It’s a use tax. Legally speaking, you are supposed to do it for other items too, like if you live in WA but buy a television in OR. Just that televisions don’t require registration but cars do.
I think it’s completely fair really. I mean you’re already getting mad benefits from leeching from two states, surely you want to pay something towards public services where you live?
I think billionaires should cough up the cash and pay it all. Besides, we are in a thread about how that money was misused, so how can you actually expect me to want to pay… for… documented… misuse… of funds.
From that particular perspective, property taxes may be the fairest of the tax “flavors” since it is directly tied to your place of residency and can be localized based on the public services in your area. And indeed, this is largely how New Hampshire functions, though they do also have some other revenue such as excise taxes.
I don’t oppose property taxes at all, I just oppose they way they’re used for funding an area such as for schools. This method insures the poorest zip codes have the worst schools.
It seems like you’d be spending more on gas / time value than you would by paying the sale taxes on small/medium purchases?
Depends on the size of the purchase. For example, I buy groceries in Vancouver but televisions in Portland.
Makes sense because there’s no WA sales tax on most food grocery items.
I’m guessing there aren’t many car dealerships in Vancouver.
Actually… WA and OR have a sneaky deal where if you buy it in Oregon and then try to register it in WA, you owe the taxes to WA anyway.
Kinda crap if you ask me.
It’s a use tax. Legally speaking, you are supposed to do it for other items too, like if you live in WA but buy a television in OR. Just that televisions don’t require registration but cars do.
I think it’s completely fair really. I mean you’re already getting mad benefits from leeching from two states, surely you want to pay something towards public services where you live?
I think billionaires should cough up the cash and pay it all. Besides, we are in a thread about how that money was misused, so how can you actually expect me to want to pay… for… documented… misuse… of funds.
From that particular perspective, property taxes may be the fairest of the tax “flavors” since it is directly tied to your place of residency and can be localized based on the public services in your area. And indeed, this is largely how New Hampshire functions, though they do also have some other revenue such as excise taxes.
I don’t oppose property taxes at all, I just oppose they way they’re used for funding an area such as for schools. This method insures the poorest zip codes have the worst schools.
It really should be one big pot split up, and nothing for sports.
It’s basically on the north side of the river that is the border between the states. Think 5min drive to enter the state, another 5-10min to Portland.
The point is to pay less tax that will be misused.