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- From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Car Owner Ship Ta x
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.150903.875@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 15:09:03 GMT
- References: <1e88faINNl4f@bigboote.WPI.EDU>
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- Organization: Delco Electronics Corp.
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- In article <1e88faINNl4f@bigboote.WPI.EDU> beuf@wpi.WPI.EDU (Richard J Fuller) writes:
- >I bought a new car in August for $9,450
- >
- >I just got my local tax bill and it was based on a
- >valuation of $10,200..
- >
- >What right do they have to claim my car is worth more
- >then it is worth to tax me on a higher value???
-
- Sad story time...
-
- In Indiana we pay excise tax for our vehicles. The excise tax is fairly
- serious money (ex: 1992 Saturn SL2: $320/yr; a 20,000$ car pays more than
- $500-$700).
-
- As GM employes, we're entitled to various discounts depending on the car
- we buy, the price, and the mode of purchase (order, from dealer, etc,
- program car, etc). Our beloved state will not care about the FINAL price
- of the car, but rather, the price of the car w/o any options.
-
- This could mean that I could be getting a car at a substantial discount
- (let's say program cars) and still pay tax on the FULL amount.
-
- It actually gets better: the excise tax is determined on the base price
- of the car w/o any options. Let's take two identical vehicles, on which
- one has everything standard (Olds Shilouette (sp!) APV and Chevy
- Lumina APV. The Olds APV stickers at, say, $22K with everything standard.
- The Chevy APV starts at $14K and by the time you opt it the same as
- the Olds (AC, radio, 3.8 V6, etc, etc) it's close, if not identical,
- to the Olds version in both features and price.
-
- Guess what: the Lumina pays excise tax on $14K and the Olds on $22K....
-
- It is no wonder 10% of Indiana cars are registered in Ohio.
-
- Spiros
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