[Dubya]

The measure was among several bills passed by the Texas Legislature to generate money for school financing.

And Gov Perry.

[ecomcon]

It's for the kids.

[P-40]

to generate money for school financing.

Well...it does take a lot of money to educate Mexico's children.

[SZonian]

Already done here in the People's Republik.

Sucks too, you can't write a receipt for $1 because they will check the blue book and then tax accordingly.

I'm sick of taxes.

SZ

[cheme]

Most of these vehicles have already been taxed in Texas once on the original purchase, now the greedy tax collectors,not only are taxing a car at least twice, but want to make their own apprasial of the car.

[tacticalogic]

So someone buying a car cheap because it needs work is going to get taxed as if it's in good working order. Nice.

[Dust in the Wind]

Kansas tried that. I think sales tax is on the sale price; period, if they raise property taxes/tag rates that is a whole different beast.
I haven't bought a vehical since the laws were bantered so am not sure how it is now.

[edcoil]

Seems not government is taxing the perceived value not the actual value

[The South Texan]

And Texas is supposed to be a Republican State???? (sigh)

And we like to call Massachusetts , Taxachusetts or make fun of California because of some of their tax scams.

We'll soon be called the Great State of Taxes if this continues.

[monday]

The government is an organized crime syndicate specializing in extortion.

[steveegg]

Guess the car dealerships are going to be very busy on Saturday.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

So next time I go to a garage sale or flea market can I expect a tax bill from the state on the "assumed value" of the used items, etc. that I purchase? Sounds like a greasy slide toward a pile of ....

[joebuck]

Would this apply if the vehicle was purchased out of state?

[Psycho_Bunny]

I don't buy cars all that often.....so I was surprised when I was gifted a 77 Nova in California, registered it in Washington and was told I had to prove that at some point, somewhere - anywhere - a tax was paid on it.

If I couldn't prove that a tax was paid on it at some point since its manufacture and subsequent transfers and sales....I had to pay Washington State sales tax on it.

Seriously.  It's ridiculous.

 

[Sarajevo]

The measure was among several bills passed by the Texas Legislature to generate money for school financing.

And Gov Perry.

I wonder where all the monies generated by our property taxes go, or the funds generated by the lottery....Perry and his money-grubbing cohorts need to go.

[freekitty]

Always sneaking one more tax in on us.

[TheDane]

What really chaps my @ss is the fact that the Republicans have done this while sitting on an eight billion dollar surplus.

[ARA]

This is simply wrong and should be challenged in court.

[fhlh]

first they tax us outta our homes, now they are going after the used cars.... note, this is used cars, i.e. someone wise enought to not buy new or "POOR" folk who can't afford new!!!

it's pure EVIL!!! :)

[Hydroshock]

Welcome to the state of Taxes (note new corrected spelling). Yet anotehr reason not to vote for Gov Goodhair. I will vote for Kinky.

[Old Professer]

"A $500 difference in the price of the car would only be $31.25 difference in sales tax," she said. "For most people, that's hardly worth arguing over. Some people will win and some people will lose."

As a kid, a few neighborhood guys and I had got in the habit of swiping an apple apiece from an old man's tree that sat close to a fence on the way to our school.

One day this petty theft came to a halt when he caught us in the act and after threatening to call our parents and the police convinced us without the use of violence that whether the apples were stolen one at a time or all at once, made no difference to the bare tree.