re: #24 Sol Berdinowitz

And tracking them would be done how? /

In-state versus out-of-state is done how? Log books? Computer GPS tracking?

Look, it can be done on a per-mile basis, and states could require annual odmeter readings to arrive at tax due, but if someone says is an interstate commuter (driving between say NJ and PA to go to work or NY to NJ or CT to NY, how do you apportion those miles outside your state, or do you not even try)?

And in the case of VA, the gas tax ends up getting a boost from Interstate traffic - folks who drive I-95 to get to other destinations outside VA and only stop to get gas. States like NJ benefit from this as well - they aren’t necessarily destinations in their own right, but the gas tax revenues get a boost from interstate commerce. Changing to other schemes would eliminate that source of revenue and impose a higher burden on in-state taxpayers.

It’s one of the reasons that many states/localities impose higher hotel/rental car fees (often a 1/3 or more of the total rental price) - a revenue source that doesn’t have a constituency in-state.