Give Yourself A Tax Break With Tax incentives for Hybrid Owners
Buying a hybrid is becoming quite an investment. The hybrid,
which operates on both a gasoline engine and an electric engine,
is offering much more than a decrease in gasoline cost. It also
offers consumers the ability to directly help the environment.
Hybrids are known to emit very few pollutants, especially when
compared to conventional vehicles. It is stated that hybrids are
up to 90% cleaner to the air than normal cars. This something
the government is willing to reward hybrid drivers for.
Tax incentives for hybrid owners are one of the newest things
offered. Hybrid owners are ecstatic about the new bill passed
that gives them as much as $3,400 back. President Bush passed
the bill as a new Energy Bill. The bill focuses on the
environment but also on the fact that hybrids save on oil use.
This directly affects the country's dependency on foreign oil.
When a consumer purchases a hybrid, they are directly helping
break the control many radical Islamists have over the United
States through oil. These are the same individuals who hate the
United States. Therefore, it is only logical the United States
would want to reward hybrid owners for their smart purchases.
Many consumers find this new bill difficult to understand. The
average consumer may joke that it takes an accounting degree to
figure it all out. The formula used for the tax incentive
involves the fuel efficiency numbers for 2002 vehicles. It works
a little like this: If your car is between 25 and 50 percent
more efficient than the average 2002 vehicle model, then the
buyer will receive a $400 credit. The credit can grow as high as
$2,400 if the new car is even more efficient.
The trick of the bill is that is also offers a combination of a
conservation credit. This involves knowing a formula that tries
to project how much fuel the car will save over its lifetime.
The combination of the first half of the calculation and the
second half of the calculation gives the tax benefit total.
There are a few restrictions however that some consumers may not
be aware of. One of the restrictions includes a credit cap for
each automaker until 2010, which is set at 60,000 at this time.
Other restrictions as described also restrict inclusion of
certain hybrid models, especially those that are SUV hybrids or
those purchased after 2005. All in all however, hybrid owners in
general will profit from this tax benefit.
The bill may seem a bit confusing and limited at this time, but
hybrid owners will likely benefit greatly from this tax
incentive. Just leave it to your accountant to figure out the
details and sit back to claim the reward. After all, not
everyone understands every aspect of their personal taxes each
year, but they still pay and collect on them. By giving hybrid
owners this great incentive, the United States is not only
rewarding current hybrid owners, but they are encouraging
consumers that do not own hybrids to go out and purchase one.
The government is showing that hybrids not only help the
consumer individually but they also help the country as a whole.
If every car driven on the roads of the United States was a
hybrid car, then the United States could potentially cut their
oil needs down by 15%. This is an enormous number considering
that the United States currently imports more than 11 million
barrels of oil a day. Overall, the United States would be less
dependent on oil for normal day-to-day activities and the cost
of oil would be affected.
If you want to lower your personal gasoline costs then you
should consider a hybrid. If you are interested in ways to help
preserve the clean air of the environment, then you should
consider a hybrid. If you are interested in the disadvantages of
the dependency the United States has on foreign oil, then you
should consider a hybrid. And most of all, if you are one that
loves great government incentives, like the new Energy Bill that
gives hybrid owners tax incentives, then you should certainly
consider buying a hybrid.