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I believe Norway fundamentally does exactly this. From recollection, in Norway you are taxed on the following items at time of purchase: * A CO2 tax (banded b
by MrFoof 7y ago
I believe Norway fundamentally does exactly this. From recollection, in Norway you are taxed on the following items at time of purchase:
* A CO2 tax (banded by emissions)
* An NOx tax (banded by emissions)
* A weight tax
* A scrappage fee (fixed, by vehicle type)
* Then the usual 25% VAT
I may be missing something here (in particular, annual taxes), so if there are any Norwegians willing to chime in, feel free.
- kwhitefoot 7y agoThere is an additional progressive tax on the vehicle price which makes expensive cars seriously expensive. And the VAT comes last and is charged on top of the total of the other costs including the taxes. This is one of the reasons why Tesla was able to jump start the electric car business in Norway with the Model S and model X because EVs are exempt from all of that except VAT (I think, not sure). It's also effectively a regressive income tax because the more expensive cars are effectively subsidized by a larger amount of money per car than cheap cars. In my opinion we would have been able to have even more EVs if the subsidy had been the same amount of money for each car regardless of the value of the car. Then the Leaf and the Zoe would be really cheap cars. I love my Model S but I feel that I have been subsidized more than I should have been (no I'm not giving it back).