A used car priced at $20,000.00 in Georgia will cost you at least $1,438.00 in sales tax, title, and registration fees, on top of the purchase price.
Showing an example at $20,000 — enter your own purchase price below for a number that's actually yours.
Georgia charges no vehicle sales tax. Instead it charges a one-time 7% Title Ad Valorem Tax (TAVT) on your vehicle's Department of Revenue-assessed fair market value — which is usually close to, but not guaranteed to equal, the price you paid. This estimate applies the 7% TAVT rate to your purchase price as a stand-in for that assessed value. Get your vehicle's exact DOR-assessed value and TAVT amount from Georgia's own VIN-based TAVT Estimator before budgeting: https://eservices.drives.ga.gov/?Link=TAVTEst.
That range isn't guesswork — here is exactly what moves it:
- County/municipal tag-issuance fee: Some Georgia counties or municipalities charge their own additional tag-issuance fee on top of the state's $20 registration fee (per the Dept. of Revenue's Motor Vehicles Fees, Fines, and Penalties page, cited on the registration entry above). No single statewide table of those local amounts was located, so no dollar figure is asserted here -- this is a known, unquantified gap, not a claim that $20 is always the full registration cost. Check with your county tag office before budgeting.
Fee breakdown
| Item | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Title Ad Valorem Tax (TAVT) | $1,400.00 | Flat 7% TAVT rate applied to the price you entered, standing in for Georgia's own DOR-assessed value — see the note above this breakdown. |
| Certificate of title fee | $18.00 | Dept. of Revenue 'Motor Vehicles Fees, Fines, and Penalties' page: 'Original Title Application Fee' and 'Title fee for change of ownership' are each listed at $18. |
| Registration | $20.00 |
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Sources
Every figure above is cited. Last checked on the date shown.