# Your tire shop collects a state fee on every tire and reports it from a till roll.

![A tyre shop owner checking per tyre fee totals and exemption certificates on a counter screen beside racked tyres, used to show where the return is actually built.](https://neurobird.com/tireshop/tireshop-hero.webp)
*The fee is charged per tyre, which is why a till total will not reconcile it.*

> Tire shop management is the work of running a tyre retail and fitting business as a compliant operation rather than a counter. It covers the per tyre environmental fee a shop must collect and remit, the exemption certificates that excuse some buyers from it, the scrap tyre storage rules a fire inspector enforces, and the local licences that let the doors open at all. Most of it is arithmetic nobody checks until an audit.

- URL: https://neurobird.com/tireshop/
- Product: Neurobird Tire Shop Management Operations Platform
- Niche: tire shop management
- Buyer: tyre retailers and fitting shops
- Status: in development, open for early access
- Updated: 2026-08-25

## What Neurobird Tire Shop Management does

- Apply the per tyre fee at the line rather than the sale, including tyres fitted but not sold by the shop.
- Hold each exemption certificate against the transaction that relied on it, not in a drawer.
- Track the retention allowance separately so the amount kept is defensible rather than assumed.
- Count scrap tyres on site against the storage limit the fire code actually applies.

## How it works

1. **Sell** Each tyre carries its own fee line, including tyres the shop installs but did not sell, which is where most under collection happens.
2. **Exempt** A resale or exempt purchase records the certificate against the transaction, so the exemption can be evidenced rather than asserted.
3. **Remit and store** The return is built from tyre counts rather than a till total, and scrap on site is tracked against the storage limit before an inspector counts it for you.

## From the source material

> Waste tire means any solid waste which consists of whole tires or portions of tires.

Source: New York State, waste tire management and recycling fee, https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/tire/wtm.htm

## Industry context

- **$2.50** New York imposes a waste tyre management and recycling fee of $2.50 per tyre on retail sales of most new tyres delivered in the state. (source: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/tire/wtm.htm)
- **$0.25** A tyre service with a physical retail location in New York may keep twenty five cents per tyre from the fees it collects, to recover administrative costs. (source: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/tire/wtm.htm)
- **MT-171** Exempt purchasers and those buying for resale must complete Form MT-171 and give it to the seller. (source: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/tire/wtm.htm)
- **1085** Penalties for the fee follow the sales and use tax penalty regime, including Tax Law section 1085 for earlier filing periods. (source: New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/tire/wtm.htm)
- **$75** Local licensing commonly carries a separate inspection fee, shown here as $75 payable with the business licence. (source: Augusta Richmond County licence requirements, https://www.augustaga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10115/TIRE-SHOP-v2pdf)

## Pricing

- Single bay: $90 per month
- Full shop: $260 per month
- Group: $540 per month

## Questions

### What is tire shop management software?

It is software that runs a tyre retail and fitting business as a compliant operation, not just a till. That means counting the environmental fee on each tyre rather than each sale, holding the exemption certificates that excuse particular buyers, tracking scrap tyres on site against storage limits, and keeping the licences and inspections that let the shop trade. The selling part is well served already. The compliance part is usually a spreadsheet.

### Who has to collect the waste tyre fee?

In New York the fee falls on the tyre service, which includes online retailers, dealerships and repair shops selling new tyres at retail. Importantly, a shop that installs tyres it did not sell must still collect the fee on each new tyre unless the purchaser can show it was already paid to the seller. That makes fitment of customer supplied tyres a compliance event, not just a labour line.

### Can a shop keep any of the fee?

A little. A tyre service that maintains a physical retail location in New York may keep twenty five cents per tyre from the fees collected, to recover administrative costs. It is a modest allowance, but it has to be calculated from tyre counts, so a shop that cannot say how many tyres it sold cannot claim it accurately either.

### What happens with exempt buyers?

Purchasers who are exempt, or who are buying for resale, complete a fee exempt purchase certificate and give it to the seller. The certificate is the evidence. If it cannot be produced when the return is examined, the exemption is difficult to sustain and the fee tends to land back on the shop.

### Is this available to buy?

No. It is in development and open for early access. We are building the fee and certificate model with shop owners who file these returns themselves.

## Sources

- [New York State, waste tire management and recycling fee](https://www.tax.ny.gov/bus/tire/wtm.htm)
- [Augusta Richmond County, tire shop licence requirements](https://www.augustaga.gov/DocumentCenter/View/10115/TIRE-SHOP-v2pdf)
- [Columbus Fire Department, tire storage code compliance guideline](https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/1/public-safety/fire/inspections/cfd-code-compliance-guideline-tire-storage.pdf)

## Contact

- office@neurobird.com
- https://neurobird.com/