Big Brother again

[Ramboy00]

Time to e-mail your congressman after reading this.

12% Excise Tax Could Impact Fifth Wheel Tow Vehicles
Industry lobbyists are heading to Washington to seek exemption of trucks fitted with fifth wheel hitches and brake controls from a 12% excise tax the IRS says applies to trucks that pull fifth wheel RVs at the point of retail sale. For several years, the assumption was the tax applied only to vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings over 33,000 lbs. But the IRS issued a memorandum last July that indicates it considers smaller trucks that pull fifth wheels eligible for the tax, which could add $4200 to the price of a $35,000 truck used to pull a fifth wheel.


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'99 D3500, auto. ,2WD,3. 55 LSD, all options, Banks Power Pack w/K&N filter,DTT TC & VB, Mag-Hytec pan, '99 40ft. Alfa Gold Triple-slide 5'er

 

[NVR FNSH]

Show me one 3/4 or 1 ton PU that comes from the factory with a brake controller & 5th wheel hitch... . No sir, I do not intend to tow a 5th wheel with my CTD.

do you have a link to the memorandum?

Brian

 

[Windrider]

Dang!

Mr. IRS agent, I got no idear what that big black hitch lookin thing is in the back of my truck.

Wudn't thar when I bot it!

Don't mem'ber puttin it in misef.

I hear that there's dummies that don't pay no taxes, why don't you go get those low lifes.
Our tax dollars at rest!


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Pepe (My little Mule)
2001 ETH/DEE, 3. 55LSD, Forest Green Quad Cab
Ordered 2/5/01
Arrived 2/28/01
Titled 3/2/01

 

[danandamy]

#ad
This can't be right. I thought the IRSS was kindler and gentler now #ad


Daniel

 

[5thram]

There's something fundamentally wrong with the state of affairs in what is supposed to be a free nation, when we live in fear of what the all-powerful IRS can do to us. A flat tax or consumption tax arrangement is the best answer... . my . 02 FWIW

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2001. 5 intenseblue 2500 ETH/DEE 4WD QC sportpkg, all the options but the cowhide, mostly stock. NRA, AMA member