slow the rate of acc payment - legally

[wingnutt]

Hi Folks,

There may be way to protest and hit acc in the pocket – legally.
Now I haven’t followed this through myself, so be warned, it might pay to make inquiries before you try it, but I do know of folks who use this, and it works fine

Normally licensing a bike entails paying in advance, either 3 mthly, 6 mthly, and yearly, but there is a way to pay only for the weeks you would like to.
The form you use is called a MR27 ‘Application to change license expiry date’. Get it from any postshop.

Complete the form, select a date, say 1 month, and you will pay the advance fee at the counter, and a license tag is issued immediately, so you will be licensed to that date. they would get the money eventually, but it would be really slow.

I understand that the acc levies are sent to acc from a collective account, but if it was done consistently, by a few hundred riders, ( the more the merrier) it would slow the intake that acc would get. (the adage that you can do more with $800 than $80 applies here)

Also if these arrogant buggers decide after all our effort, to carry on with this crap, and the we end up having to pay this extortion, you can delay by one year your increase, again this would slow the amount of money they thought they would get.

If they set a date for increase say July 2010, and you have a license fee due say may2010, you can license for one month, and then license it for year. It would be a year before acc seen any sign of their bloody thievery.

Anyway just a thought, see you all at the rally wellington.

cheers,

Bob

[Gubb]

Then they could just say that they still don't have enough money. Maybe we could put up the levies again.

[NighthawkNZ]

Then they could just say that they still don't have enough money. Maybe we could put up the levies again.

business 101 lower prices you will sell alot more... higher the price and even higher quality you will sell less.

More vehicles would be registered if the levy's were lowered. Now remember ACC is also lowering the service so we pay more get less

[Gubb]

But they are not lower, they'd work out to be higher, you're just paying them off in smaller, and more frequent blocks.

[AllanB]

A interesting protest idea.

I have noticed that if you pay in in smaller amounts - say 3 months it is slightly dearer than registering for 12. I've not checked where the extra is assigned too - hopefully not ACC or they are getting even more out of me!

[NighthawkNZ]

But they are not lower, they'd work out to be higher, you're just paying them off in smaller, and more frequent blocks.

is it the ACC levy thats higher or the actual rego side or both

[Gubb]

That's true, I don't know. AllanB put it better than I managed.

[sport-cruzer?]

The extra money is supposed to cover the increased admin/paperwork that you are generating, plenty of times I can only afford 3 months already so if it goes up too much I'm pretty much screwed

[Cloggy]

A interesting protest idea.

I have noticed that if you pay in in smaller amounts - say 3 months it is slightly dearer than registering for 12. I've not checked where the extra is assigned too - hopefully not ACC or they are getting even more out of me!
The little bit extra is for administration I believe. This would be to pay the person behind the counter. I have no problems with that. If the levy was to go up I would pay by 3 monthly installments anyway. I don't usually have 800 bucks or so lying around.

[NighthawkNZ]

I don't usually have 800 bucks or so lying around.

I can afford the $20 bucks a week and put it on tick like, and if I could pay it that way, would still piss me off , but for me would be be easier and more bearable than trying to finding $980 lying around in one hit every year

[Pixie]

Hi Folks,

There may be way to protest and hit acc in the pocket – legally.
Now I haven’t followed this through myself, so be warned, it might pay to make inquiries before you try it, but I do know of folks who use this, and it works fine

Normally licensing a bike entails paying in advance, either 3 mthly, 6 mthly, and yearly, but there is a way to pay only for the weeks you would like to.
The form you use is called a MR27 ‘Application to change license expiry date’. Get it from any postshop.

Complete the form, select a date, say 1 month, and you will pay the advance fee at the counter, and a license tag is issued immediately, so you will be licensed to that date. they would get the money eventually, but it would be really slow.

I understand that the acc levies are sent to acc from a collective account, but if it was done consistently, by a few hundred riders, ( the more the merrier) it would slow the intake that acc would get. (the adage that you can do more with $800 than $80 applies here)

Also if these arrogant buggers decide after all our effort, to carry on with this crap, and the we end up having to pay this extortion, you can delay by one year your increase, again this would slow the amount of money they thought they would get.

If they set a date for increase say July 2010, and you have a license fee due say may2010, you can license for one month, and then license it for year. It would be a year before acc seen any sign of their bloody thievery.

Anyway just a thought, see you all at the rally wellington.

cheers,

Bob
Do it for all your vehicles

[mossy1200]

$7 and change of every time you go in to extend is paper work fee which is on top of the price as costs so do it 12 times and you pay extra $90 per year in paperwork.Everyone starts doing this and they will increase the paperwork fee cost on the rego and those who need to drip feed the costs will be even further disadvantaged.

You want to protest then we should all ring up and claim our rego stickers have been stolen and pay 50cents for a reprint.At almost $900 per rego they will get stolen.Would expect plate and rego will go missing quite a bit.

[vstrom]

save your money, use the mr27 form and register your bike for 15 months, then use the same form to extend rego again to have max rego when the changes happen. my bikes regoed untill 29/1/11

[sinfull]

Put the rego on hold and cop the fine (if/when ya get caught) ! Money goes to her majestys coffers not acc !
1000 riders do that for a year and it's a protest worth 1/4 mill in todays costs !
3/4 mill if/when it goes up !