With that volume came the need to track down those cars and the drivers using them when the time came to update the stickers. The Enterprise rental car agency alone buys 50,000 decals a year in Georgia, according to a representative who attended the agency meeting this month. Any reduction in that volume would be an additional savings, the memo said.Īccording to some large fleet owners, doing away with the annual requirement would also be a huge convenience.

Local counties in coordination with the state also pay more than $3.9 million annually to print and mail roughly 800,000 registration notices a month to vehicle owners reminding them their registration is coming due. Georgia could save almost $2 million annually by not having to print the decals, according to a Revenue Department memo last year. “The fact that I would still have to pay the tax on my birthday, I’m not really saving anything except I don’t have to put the decal on my license plate,” Payne said. “I’m not really sure of the intent here,” said Kevin Payne, Floyd County tax commissioner and president of the Georgia Association of Tax Officials, who was among two dozen people who met with the state Department of Revenue earlier this month about the idea. The move wouldn’t necessarily eliminate the state’s standard $20 annual registration fee (not including extra fees for specialty plates or additional tax based on a vehicle’s assessed value) and concerns remain.

County sticker on license plate