Saturday, October 10, 2009

State budgets get adrenaline shot from Clunkers

Edmunds.com estimated that the average clunker sales price was $26,321, meaning roughly $18 billion worth of new vehicles were sold under the program. Multiplied by the average combined state and local sales tax of 7.5 percent, the total tax bill amounts to a loose estimate of $1.36 billion.

"Has the pool been drained as a result of this program for the next couple of months? That is the question," he said.

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