New A6 Avant ...

[Brett Dikeman]

On Aug 5, 2005, at 6:46 PM, cobram at juno.com wrote:

> Isn't there some sort of huge tax break for buying an SUV vs. a car  
> for
> business purposes?

Federally, I believe it has to be over a certain GVWR to qualify for  
the tax break- originally intended to make sure only businesses got  
the break on big vehicles they use.  Now, of course, the Hummer H2  
fits into that category- which is why there has been a surge of them  
with business names on the windows and commercial plates.

There were some news items a while back about communities (many of  
them in CA) starting to enforce truck regulations to include the  
soccer-mom-mobiles, because in order to get the tax break you're  
basically declaring the vehicle IS a truck and it is being used for  
commercial purposes.  It's one of those classic "have your cake and  
eat it too" situations.

   In one case, purely from a practical reason- a lot of bridges are  
no-commercial-trucks, because they can't handle the weight, and the  
H2 and other huge SUVs are so heavy that they come dangerously close  
or exceed the bridge's weight limit.  I think a lot of people are  
also very tired of others using the tax loophole to buy giant gas  
guzzlers.  Good topic for discussion at your next town meeting ;-)

Brett
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