When I bought the car and paid sales tax, they had the price I paid from the dealer. It would have to be someone of an elaborate fraud to cheat on the price paid at a main franchise dealer. I can understand between private parties, but from a dealer they have way too much to lose if they got caught.I would understand if that’s a price a used, but not MSRP paid by somebody else some time ago. Used cars depreciate, and the value of a one-year-old car is significantly less than the value of a new car. How is it legal to tax on a value of a new car based on the price you never paid?
I don’t know if anyone’s ever tried it, but if you buy a car that has a lot of value today, like an original Dodge Charger R/T, do they go by the MSRP in 1970? Then the taxable value on a car that today is worth nearly $100,000 is based on something like $3000 as an MSRP in 1970. I sincerely doubt that they do that.
Your truck likely takes more oil then a small economy car. That’s based on what you’re actually using, not something that someone else paid previously. There is no sign of DMV that says registrations $22. The signs at oil change places and dealers usually have exceptions to the price posted for larger vehicles etc. in your example, you’re paying for something that you use more than someone else. I don’t use the roads anymore than anyone else. Basing registration special tax assessments on value it’s just another redistribution scheme. That is not what America should be. We should never be a socialist nation. What’s next? Speeding ticket fines based on your income like they do in Finland? Or tax police spot checks outside of shopping malls, like they do in Italy, to make sure that you declare the income necessary to make the purchases that you did. It’s a slippery slope, and it’s ridiculous.