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"Federal" try adding all your state/provincial, then local taxes. For me, in BC: Provincial motor fuel tax (Metro Vancouver) — 1.75 cents Provincial m
by parliament32 6y ago
"Federal" try adding all your state/provincial, then local taxes. For me, in BC:
Provincial motor fuel tax (Metro Vancouver) — 1.75 cents
Provincial motor fuel tax (everywhere else in B.C.) — 7.75 cents.
B.C.'s carbon tax — 8.89 cents.
The B.C. Transportation Finance Authority tax — 6.75 cents.
TransLink tax (If you live in Metro Vancouver) — 17 cents, increasing to 18.5 cents on July 1.
Transit tax (If you live in Victoria) — 5.5 cents.
Federal excise tax — 10 cents.
Finally, pay the five per cent Goods and Services Tax on top of the total price.
Adds up to 50% tax ish.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoMost Europa pay something near $10 per gallon of gas. Does US taxing so little means their roads are half the cost?
- parliament32 6y agoMore people own cars in the US -> more gas purchased -> more total tax. Contrary to popular belief, the amount of cars driving over a road doesn't really contribute to how often it has to be repaved/repaired -- a road's wear is almost entirely based on its age. The more cars you have, the less fuel taxes will be to maintain the same amount of road surface. This means that when EVs become more popular, there'll be clever ways of taxing them too, whether it's an insurance surcharge or an up-front purchase tax or some sort of special "electricity for EVs" tax. This is the honeymoon period when they seem super cheap to drive, but that'll change as they replace fuel-powered cars and someone needs to pay for the roads/infra.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoUS has 10% more roads tho (probably more lanes too). However looking at road fuel use US uses something like 5-10x more fuel per year when compared with EU states. That's kinda insane.