A - B = Disgruntled Taxpayer
When A = the amount of my federal tax return and B = the sales tax on my car, and A-B = less than zero, a disgruntled taxpayer must be the result.
The sales tax on my car was $80 more than I received back from the fed this year. This makes me upset for two reasons. Firstly the sales tax for automobile purchases is calculated differently than sales tax for everything else. Usually it ends up being a lower rate than the rate you would pay on non food or clothing retail items. The retail tax rate in Gladstone (last time I checked) was 7.25%. The rate I ended up paying for my automobile purchase was about 7.5%. I was completely surprised by the number the lady read to me because it was half again as much as I was expecting to pay, which is the other reason I was upset.
I went to the DMV website to try to find out what my tax rate would be. After an easy search I calculated a rate around 5.5% that would be applicable to me. Apparently that information was not reliable because both of the rates it listed were well below the 'real' rates. The part that frosts me the most is that there is no real recourse for getting gouged at every turn. All I can do is roll over and hope Uncle Same uses some lube.
The sales tax on my car was $80 more than I received back from the fed this year. This makes me upset for two reasons. Firstly the sales tax for automobile purchases is calculated differently than sales tax for everything else. Usually it ends up being a lower rate than the rate you would pay on non food or clothing retail items. The retail tax rate in Gladstone (last time I checked) was 7.25%. The rate I ended up paying for my automobile purchase was about 7.5%. I was completely surprised by the number the lady read to me because it was half again as much as I was expecting to pay, which is the other reason I was upset.
I went to the DMV website to try to find out what my tax rate would be. After an easy search I calculated a rate around 5.5% that would be applicable to me. Apparently that information was not reliable because both of the rates it listed were well below the 'real' rates. The part that frosts me the most is that there is no real recourse for getting gouged at every turn. All I can do is roll over and hope Uncle Same uses some lube.
4 Comments:
I feel ya. I had to sell a car to pay the sales tax on a new(er) car. The whole value of my old car, paid for taxes.
Wait until you get your property tax bill next year.
I hear ya Pablo. The good news is that I won't have property tax due for this car until December 2008 because I bought it after the first of this year.
Cas, I need to meet that guy. Is he running for office?
Lucky you it was only $80, we ended up paying $400 more. I hate that Sam guy, I dont care if he is an uncle. But, the real question Mr Aaron will you be ready to play ball this weekend after being off for almost a month????
I wouldn't say that I've been 'off'. I haven't played a tournament game in a month, but the Porn Stars have done some practicing and so has the MLLF/Mokan team.
The answer is hell yes.
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