Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-11
AUTO ASSESSMENT
IN g TO Be BASED
CONGRATULATE
Usual "BIue Book" Estimates
to Be Replaced Next Year
by Insurance Figures.
PERSONAL TAX AND FEE
ON TAGS TO BE GROUPED
D. C. Will File Application for
Both, and Owner Will Pay One
Sum, Including Mailing Cost.

A change in the valuation guide used
by the tax assessors Office for assessing
motor vehicles for personal property
taxes wS6 disclosed yesterday in an
announcement by c. A. Russell, deputy
assessor, Of plans for distribution of
the 1882 automobile registration tags.
Mr.. Russell revealed that the Ma
tional Used Car Market Report, famil-
tarly known as the blue book" used
in the past for determining the value
of cars for taxation purposes, is to be
discarded in favor of the Tax Asses
sor's Guide. book of valuations is
sued by the Insurance Underwriters
Association of the United States
Will Use Assessors Guide.
The Tax Assessors Guide, according
10 Mr.. Russell, gives valuations nearer
the true value than those in the blue
book" which is used extensively by
automobile dealers. He declared, how
ever, that the difference in the valua-
tons listed in the books are slight by
comparison.
All assessments on cars for which
1882 tags are issued will be based on
the values given in the Tax Assessors
Guide. This book, it was said, reflects
the amount for which the car could be
insured in average condition as Of Janu-
airy l, 1882, the date fixed by law for
the valuation Of automobiles in the
District
Explaining the procedure to be fol-
lowed in assessing cars and issuing 1882
tags, Mr.. Russell pointed cut that APP
plication blanks for tags would not be
distributed as in past years, relieving
the car owner of the responsibility of
Milling in the requisite data. The APP
pllcat1onS will BE- printed by All adj
dreSsograph machine in the Office of
Traffic Director Van Duzer showing
all OF the information contained on the
certificate Of title. When completed.
the applications will be forwarded to
the personal tax Office. where the valu-
alton Of the car will be determined and
the tax placed.
Will Group Tax and Tag Fee.
After the amount of the tax has been
stamped on the application, 1t will be
mailed to the car owner, who must sign
and return 1t to the Office OF the traffic
director, accompanied by a check or
money order for the airount of the tax,
tags and mailing fee. Car owners who
do not want the tags mailed to them
1ic Office.
Tags will not be issued until a car
has been properly titled. Persons filling
in the application for a certificate of
title, Mr.. Russell warned, should be par
ticularly careful in stating the exact
model Of the car, otherwise they will
run the risk Of paying an excessive tax
or in having their tags held up until
the proper data as to the exact model
OF the vehicle has been furnished
Truck tags, Mr.. Russell said, will be
issued the same as in previous years
at the personal tax office in the Dis
trict Building. Applications for truck
licenses will be printed by an addresso-
graph and forwarded to the personal
tax ONCE. The owners will be asked to
submit certain data from which the
valuation of the vehicle will be de-
ternined.