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I live in Indiana and just got my new license plates for my lightning. Indiana charges a $230 EV supplemental tax because EV owners do not pay fuel tax at the pump…. Is that common tax for other states as well?
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The state of Massachusetts hasn't hit us .....YET..... !!
 

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Nothing added in La. Yet.
 

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I think it can be a fair tax, comparatively to 'road taxes' at gas stations, but, unfortunately, we don't:

A) get the ability to 'pay as you drive', like gas vehicles: we have to pay it ALL AT ONCE

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B) get the ability to be charged by the mile, or gallon, per SE, since the legislature has designed a predetermined FIXED cost, for EVERY EV OWNER, no matter how little, or how much, you actually drive...


I've always said that while GEORGIA charges a fixed, and very exact, $210.87 EV 'road tax' fee, and it's not going to bankrupt any EV owner, it would make more sense, or 'cents', to actually add this 'fee' to all DC Fast Charging throughout the state, which would then pass the cost along to ALL EV drivers, from ALL states, which drive on 'our' roads... just like when they fill up with gas.
If you simply added a separate .05cents, or similar 'sales tax fee', to each KWH, you'd essentially come out with a similar statewide FUEL TAX income scenario... born by most ALL EV drivers.
 

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Kansas Governor heard I was wanting to buy one so they passed a $200 registration beginning in 2026.

They also added .03 per kwh tax to charging stations in the state. So make sure all of you get a 100% charge when passing through Kansas. Drive around and see our historical sites such as the Santa Fe Trail and cattle towns such as Dodge City, Ellsworth, and Abilene, and Indian battle sites and forts from Custer's 7th Cavalry here in Kansas. Then charge up before leaving.

On another note, the city just added a .05 sales tax on all sales in the city for the city public works road fund supposedly to replace property taxes some day in the future to be determined.

Even with all the tax money they get, I can nominate McPherson, Kansas as having the worst streets and roads in the world and would bet the farm this city would come out as #1.
 

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$200 this year in Pa, next year $250.00 plus registration fee
 

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I think it can be a fair tax, comparatively to 'road taxes' at gas stations, but, unfortunately, we don't:

A) get the ability to 'pay as you drive', like gas vehicles: we have to pay it ALL AT ONCE
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Virginia actually has a still-small program to do exactly that... measure the miles and get charged accordingly. I think at least one member here is signed up for it. Overall, I like the concept although I do not like the associated "where does Your vehicle drive" state agency tracking this program has to make it functional.

However, and apart from the tracking feature, this program works only in Virginia (d'uh) so I passed on the enrollment because a lot of our miles are beyond Virginia, and the cost didn't pencil out for me.
 

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Just be glad you don't pay the Vehicle License Tax in AZ. I'll finally be under $1000 to register this coming Feb.
 

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Just be glad you don't pay the Vehicle License Tax in AZ. I'll finally be under $1000 to register this coming Feb.
Ouch that is crazy
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