A couple months back Gloriabelle wrote a controversial post called It's About Time Buyers Paid For Gas! At the time gas prices were hovering at $4/gallon.  Although Gloriabelle had a novel idea - have clients pay for our gas money.  Tthe reality is, at least in this area, we are responsible for the costs associated with showing our clients area homes.  As a result, Realtors and consumers started to cutback on their mileage which has impacted the State of North Carolina's revenue taxbase on gasoline.   With the shortfall in the budget some area leaders have proposed a new tax on vehicles based on annual mileage- A tax per mile driven.   

The more you drive the more you pay!!  As a Realtor I put ~20,000 miles a year on my car.  The proposed tax would be between ¼ of a cent to ½ a cent and would be levied at the time of your annual car inspection.  In my scenario I would be paying between $200 and $500 per year if this proposal succeeds.  I'm glad that oil hit a record low of $50/barrel yesterday but I'm not about to propose that we start paying a tax for every mile we drive.  

Does anyone else have a similar tax in their State?  This is outrageous!