DMV Wants Me Pay Fees Even Though My Tags Aren't Expired

Congratulations on your purchase. DMV guidelines require title transfers which are within 75 days of their registration renewal requirement automatically be charged registration renewal fees along with tax and transfer fees. There really is no way around it unless you want to place the vehicle in Non-Operation status, which you probably don't want to do. So in short... you'll need to pay registration fees even though you still have 2 months of valid registration.