High court strikes down Victoria’s electric vehicle tax in ruling that could threaten other state levies
by Paul Karp and Benita Kolovos from World news | The Guardian on (#6FNDG)
An array of state charges including waste levies could potentially be unlawful after court overturns 1974 precedent on consumption taxes
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Victoria's electric vehicle tax has been struck down by the high court in a landmark case likely to bar all state-level road user charges and expose other state levies to challenge.
On Wednesday, a majority of the high court ruled in favour of two electric car drivers who argued that the imposition of a tax by the Victorian government per kilometre driven was unconstitutional because the states do not have the power to impose such excise taxes on consumption.
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