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Originally Posted by tvbound (Post 2022322)

Which has been the same cry to avoid taxing those who can afford it the most, since like forever. We became the greatest nation on earth, with a top marginal tax rate more than double what it is now. Given that there is still competition, we'll see how much the entirety of any tax is simply a pass-through, versus a company/entity deciding to absorb some of it themselves. Welcome to capitalism.

A business plan is a business plan. A company may find ways to cut operating costs to be competitive but cutting taxes and costs that they are charged from others (shippers are one)is only possible if you find someone that is willing to deliver at reduced prices. That means reducing their operating costs and that usually means reduced quality. So far, based on current price increases that doesn't seem to be happening. And that too is capitalism.

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Originally Posted by blueash (Post 2020562)

There was a bill working its way thru the legislature in Florida to impose a yearly tax on EVs. The proposal was for a tax of $135/yr for the EVs. It never made it out of committee in 2021 but is likely to be reintroduced.

The thinking is that those with a gas car are paying a gasoline tax with every fill-up which funds road infrastructure. Those with EVs and to some extent hybrids are getting to use that infrastructure for free. Consider if there were a toll bridge but EVs didn't have to pay a toll.

Shouldn't EV owners pay their way? I did a quick calculation based on averages of 11,000 miles/yr for each driver in Florida and an average $0.55 per gallon Federal/state/local gas tax. Using a guesstimate of the typical gasoline fueled car/truck of 22 mpg each vehicle is paying

11000 miles/22 miles/gal = 500 gallons * 0.55 dollars/gal = $275 per year in taxes paid by a gasoline fueled car. If anything the proposal was far too low. This calculation is for pure EV's. How to handle hybrids which use some electric and some gas also needs to be evaluated. No gas, no squeegee

With our crumbling roads, bridges, and infrastructure we will either need to move away from the idea of a user fee and make paying those costs just part of our overall tax policy or figure out a way to make non-gasoline users share the expense.

Too low, should be at least double that IMO.

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Originally Posted by Luggage (Post 2025555)

And I'm really surprised Congress has not decided to pass and electric car tax yearly for those that have registered fully electric cars.

The Federal government is not involved in the licensing and registration of cars. There is presently no mechanism that would allow them to know who owns an EV nor tax EVs. They could add a line to your income tax form.. Do you own an EV? and tax it that way, but the IRS has AFAIK not been involved in that kind of tax administration.

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Originally Posted by Wyseguy (Post 2021304)

I paid $16.00 to use the GWB or Lincoln Tunnel at least five times a week. Crazy.
What is $22.00?

i have a large car/livery vehicle