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Originally Posted by gio
Excise tax is ridiculous. I can't figure out what they actually do with this money. We already paid sales tax when we bought the car, what is the excise tax for? In NY, where I am from, we didn't have anything like it. Even worse, it doesn't seem to be tax deductable (unless you itemize).
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I think it's a use tax that pays for roads and stuff - probably politically easier (since it's a progressive tax in this case) to have in an excise tax than to roll it in to gas taxes, which would be a better indication of actual road use.
Oh well..