RE: Pay Per Mile Tax: Innovative Thinking Or Inability To Innovate?
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I have heard that truck drivers have to keep track of their miles and fuel purchases than file taxes based on that. I think it had more to do with how these taxes are split up among states that trucks travel trough.
A lot of these just add unnecessary bureaucracy and adds cots of complying with them for the tax payers.
You are right it is not easy to figure out how to pay for roads. But with decades and centuries of knowledge, it shouldn't be too difficult either.
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Big rigs usually have huge tanks; so they can decide when and where to buy fuel.
The mileage taxes paid by truckers are entirely about states wanting drivers to pay for the roads they use as big trucks take a huge toll on local roads.
Having cars do the same thing might actually create a road system which is more responsive to actual use.
BTW, I would not mind seeing insurance combined with a mileage tax. Imagine a system where the taxes increased depending on the risks associated with a given road. This would encourage safer driving and encourage states to build better roads.