[EUPL]

find another way, how do other states survive? This state is greedy, deserves to fail.

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Originally Posted by MiaMia411

Sorry but the auto tax is the dumbest thing around , people pay enough in taxes already and pay a damn sales tax , no need to keep paying yearly for it . That's just legal robbery.

We have a yearly auto tax in MA called the vehicle excise tax. As with the proposed CT law, values are determined by the state since the RMV/DMV is a state agency. They pass all the information for registered vehicles to each town, then the town collects the actual tax. A few years ago my new SUV was assessed an excise tax of $750 (on top of the ~$2,500 sales tax), whereas my 6-year old pickup was only assessed a $38 excise tax. Fast forward 3 years later, my 3-year old SUV was assessed a ~$200 tax and my 9-year old pickup was assessed a $38 tax. The law penalizes people who like to lease or buy new cars every few years.

[AnonChick]

What difference does it make? This was proposed 2 years ago and never got past the proposal stage. I don't think anyone should be concerned about such a remarkable non-issue.

[MrRational]

Whatever the distribution scheme... what about a one time assessment of excise tax
...paid when car is bought and new title is created? Simple.

No continuing obligation (beyond registration/tags), no calculations,
and most of all no continuing civil clerical process and none of those costs.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by oldtrader

Just bringing the state in line with most of the rest of the nation, where auto fees are determined by the value and age of the vehicle.

Except for all the states where no such fees are collected.

[MiaMia411]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Then how do you propose to pay for the roads we drive on each day? Without a viable and dependable source of money, our roads will just get worse. Jay

Simple, when i lived in NJ we never had an issue with roads, they would get fixed often.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by MiaMia411

Simple, when i lived in NJ we never had an issue with roads, they would get fixed often.

Really? I am in New Jersey a lot and I see roadway issues all over the state. Jay

[MiaMia411]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Really? I am in New Jersey a lot and I see roadway issues all over the state. Jay

I dont, i never said the roads were perfect but they are getting worked on when needed. Rt 23, 46, 80, 287, 208, 4, 280, parkway, turnpike, etc all seem to be just fine. Yeah we have had some pot holes but we also had brutal winters, dense traffic too. I would say for what it is, they are holding up just fine.

[UconnHusky1]

Our mill rate system by town is a complete joke....

I'm personally interested in purchasing a new luxury sedan, which is lighter and more efficient than my current car, but as a result here in Newtown I would be paying ~$900 in annual property taxes, basically like a perpetuity....yeah, the car value will depreciation, but on average the increase in our mill rate will offset the depreciation.

Meanwhile, my friends in New Canaan have a new GMC Yukon, which is an absolute beast, weighs a ton, and much more expensive, and they pay a half of what I would pay.

So I continue to drive my 2006 sedan and btw I still pay ~$400 annually in property taxes. New auto dealerships are definitely not benefiting from this stupid system.

[Lalalally]

I could understand the need for having a car tax 25 years ago before there was any state income tax. But when income tax was introduced, car tax really should have gone the way of the dodo bird. How did the state not only get by back in the day before income tax, but actually prospered? It's really disturbing having to pay roughly $25k a year in state, local, and car tax, and still find our state in such bad financial shape with roads that are crumbling. (Granted I know we had an extremely rough winter, but I remember last year too the roads were horrible. Are they using cheap asphalt to make repairs these days -- seems like they don't really hold up anymore...)

Also, I'm not sure I really understand where the car tax money goes -- I know it's payable to the town, but does it stay in the town? Or is the town tax collector just a middleman who winds up passing along the revenue to the state? If the latter, then yes, there should definitely be a statewide mil rate for motor vehicles. Otherwise what's the point? The wealthy towns with lower mil rates would just be collecting more money to keep in their town -- extra money they apparently don't need, otherwise their mil rates would have been higher to begin with. And the less affluent and poorer towns would be collecting less. Makes no sense?? In any event, having to pay tax on something year after year after year, after you've already paid sales tax on it, does sort of seem like legal theft to me too.