New tax hikes approved by Gov. McCrory over the past few years include:
- Doubling the electricity tax
- Eliminating the Earned Income Tax Credit
- Eliminating the medical expenses deduction
- Sales tax hike on mobile homes
- Sales tax hike on entertainment
- Sales tax hike on auto repair contracts
- Eliminating the small business deduction
- Eliminating the back-to-school sales tax holiday
- Increasing the gas tax by $1.2 Billion
- Eliminating the student tuition deduction
- Eliminating the mortgage forgiveness deduction
- New tax on college meal plans
- Eliminating child care tax credits
- Eliminating the deduction for college savings plans
- Reducing tax credits for farm machinery
Other sales tax hikes approved by Gov. McCrory include:
- Household appliances
- Doors, windows, cabinets, flooring, roofing, fences, etc.
- Cars, motorcycles, bicycles, modular homes
- Office Equipment
- Clothing and shoe repair
- Watch and jewelry repair
- Electronics
- Furniture
- Video programming
- Tire repairs and oil changes
- Reloading bullets and shells
New or increased “fees” approved by Gov. McCrory include:
- Doubled annual inspection fee for ice cream shop owners
- Increasing the fee for the newborn screening program
- Increased criminal court costs
- Allowed for more toll road projects
- Increased drivers license restoration fee
- Raised learner’s permit fee
- Raised fee for obtaining a duplicate license
- Increased fee for driver improvement clinics
- Increased fees for obtaining copies of license records.
- Increased fee for initial driver’s license application
- Raised taxes on car and truck rentals
- Raised fees for private passenger vehicles
- Increased fee on private passenger motorcycles
- Increased fee on house trailers
- Increased fee for plug-in electric vehicles
- New fees for late vehicle registration
- Raised fees on “wreckers”
- Raised fees for semitrailers and trailers
- Increased fees on motor carriers
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