"New Application Fee"

[WCTaxidermy]

I just got my notice from WDFW.  Taxidermy State License fee is now going from $180.00 a year to $250.00 a year.  Washington has the highest Taxidermy license fee in the NATION! Bend over fellow Taxidermists and check your mail, it should be in there.  John

[seth30]

John,

sorry to hear that, do they give a reason behind the raise in price?

Seth

[gaddy]

sorry to hear that. im not a taxidermy guy but i have to ask why? was there any explination? or are you just a small business with no clout that they can take advantage of as there is so few of you?

[seth30]

sorry to hear that. im not a taxidermy guy but i have to ask why? was there any explination? or are you just a small business with no clout that they can take advantage of as there is so few of you?

I dont understand how when our economy is doing so poorley, and with so many looking for jobs that everything is getting taxed, and taken, you would think they would look out for us in these hards times.

[WCTaxidermy]

Hi Seth, I did have a lengthy conversation with them on the phone today.  They said that they had to make a price increase  "to stay in business"  They make it very hard to run a business in this state!

or are you just a small business with no clout that they can take advantage of as there is so few of you?

gaddy, not sure what you mean.  Every Taxidermist in the State that charges for their services is required to be licensed, rather they take in one mount per year or 5,000 mounts a year.  John       

[seth30]

Well John,

I will just have to try harder this upcoming waterfowl season to get a trophy bird your way so you can recoop some of that cost    Hopefully this new price will stay that way for years to come

[WCTaxidermy]

Well John,

I will just have to try harder this upcoming waterfowl season to get a trophy bird your way so you can recoop some of that cost    Hopefully this new price will stay that way for years to come

LOL I hear ya Seth.  Hopefully if enough of us raise a stink on this one, maybe we can get it reversed.  I know that is wishful thinking, but they sure make it hard to run a business thats for sure.  John

[turkey slayer]

Great John thanks for the wonderful news

[Wea300mag]

We vote time and time again for "NO NEW TAXES" so they soak us in other ways.

[sebek556]

  f the little guys yet again

[DeerThug]

So do you get your license from WDFW or actually through the dept of licensing.

What has happend to other state business licenses is that the Governor mandated that the licenses be done through DOL.  So DOL takes their cut off of the license fee.  So if the original fee was $100 to begin with.  Now the DOL takes their cut.  Then they mandated that it be paid for by credit card.  The agency has to pay that fee too.  So what was 100 bucks to an agency is now less than 80 depending on the situation.  So many agencies are having to raise license fees to get the income that was originally intended by the legislature.

Another backhanded way to fund unintended functions of the lib gov.  So if you apply to DOL a % of your license fee does not go to WDFW.
And is a hiden tax back to the public.

[WCTaxidermy]

A taxidermy license in this state is issued by WDFW not DOL.  The only way you were able to get one issued to you was through WDFW in Olympia via mail.  The process for me was to download the application on line and print it out.  Write a check for $180.00 and put it in an envelope with the application I just filled out.  Put my own stamp on it and send it to Olympia.  They would receive it and cash my check immediatly.   They will then bring my previous year license up on the computer and change the year and print it out and send it to me.  I guess all that work on their end justifies a $70.00 increase!

I don't mind paying my fair share, the key word there is "FAIR"  The reason why I'm so hot about this is because no other State is even close to the fee Washington charges.  For example, 6 years ago Oregon charged $6.50 for their taxidermy license.  It has gone up since then to about $20.00.  Some states don't even charge for them because you are required to have other business licenses and if you do birds a Federal license as well.

We are getting fee'd to death!  Don't know how much longer the American people are going to put up with this.  Thanks for letting me vent.  John

     

[TheHunt]

We vote time and time again for "NO NEW TAXES" so they soak us in other ways.

Iceman put it correctly...   Vote them out and put some Conservative fiscal responsible people in.

[FSTaxidermy]

No wonder the tea party was formed   smaller govt = lower priced licenses and goods (mounts) 

[BLKBEARKLR]

Some states don't even charge for them because you are required to have other business licenses and if you do birds a Federal license as well.

New York, New York... No fees there, I will take you bird hunting in maine