Comments on: Tax By the Kilometer: A New Meaning to “Going Dutch”

By: Is a Tax by the Mile Coming Down the Road? | taxgirl

Is a Tax by the Mile Coming Down the Road? | taxgirl — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:15:11 +0000

[...] years ago, a “tax by the kilometer” was made law in Holland. At the time, it was fun to speculate which country might be next (Germany [...]

By: Is a Tax by the Mile Coming Down the Road? - Kelly Phillips Erb - Taxgirl - Forbes

Thu, 12 May 2011 23:48:46 +0000

[...] years ago, a “tax by the kilometer” was made law in Holland. At the time, it was fun to speculate which country might be next (Germany [...]

By: Fix the Tax Code Friday: Pay Per Mile Tax | taxgirl

Fix the Tax Code Friday: Pay Per Mile Tax | taxgirl — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:05:05 +0000

[...] November 20, 2009 · 0 comments It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday! This week, there has been a lot of discussion across the internet about “going Dutch” a la the pay-per-kilometer system recently passed in Amsterdam. [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:46:32 +0000

This approach is already being studied right here in the USA at the University of Iowa Public Policy Center under a $16.5 million Federal grant – see http://www.roaduserstudy.org/

By: Roth & Company, P.C.

Roth & Company, P.C. — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:33:42 +0000

Another danger of the metric system…

If this is what happens when you go metric, count me out: Tax By the Kilometer: A New Meaning to……

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Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:10:01 +0000

[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kelly Phillips Erb and Greg George, Kay Bell. Kay Bell said: looks like @taxgirl and I are traveling the same mileage tax road http://tinyurl.com/yb7deeg and http://bit.ly/4BlA9v [...]

By: JBruce

JBruce — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:26:50 +0000

Okay, it’s a “cool” idea, I suppose, for a small homogeneous country that’s already quirky.
Here in the US I would violently oppose an idea like this. It’s not the different tax, it’s the GPS. I don’t want ANYBODY keeping a record of where and when I drive. Especially not in this country, and especially not any government. I don’t have a nav system in my car, and if I had a GM car I’d have the OnStar disabled.

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:32:41 +0000

Seems like an overly complicated system. If the goal is to reduce fuel consumption and reduce carbon emissions then just tax fuel (which I’m sure they already do). The Dutch system will (presumably) also reduce congestion, but raise the gas tax enough and it will have that effect, too.

I’d be in favor of a $1/gal gas tax if all the money went to fund alternative energy research. I’d rather pay now and funnel it to the universities than pay it out during the next oil crisis when it ends up in the pocket of Exxon or Saudi Arabia. We need a sustainable solution.

Oh, and I did have a pair of wooden shoes when I was a kid — a gift from a family friend who traveled to Holland. They are really uncomfortable. It must have been desperate times to have considered whittling logs to cover your feet.