sburns
Well-known member
Hey riders.
Not motorcycle related but I thought you might find this interesting.
I had to purchase new all seasons, I bought directly from my local Toyota dealer as they were matching prices.
I noticed this charge when I got home labelled Govt Levy?? Did a little research and found out there use to be a ECO tire disposal tax but this ended in 2018. The government got caught with it's hands in the cookie jar and was using the funds to pay for trips and expenses instead of it's intended purposes. Resulting in scrapping this tax and replacing it with a new policy. (I seriously need to work for the gov one day)... Since it really isn't a consumer tax you shouldn't be charged as such. So I challenged Toyota on this and they eventually just reimbursed me the money. I say that because they couldn't explain what the charge was for.
I know we are only talking about $16 here but It's a nice easy way for vendors to disguise what appears to be a gov fee as a mark up.
Not motorcycle related but I thought you might find this interesting.
I had to purchase new all seasons, I bought directly from my local Toyota dealer as they were matching prices.
I noticed this charge when I got home labelled Govt Levy?? Did a little research and found out there use to be a ECO tire disposal tax but this ended in 2018. The government got caught with it's hands in the cookie jar and was using the funds to pay for trips and expenses instead of it's intended purposes. Resulting in scrapping this tax and replacing it with a new policy. (I seriously need to work for the gov one day)... Since it really isn't a consumer tax you shouldn't be charged as such. So I challenged Toyota on this and they eventually just reimbursed me the money. I say that because they couldn't explain what the charge was for.
I know we are only talking about $16 here but It's a nice easy way for vendors to disguise what appears to be a gov fee as a mark up.