Indiana registration fee calculator

Calculate the supported renewal

Original price and age determine excise tax

The BMV passenger table uses 17 original-value classes and ten age columns. Age means registration calendar year minus model year. In a 2026 renewal, a 2021 model is age five. The value class comes from the manufacturer’s original retail price, not the price you paid used or an estimate of today’s resale value.

A car with a $30,000 original retail value is class 15. At age five its annual state excise tax is $169. At nine or more years it is $42. Crossing the $30,000 class boundary can change the tax even when the car’s current market value looks similar.

Model year 1980 or older has a separate $12 flat passenger excise rate. Choose that category explicitly instead of treating every old car as the ordinary nine-plus-years column. The calculator does not apply an excise credit from a sold or destroyed vehicle without BMV review.

2026 hybrid and electric additions

The BMV fee chart revised January 1, 2026 lists $81 for the hybrid supplemental fee and $242 for the electric supplemental fee. These amounts are additional to registration and excise tax. Use the propulsion classification recorded by BMV, including the hybrid category for a plug-in hybrid.

For the $30,000, age-five example, a hybrid has $21.35 registration + $15 infrastructure + $169 excise + $81 supplemental fee = $286.35 before local taxes. The same inputs for a fully electric car produce $447.35 before local taxes.

County and municipal vehicle taxes can be separate charges. If you enter their confirmed total, exclude the state excise tax already calculated above. A blank local amount means it has not been priced; it does not mean your address has no local tax.

BMV identifies some hybrid/electric exemptions, including government entities and vehicles that must provide a fuel-tax license. Those are outside this ordinary private passenger example. Payment-service fees, distinctive plates, late charges and inspection requirements should be checked separately.

Official fee references

• BMV 2026 fee chart: passenger base, infrastructure and supplemental amounts.
• BMV passenger excise table: original value classes, age columns and 1980-or-earlier treatment.
• BMV taxes and fee descriptions: local tax distinctions and special exemptions.

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