Vol. 1 · Fitchburg, Massachusetts · Established 1764

Burg Budget

An Independent Accounting of City Hall

Motor Vehicle Excise

The yearly tax on every car and truck registered in Fitchburg. See the Local Receipts page above for the exact rate.

This inched up to $4,492,958 this year, about 3% more than the $4,351,354 it was in FY2025. Put another way: back in FY2017 this made up about 38.6% of Local Receipts - today it's 35.7%, a smaller slice than before.

Computed from each fiscal year's own revenue recap figures below - see Methodology.

By Fiscal Year

Source: each year's own Mayor's Budget recap — see Methodology
Fiscal YearAmount
FY2026$4,492,958
FY2025$4,351,354
FY2024$4,300,000
FY2023$4,193,000
FY2022$4,000,000
FY2021$4,000,000
FY2020$4,300,000
FY2019$3,800,000
FY2018$3,358,654
FY2017$3,399,964

Governing law: M.G.L. c. 60A (motor vehicle excise)

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