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Article #13032Re: Route 81 - railroad
From: Bruce Harper
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
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In article <36CCF2D8.F02@richmond.infi.net>, "Scott M. Kozel"
<kozelsm@richmond.infi.net> wrote:
> Another perspective, the Virginia personal property tax ("car
> tax") on motor vehicles provides over $300 million per year to the city
> or county of registration. This is a road user levy that goes to
> municipal general funds.
Sorry, no, the personal property tax is not a "road user levy" unless
you really stretch things. It is a tax on large, non-real estate
items, of which cars happen to be. In Montgomery County, it also
includes mobile homes and airplanes. If I owned a 1998 Mercedes on
January 1, 1999, even if it were parked in a garage and never set
a tire on the street, I would still pay personal property tax on
that vehicle. The revenue from that tax (at least in Montgomery
County) has nothing to do with streets and roads in the county.
Bruce in Blacksburg
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Bruce B. Harper
Blacksburg, Virginia
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