For you Virginia hybrid owners

[Riggo]

This is nice, they plan on punishing you for owning a hybrid...

 

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Legislative negotiators have reached a transportation funding reform compromise that could get full House and Senate votes by week's end.

If the General Assembly can pass an accord by its scheduled adjournment Saturday, it would be the first comprehensive overhaul of the way Virginia pays for its highway system the legislature has approved since 1986.

The 10 conferees signed an agreement Wednesday morning.

Gaining support among the negotiators - five delegates and five senators - is a plan that would replace Virginia's 17.5 cents-per-gallon gasoline tax with a 3.5 percent wholesale gasoline tax, boost sales taxes from 5 percent to 5.3 percent, levy a $100 fee on hybrid cars and shift about $200 million a year in sales taxes to highway use in five years.

[acdii]

Several states are trying to do this. The per gallon fixed tax to a percentage tax will increase the cost per gallon exponentially. Il does that already. The Hybrid fee is outrageous.

[storksb]

Talk about trying to stifle environmental good citizenship. Our Virginia politicians are totally out touch with reality, I am all for a gas sales tax that is a percentage but a hybrid fee that is ridiculous.

[Riggo]

Sen. Ebbin makes a good point...

 

Hybrid car owners and climate advocates joined State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) on Monday as the lawmaker announced an effort to repeal the state’s new hybrid and electric vehicle tax.

Ebbin and Del. Scott Surovell (D-Mt. Vernon) both plan to introduce bills to get rid of the tax during the 2014 legislative session.

“Hybrids already pay gas taxes and the mileage of both hybrids and non-hybrids vary significantly,” said Ebbin. “There are gasoline-only autos that get better mileage than some hybrids, and some hybrids, including SUVs, that do not get mileage as good as many gas-only powered cars. The punitive annual hybrid tax was not well thought out and hastily passed.”

 

http://wtop.com/139/3377336/Ebbin-Aims-to-Repeal-Hybrid-Vehicle-Tax

[jeff_h]

Hybrid car owners and climate advocates joined State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) on Monday as the lawmaker announced an effort to repeal the state’s new hybrid and electric vehicle tax.

Ebbin and Del. Scott Surovell (D-Mt. Vernon) both plan to introduce bills to get rid of the tax during the 2014 legislative session.

“Hybrids already pay gas taxes and the mileage of both hybrids and non-hybrids vary significantly,” said Ebbin. “There are gasoline-only autos that get better mileage than some hybrids, and some hybrids, including SUVs, that do not get mileage as good as many gas-only powered cars. The punitive annual hybrid tax was not well thought out and hastily passed.”

 

Well the above statements are true, we didn't get the $100 annual fee removed, however got it reduced to $64 annually - for which I just paid to renew my registration for another year. Couldn't renew for 2 years as I will need an emissions test done on my hybrid (that's another subject) before I can renew again. I will be paying it twice next year when I renew for both cars.

 

I'm still saving a lot of money in gas but this is still so contradictory when the feds are giving incentives for these type vehicles (in the way of tax breaks) and the states (mine and some others) are giving punishment for these type vehicles (in the way of tax hikes).

[Riggo]

Virginia hybrid drivers rejoice... http://hamptonroads.com/2014/01/done-deal-virginia-house-votes-repeal-hybrid-tax

[corncobs]

They will find a way to get their revenue back. Unfortunately it will probably just a short time win.

[jeff_h]

HB975 & SB127:Hybrid electric motor vehicles; repeals annual license tax.

 

Annual license tax on hybrid electric motor vehicles. Repeals the $64 annual license tax on hybrid electric motor vehicles that was first imposed beginning July 1, 2013. The bill also provides for refunds of the license tax paid on hybrid electric motor vehicles for registration years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.

 

01/23/14 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (89-Y 9-N)

02/13/14 Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 1-N)

02/17/14 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER)

 

Good - I'll be looking in my mailbox in July for $64 refund x 2

[Carol S.]

I live near Roanoke, VA and it's my understanding that this is no longer an issue. They will not be charging/taxing us for being hybrid owners.