If you've got the cash to buy 150 classic muscle cars and house them in an immense garage, you ought to have the cash to pay the sales tax on them, right? Not if you're Mark Pieloch, according to Nebraska authorities. Pieloch has been arrested for "felony willful avoidance of sales tax" on more than 100 cars. The Nebraska State Patrol executed...

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There goes his nice collection of cars

 

what gets me is taxing used stuff, i know this is a little off topic here but it applies to this situation well. when something is bought NEW you pay sales tax on it. then when it is sold as USED you are charged sales tax on it, then when it is sold again you pay sales tax on it. isn't there something in the Constitution about double taxation? how can they tax you on something that has already been taxed? nevermind..... it's the Government... they can do what they want....

 

I'm with you 100% on this one

 

when you go to the dmv, take notice to all the vehicles people are paying tax on. i bet some pass the new sticker price over the years.

 

i would take that bet with you.... cause that tag fee is a tax every year....

 

Not to mention that where I used to live in VA, you get a personal property tax twice a year on any vehicles you own, and a $45 or so fee for a "city sticker" that allows you to park your car at your own residence. All this on top of the normal registration fees that you pay the DMV.