaper cars, money exchange for property purchase can be done in the U.S. etc.

I have a policeman-friend who told me not to hurry. I had to buy new plates 18 months ago for RITEVE because the old ones were faded, short time later they invented the ones with the flag on it. So I will wait as long as possible and maybe they find a better way to obtain the plate, not having people 5 days without their cars. Or maybe they do this on purpose, catching people driving without plates and charge them a nice fine.

And those who think now they will buy an oxcart or a horse, I am sure the government will put marchamos on horses and other animals soon.

The end of the story will be that foreigners will invest in other countries and Costa Rica will go back to the 19th century.

[/quote]

unfortunetly your correct on all counts 😀

I just renewed my cedula.. and i was charged $126 bucks and its only for 2 years

do you know that [b]TICO’s [/b] get’s to renew thier cedula for [b]FREE!!![/b] :shock::shock::shock:

there is NO cost to them plus they get 7 years or something. this really pisses me off and I see this as a form of exploitation.

I am working right now to get my tico cedula and passport..

the writing is on the wall so thinking ahead for the next 5 to 8 years. now is the time to evaluate the whole picture

i have a trip early march to Ecuador

and later this year chile

sole exploration expeditions:D:D:D

there is a large middle class here so we shall see what the threshold will be.

still oddly enough

I don’t see any benefits in terms of value added government services. .

the roads still suck

crime is the same if not worse

the only improvments are private industry

I just came back from the new mall lincoln mall

I tell you.. these people sure can build malls here.. they are just as good if not better than back in the U.S.

I am still shocked at the high level stores like hugo boss, calven clien.. never see any customers in them bujt they stay open

must laundry money :roll::roll::roll:

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