If that's true, WTF?

Can these people not get ANYTHING right!!!????  The $65M should be coming from a very modest increase in Virginia's already low gas tax.  It better apply to more than just NoVA gas purchases, though!!!!!

would not raise any revenue.  Instead of paying sales tax to the dealer, you would go to the DMV to pay it.  I guess that is to get money into state coffers quicker.  But it just seems ridiculous.  They could require the dealers to remit the funds more frequently via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) if they wanted it faster.

You would think such unequal treatment would be unconstitutional; but let the Republican keep pissing off NoVA voters.  It will just make it that much easier to turn people out this year for Democrats in the general election and next year for state elections.

The dealer will continue to collect the state-wide 3% sales tax.  However, the auto dealer lobbyists successfully appealed to have the additional NoVa 1% collected at the DMV so that their customers would not see a higher price on the lot.

Scumbags.  

direct from the WAPO article

Car dealers do not want to collect the additional regional tax because of the work it requires and because customers could confuse the tax as part of the car price. Dealers already collect a 3 percent sales tax for the state, which can be financed as part of a car sale.

That last part now means if you buy a car you need to have the extra 1% as cash on hand - you can't even roll it into a loan.  Personally, I think it's good fiscal responsibility to borrow less (none if possible - unless you get an insanely good rate), but I can see this hurting people who are pushing the limits and can no longer roll the extra tax into the loan.

Also, I don't recall paying a VA sales tax on a vehicle purchased outside of the state.  The annual property tax would apply as always, but I don't remember an extra sales tax.  Again from the WAPO article, this new sales tax of 1% for NOVA residents (from last year's transportation monstrosity)  will be tacked on to your purchase no matter where you buy the car.   Hmmmmmmm.....

If you purchase a car out of state, when you go to register it at DMV you must show that you have already paid sales tax equal to the Virginia tax or else pay the difference.

I'm going to resurrect an tongue-in-cheek suggestion I made a few weeks ago.  Perhaps we should have a toll plaza on I-95 at the Rappahanock River bridge.  You know, where the Virginia Welcoming Center is located since you're not really in Virginia until you get down there?

Any north-bound car without a NoVa registration would be charged $25.

FCDC has a robodial going out about Albo and his new abuser fees bill.