📦 Step 1:
The Factory sends out a 9L car
You’re paying for metal, wheels, wires, and logistics. At this point, the car is just… a car.
💣 Step 2:
Dealer takes his margin, say 1L.
Tax - 28% GST + 17% cess (on SUVs)
But wait not just on factory price.
On the "dealer markup-inclusive price".
Boom 9L becomes 14.5L Ex-showroom price. Before you even touch the ignition.
🧨 Step 3: Road Tax = Tax on a Taxed Price
Here’s where the real scam begins.
Road Tax (say 13% in Mahrashtra) isn’t on 9L.
It’s on the already bloated 14.5L.
So now you’re paying 1.9L in tax just to drive on potholes and dodged manholes.
Tax on GST.
Tax on Cess.
Tax on margin.
So this is tax on taxed tax.
🔒 Step 4: Insurance Gets Taxed Too
You buy a 80K insurance policy.
Pay 18% GST on that too. Another 14,400.
Tax to protect a taxed vehicle.
🧾 Step 5: TCS, Registration, FastTag & Number Plate Drama
Add another 35K for good measure.
Because how dare you not be taxed to get on the road?
💀 Final Bill ~ 18.00L
From 9L to 18.00L.
(Buy 2 get 1 scheme).
You’ve paid tax on the car.
then again for permission to use it
then again for permission to protect it
then again for permission to drive it
🔥Oh and you thot pain stopped at purchase?
⛽ Fuel tax - 50%
🛠️ Service tax - 18% GST
⚙️ Spare Parts/Tyres - 28% GST
The Real Cost of Aspiration in India:
🚫 Tax on buying
🚫 Tax on protecting
🚫 Tax on driving
🚫 Tax on repairing
🚫 Tax on refuelling
🚫 Tax on accessorising
🥹 Tax on breathing near the vehicle, apparently
For luxury cars..just multiply by 2.3x of factory price.
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