What % of a gun is taxes?

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Hawaiian, as already stated, the excise tax is built into the retail price of the item, and you never really think about it because it's "behind the curtains."

About that lack of sales taxes... how are the income and property tax rates up that way?
 
Most taxes are as invisible to the consumer as possible, but they are there. Don't kid yourself Hawaiin, we only lack the sales tax in Oregon, the one they have to tell you about.

Although, I don't know why, as a retailer, I'd want to share that information on each and every sale to inform the customer and possibly start a movement.

My friend with a contractor's license said the standard tax on his earnings is 45%. Looking for loopholes fervently is that guy's new job.
 
200 dollars would have been ridiculous for a tax on a NFA item back in 1934. From what I understand though was that the average person for the most part ignored or didnt know about it, and there was large scale non compliance everywhere. From what I can gather it wasnt as big of a deal until 1968. However some of what I am saying is coming from Unintended Consequences and Im not sure if it is fiction or not.
 
I'd doubt if anyone claimed the '34 NFA to do anything other than prohibit the covered firearms/accessories. The Thompson, very expensive gun for the time, started at $225 and by '44 was only $45. So the tax was 4x the price of one of the more expensive guns around.

But the thinking at the time was that it was within the government's power to ban those weapons, and Miller failed to overturn that assumption(he also failed to go to the oral arguments or even file a brief). So as far as they were concerned the way they banned them didn't matter, and if some money could be made in the mean time, why not?

I'm not sure how that would stand now days. While Heller was very cautious to explicitly say that it alone does not change this law's validity, it did lay a very solid foundation for fighting the '34 NFA. Heller made very very clear that the 2A protects all arms that are common for generally lawful purposes, and that both self defense and defense of the state/fighting tyranny, etc. are lawful purposes. I'd find it very reasonable to say that if machine guns were legal that they'd be as common as defense of the state.

But getting back to the topic of taxes, they're allowed on guns to the extent that they don't prevent people from buying those that they have a right to buy.
 
Thanks to Post #25:

"There is hereby imposed on the sale of any article of sport fishing equipment by the manufacturer, producer, or importer a tax..."

So the tax is on the price received by the factory, for US-made guns. It's not based on the price from the distributor or retailer. The retailer is the one who collects the sales tax in those states with sales taxes.

Forget about all these other taxes spoken of; they're just a part of everything we buy--from food to housing to clothes. Indirect taxes, as opposed to the direct taxes which are the subject of the thread.

Art
 
the same as socks or beef.

UH...... felt the annoying need to point out that is a WRONG comparison. Socks are taxed sales tax, Beef is food .
no tax. unless your state is really wacko or you get it hot cooked in
a restaurant, basic foods are not taxed.
 
Short Barreled rifles and shotguns (barrel length under 18" for shotgun, under 16" for rifles), fully automatic weapons, silencers, Destructive Devices (mortars, anything not muzzle loading over 50 cal, grenades, you get the idea), and Any Other Weapons (stuff like pen guns, cane guns, umbrella guns, and pistols with forward grips).
 
UH...... felt the annoying need to point out that is a WRONG comparison. Socks are taxed sales tax, Beef is food .
no tax. unless your state is really wacko or you get it hot cooked in
a restaurant, basic foods are not taxed.

Depends on what state (and sometimes city) you are purchasing in.
Virginia only recently dropped the sales tax on food to a lower rate, but it is still there.
Prescription drugs have NO sales tax though.
OTC are still taxed.
 
Besides the excise and various sales taxes, there is also: ITAR, FFL fees, the SOT, time lost to periodic ATF inspection, and the overhead for ATF paperwork compliance.

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Actually it is one of the few taxes I somewhat agree with.

Pitman/Robinson excise tax goes to the US Fish and Wildlife service (if I recall correctly) and then apportioned out to the states individually.

This coupled with the money states take in on license fees, it pays for hunting, hunting land etc.

I have used this as examples in Pro-Arguments all the time. Here in PA, the game commision has many public shooting areas....well I helped pay for it even with my non-hunting hand gun. Remind the FUDD if he hassles you.

Also works well on anti-hunters...calmly explain the Millions of acres preserved in basically wilderness condition by the Game Commision, and let them know, "YOUR tax dollars didn't pay for this....MINE did". Most folks are not aware of this fact and are usually VERY suprised by this knowledge.

There have have been land use issues with Game Land here in PA..."why can't we have bike/hiking trails on state game lands". Because YOU didn't pay for it, WE shooters and hunters did.

As long as we all stick together..... Mr. Fudd, Mr. Trap/Skeet shooter, Avid Collector and Tactical Ted....we will be strong.
 
Virginia got caught using Pitman money to feed deer on Skyline drive a few years ago.
Raised a real stink.
If you cannot hunt there the money should not be spent to feed deer there.
 
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