NC folks - Is Highway Use Tax a sales tax ?

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Word games - sales tax type

North Carolina collects a Highway Use Tax (HUT) on vehicles instead of a state sales tax. The tax is assessed each time a title is transferred.

Money that is collected for the Highway Use Tax goes to the NC Highway Trust Fund and the State's General Fund. That money is then used to improve the roads of North Carolina.


I copied this from the NCDMV website, maybe you could use this?????

I was aware of this verbiage for the HUT.

So, does "instead of" mean the IRS sees it as a sales tax (add to table amounts) to help on Schedule A, or something else ("Nice try, Charlie!")? ? ?

My best guess is the latter applies.

FE