I find the yearly tax a big load of crap. We've got the same story here in Indy. That hit you with sales tax on the vehicle when you buy it but, then they tax you every year for driving it. It's double-taxation, pure and simple. I do understand that they need to maintain and build roads so, I guess it's a necessary evil but, it's still a bit extreme.
As for your decision to quit smoking, you did exactly what the tax was intended for. I apologize for pissing off the smokers on here but, it's a dirty, nasty, habit; and it's horrible for your health. Smoking is a slow way of killing yourself. The taxation of cigarettes is a deterrent and is meant to encourage people to quit. If anything, I think they should increase the taxes on cigarettes and use that money towards a healthcare system(NOT Obamacare... but, that's a different topic) or at least put towards cancer research or something beneficial to people's health.
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Originally Posted by HDDAN
Last year, the annual excise tax on my 1SS was $625.00. Yeterday I got my excise tax bills in the mail. My 1SS was $453.00, my 2001 Buick was $50.00 and my 2007 Harley FLSTC was $46.50. We also have a 6.25% sales tax that is imposed every time that a vehicle changes ownership. My 1SS will be my last new car because I am sick and tired of paying for the freeloaders in our system. I will keep the SS and replace my Buick with used cars that have depreciated. I quit smoking 13 years ago. It was NOT for any noble reason like my health, it was because of the loonie liberal's in my home state raising the taxes through the roof. I started this thread to blow off a little steam and to give other fed up taxed to death people a chance to vent. When I bought my SS in May of 2010, I had an 8 grand trade in for my 2002 SS so I paid over $1,600.00 in sales tax on the remaining $25,000.00.
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