Anonymous wrote:If you know about Virginia gov’t and politics, you know how hard the legislature has made it for local authorities to find any way to raise the revenue for local amenities. So we wind up with fights over tiny sales taxes that don’t pass.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof positive Democrats loooooove taxes. Is there a tax Dems have ever not loved and a tax they've never claimed that were beneficial for you?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.

Isn't is based on the value of the car, so it would go down as the car gets older? You can keep it low by keeping the same car. Why would it fluctuate?

Because if your old car breaks down or you get into an accident you need to buy a new car. Now your tax bill skyrockets overnight. You need to readjust your entire lifestyle to now accommodate a very expensive and regular tax that might have gone up several hundred percent because you bought a new car.

No one says you have to buy a new $50K or $100K car. The tax is negligible on a $20K car.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.

Isn't is based on the value of the car, so it would go down as the car gets older? You can keep it low by keeping the same car. Why would it fluctuate?

Because if your old car breaks down or you get into an accident you need to buy a new car. Now your tax bill skyrockets overnight. You need to readjust your entire lifestyle to now accommodate a very expensive and regular tax that might have gone up several hundred percent because you bought a new car.

No one says you have to buy a new $50K or $100K car. The tax is negligible on a $20K car.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.

Isn't is based on the value of the car, so it would go down as the car gets older? You can keep it low by keeping the same car. Why would it fluctuate?

Because if your old car breaks down or you get into an accident you need to buy a new car. Now your tax bill skyrockets overnight. You need to readjust your entire lifestyle to now accommodate a very expensive and regular tax that might have gone up several hundred percent because you bought a new car.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.

Isn't is based on the value of the car, so it would go down as the car gets older? You can keep it low by keeping the same car. Why would it fluctuate?

Because if your old car breaks down or you get into an accident you need to buy a new car. Now your tax bill skyrockets overnight. You need to readjust your entire lifestyle to now accommodate a very expensive and regular tax that might have gone up several hundred percent because you bought a new car.

Anonymous wrote:This thread is proof positive Democrats loooooove taxes. Is there a tax Dems have ever not loved and a tax they've never claimed that were beneficial for you?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.

Isn't is based on the value of the car, so it would go down as the car gets older? You can keep it low by keeping the same car. Why would it fluctuate?

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Anonymous wrote:It's a tax with bad optics, but most people would wind up paying more if they shift the rate somewhere else. Also, if you don't have a car or have a junker, you pay just the registration fee. It actually is a progressive tax where rich people with fancy cars pay more.

It just pisses people off. But compare your entire tax bill for all purposes with the entire tax bill from other states, and Virginians do quite well.

Actually, when you factor this in, Virginia is on par or higher than DC, and everyone derides DC as having super high taxes.

(this is factoring in property tax, income tax and "fees")

Go figure.

Given similar vehicles, that might be the case. But Virginians are notorious for driving cheaper and older cars to minimize the amount of personal property tax they have to pay (Virginia provides a subsidy/credit so those with cars assessed at less than $20K pay minimal taxes). Visit rhe the parking lot at any Big Law firm in the DMV and you’ll see lots of cheaper cars with VA tags and lots of expensive cars with DC and MD tags.

Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.

Anonymous wrote:I don't like the car tax because it changes your bill so much as cars age and new cars are purchased. At least with a property tax, income tax, sales tax, you don't get wild fluctuations. It's hard to plan for.