Wheel tax update
The Blount County (my county) commission is set to have their second and final reading of a proposed $30 wheel tax:
Blount County Commissioners have their second and final reading of a $30 county-wide motor-vehicle tax, or wheel tax, at Thursday’s meeting.
The wheel tax passed on first reading last month. To fund road improvements, commissioners marked $10 of the tax for the county highway department. The other $20 a resident pays will go for school capital projects, like new schools.
County finance department estimates project that the $30 tax would bring in about three million dollars annually in new revenue — one million dollars for roads and about two million dollars for school capital projects.
As with any new tax, I don’t like it.
December 15th, 2004 at 10:25 pm
So, let me get this straight… an additional tax on vehicles. In addition to the sales and excise taxes, registration fees, import taxes and fees, gas taxes, and other assorted taxes. Glad I claim residency in New Hampshire, nice low taxes.
December 15th, 2004 at 10:39 pm
Yup. It’s getting to the point where you’re nickeled and dimed by a bunch of small taxes.