Dealers:
Our Veteran Lobbyist, Darrell Fuller, has been working the halls of the Capitol, and behind the scenes, opposing proposals to create a new sales tax on vehicles. With the end of session only a few days away (June 29), the most recent Democratic plan still includes two new vehicle sales taxes (see page two of the PDF). They are calling them a vehicle “transfer tax” rather than a “sales tax”, hoping you — and the public — won’t notice.
The Democratic proposal includes a new two percent sales tax on new vehicles, AND a new one percent sales tax on used vehicles over $10,000. We don’t yet know if the tax is on the price of the vehicle before or after considering the trade-in.
It is unclear if any Republicans will support either vehicle sales tax — most of them are strongly opposed. But the Democrats have the majority in both Chambers.
We strongly encourage you to contact your state Senator and state Representative today. If you don’t know who they are, you can find them here. Ask them to OPPOSE any proposal with a NEW SALES TAX ON VEHICLES.
We suggest you also send your opinion on the TWO NEW VEHICLE SALES TAXES to the Legislative Leadership. Their emails are:
Senate President: Sen.RobWagner@oregonlegislature.gov
Senate Majority Leader: Sen.KayseJama@oregonlegislature.gov
Senate Republican Leader: Sen.DanielBonham@oregonlegislature.gov
House Speaker: Rep.JulieFahey@oregonlegislature.gov
House Majority Leader: Rep.BenBowman@oregonlegislature.gov
House Republican Leader: Rep.ChristineDrazan@oregonlegislature.gov
Joint Transportation Reinvestment Committee Co-Chairs:
Sen.ChrisGorsek@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.SusanMcLain@oregonlegislature.gov
Joint Transportation Reinvestment Committee Co-Vice Chairs:
Sen.BruceStarr@oregonlegislature.gov
Rep.ShellyBoshartDavis@oregonlegislature.gov
If you have any questions, please let OVDA know by emailing OVDA@ordealers.com. Thank you for your support of OVDA. We are here to be your eyes, your ears, and your voice at the State Capitol and with the agencies regulating vehicle dealers.