A bill introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature aims to eliminate a tax on vehicles owned by motor carriers in the state.
The measure, introduced by Rep. Bradley Jones Jr. (R), would provide an exemption from a “rolling stock” tax for trucks, tractors and trailers owned by interstate trucking companies that are used to transport goods in interstate commerce.
“We are currently the only New England state, and one of just 13 nationwide, that provides no sales tax exemption for interstate for-hire trucking firms,” Jones told Transport Topics about the measure, officially House Bill 2959 in the Massachusetts Statehouse. “H.B. 2959 would codify in statute the commonwealth’s pre-1996 tax policies on rolling stock and would help make Massachusetts more competitive compared to our neighboring states.”
