Todd Esque: My name is Todd Esque and I'm a research ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. I was on a field expedition down in Mexico over in Baja and one evening at the end of the field day I had the great opportunity to capture on my cell phone I captured video of a tarantula hawk wasp finding a place to hide its prey.
Calculating Your Tax Amount. Local car tax bills are a function of the tax rate times each $100 of assessed value. In other words, take the value of the car as assessed by DTA, divide by 100, and multiply the result by the tax rate (which is $4.57 for most vehicles). For personal use vehicles, a substantial part of this bill is then subsidized by the stateâs Car Tax Relief program.
Electric Surcharge and Wheel Tax for passenger cars or trucks registered at 8,000 lbs. or less (excluding dual purpose farm vehicles): An annual wheel tax and/or surcharge applies if you are purchasing or renewing license plates and the vehicle is: 1) Kept in a municipality or county that requires a wheel tax. Please visit