High court strikes down Victoria’s electric vehicle tax in ruling that could threaten other state levies
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.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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