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Vehicle Mileage Tax: A Financial Burden We Can’t Afford

by Bonnie Donovan

Feb 13, 2026
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I received the following email from a reader, and the math she did really put things into perspective:

Bonnie,

Maybe SB Current could start a monthly “Do the Math” column!

35.98 million registered vehicles.
Low mileage estimate of average annual mileage according to Google AI: 11,409 miles per year.
Proposed mileage tax: $0.06 to $0.09 per mile.

Total anticip…

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