What is the Guzzler gas tax?
Guzzler's gas tax is a tax that is proposed to discourage the production and sale of vehicles with poor fuel consumption known as gas guzzlers because they "drink" a large amount of gas to stay on the road. This tax is assessed at the time of sale and is based on the consumption of the vehicle fuel, not from the purchase price. It is important to realize that since the problems with energy consumption and fuel consumption are increasingly urgent, the gas guzzler tax is only one part of the complex frame in the United States. Congress members were very worried that the Americans were strongly relying on oil and wanted to encourage the production of fuel -efficient vehicles to avoid another economic disaster caused by oil price fluctuations. The 1970s also brought an increase in concerns about the impact of oil use.
If the car gets 22.5 miles per gallon (36 kilometers per gallon) or more, it is not subject to tax Guzzler. Cars that get less than this one are subject to a scalated tax that fromAčná per $ 1,000 in the US (USD) and gradually increase as the car becomes less efficient gas. The highest holder is $ 7700, for a vehicle that gets less than 12.5 miles per gallon (20 kilometers per gallon). In this way, the government hopes to encourage cars buyers to consider fuel -efficient vehicles, driving the manufacturer to produce the vehicles.
fuel efficiency estimates are obtained from the United States environmental agency. Car manufacturers must test vehicles under laboratory conditions and report EPA results and EPA may also decide to test some vehicles to confirm these results. Estimates of mileage used in applying a combination of gas tax on the city and highway kilometers to the gallon to come up with average fuel consumption.
Critics of the Guzzler Gas Tax point point out that it is only on cars. Light trucks and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) do not count and because SUVs often have an extremely bad manGas activity, it seems somewhat unfair. In addition, because the gas tax is based on fuel consumption rather than price, someone may eventually pay a significant percentage of the car price in the tax or a small fraction depending on the value of the car. It seems to be penalizing people who buy cheaper cars by driving the total cost of the car.