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GM Admits that Dealerships are Taking Chevy Volt Tax Credits
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| May 31, 2011
| Mark Modica
Posted on 05/31/2011 1:32:34 PM PDT by jazusamo
Automobilemag.com reports that General Motors has responded to my report questioning whether dealerships are gaming Chevy Volt tax credits. Chevy Volt spokesperson, Rob Peterson, states that "NLPC is confused." He then goes on to confirm that the dealerships purchasing Chevy Volts and reselling them as used vehicles are entitled to the $7,500 tax credit. Clearly, it is GM that is confused, considering that this was the main point of my report.
GM does not deny that Chevy dealerships are selling Chevy Volts to other dealerships, including a KIA dealership, for resale. At the same time, Peterson also touts the high demand for Volts claiming, "we don't sell Volts at the moment - it's almost like we deliver them." By this statement, you wouldn't know that sales for the Volt averaged a dismally low 425 per month for the first four months of the year. GM recently stated that they had the capacity to build at a pace of 17,000 per year. So, here's a question for GM and Mr. Peterson: If demand is so high for the Chevy Volt, why would a Chevy dealership sell the vehicle to other dealerships, particularly when there are supposedly customers lined up to pay full price? The answer seems clear to me. GM is exaggerating the "high demand" for the Volt. And allowing dealerships to take the tax credit intended for consumers is just wrong.
Peterson also claims that no issues exist with dealerships taking the tax subsidies as long as they are honest with customers. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee of that being the case. Many customers who buy Chevy Volts may feel that they are entitled to the tax credit, especially if they are paying near MSRP and the vehicles have such low mileage. The IRS form in its current form does not safeguard against double claiming of the tax credit.
More investigation is warranted on the practice of dealerships taking tax credits and reselling Chevy Volts as used cars. Treasury should modify the IRS tax credit form to clearly disallow dealerships from taking the tax credit. Also, I personally don't think businesses like General Electric, headed by Obama friend Jeff Immelt, should be allowed to take millions of tax dollars in credits when they purchase thousands of the vehicles, as planned. An identifier field for the Vehicle Identification Number should be added to the form to prevent double claims of the tax credit. General Motors has a responsibility to ensure that Chevy Volt tax credits are reserved for the consumers that they were designed to benefit. Misguided as tax subsidies for the Chevy Volt may be, the least taxpayers deserve is assurance that abuses are not occurring.
Related:
Taxpayers Get Scammed on Chevy Volt Tax Credit? (Fox Business Network video)
Are GM Dealerships Gaming Chevy Volt Tax Credit?
TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cashforcommies; chevyvolt; cronycapitalism; cultureofcorruption; gloriesofsocialism; gm; governmentmotors; govtmotors; obama; obamanomics; obamunism; scam; taxcredit; taxes; volt
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GM admits dealerships are committing fraud or at least being unethical.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:32:42 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: Admin Moderator
Consider this for News/Activism - Extended News?
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:34:07 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
That’s how the trouble started in Fargo.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:35:40 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: jazusamo
Unethical car dealer?? Incompetent government program??
You're kidding me! Right?
To: jazusamo
Ford, et al should SUE and make NATIONAL NEWS OUT OF THIS FRAUD.
I have said it right from the start- Obama didnt have to take over the entire auto industry, only ONE company.
Then use the power of the government to put the others out of business with tax scemes like this.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:37:39 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(CAPSLOCK! -Unleash the fury! [Palin/Bachman 2012- unbeatable ticket])
To: jazusamo
Racketeering . . . in a corrupt organization? My, how surprising and unexpected.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:37:48 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: jazusamo
What are they going to do when at the end of the year when there's a firestorm of angry customers who thought they could take a $7,500 tax credit only to find they are not able to becase they technically bought a "used" car?
This probably does amount to fraud; I doubt the salesmen are telling customers they won't get the tax credit. I also wonder how many of these are "sold" to the same dealership (You know "Patterson Chevy/Kia"--a dealer that sells more than one brand) so the car is on the same lot with the other Chevies.
Not to worry, I'm sure the government will allow the tax credit to be issued twice against the same car, just to be fair (hey, it's only money--taxpayer money).
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:41:10 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(Herman Cain knows math, computers, pizza, money, hamburgers, banking, and Coca-Cola)
To: Brookhaven
Looks to be quite a scam and can of worms.
I’d bet Obama and his thug Holder will do nothing about it and in fact probably knew about it all along.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:44:02 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
This definitely explains why the dealers don't have any NEW Volts to sell to customers.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:44:03 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Brookhaven
To: jazusamo
I don't understand, everybody knows that government subsidies are for the benefit of crony capitalists, and Government Motors dealers that still exist were selected entirely on political criteria, so they qualify as crony capitalists. Everything is working exactly as intended in the government decree that stole Government Motors from the bond and stockholders.
Crony capitalism, the new spelling of fascism.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:46:07 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: muawiyah
This definitely explains why the dealers don't have any NEW Volts to sell to customers. Absolutely. The one dealer that had six new ones for sale 70 miles from Mark Modica must be an honest dealer.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:46:16 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: safetysign
Well duh. We all know that.
Worse, they claim it onlhy cost $40,000 to build; someone had worked out the acutal cost to manufacture each care, and it is in the 7 figure range.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:50:48 PM PDT
by
Brookhaven
(Herman Cain knows math, computers, pizza, money, hamburgers, banking, and Coca-Cola)
To: Sacajaweau
Ping to GM tax credit rip off.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:51:25 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: All; jazusamo
The real question is whether the Obama administration deliberately didn’t exclude this practice upon lobbying by GM.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:53:22 PM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(Ignores War Powers, law by auto-pen, 70 golf rounds, 'unexpected' economic news. 4 more yrs?)
To: newzjunkey
Agreed. And if they did they knew it was underhanded because it was kept quiet.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:56:28 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: Admin Moderator
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:57:46 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
The IRS form in its current form does not safeguard against double claiming of the tax credit. By design?
Why not. The same car could be sold many times and the credit claimed by every buyer.
It would not be surprising to me that the IRS ends up giving more tax credits for the purchase of Volts in 2011 than were built by Chevy for the year.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:58:35 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
To: jazusamo
GM is dead to me. They died in my eyes when the were the first in line for ZerO’s bailout express. I will never buy another GM product, used or new. I will look at Ford first, then Chrysler, then reluctantly at foreign if necessary. I have never owned a new foreign car.
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posted on
05/31/2011 1:59:45 PM PDT
by
OriginalChristian
(The end of America, as founded, began when the first Career Politician was elected...)
To: All
has anyone seen a chevyvolt in the wild?
anywhere?
how do other monthly car sales compare?
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posted on
05/31/2011 2:00:12 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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