Truck Tax Incentives
NADA/ATD is working with other interested industry partners to form a coalition behind a broad-based incentive package for truck sales in the near-term, focusing on the dramatic downturn in sales and the subsequent effect on the Highway Trust Fund, as well as the price increases forthcoming from the 2010 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) engine mandate. Dealers should ask Members of Congress to support efforts to stimulate truck sales.
Heavy Duty Truck Fuel Economy
Global warming legislation (H.R. 2454 and S. 1733) repeals the CAFE standard for heavy-duty trucks, and transfers the program to the EPA, changing the rules so important considerations such as job loss and consumer choice are no longer considered when setting a fuel economy standard for these vehicles. Additionally, it makes no sense to transfer a fuel economy program from an agency that has regulated fuel economy for more than three decades (NHTSA) to an agency that has never regulated fuel economy (EPA). NADA opposes these provisions and is working with the Senate, which may consider them later this year. Members of Congress should support the current, studied approach to truck fuel economy, and oppose efforts to override this rational policy.
NADA Heavy Duty Truck Fuel Economy Issue Sheet (.pdf)
Auxilary Power Unit (APU) Exemption from Federal Excise Tax (FET)
NADA/ATD successfully obtained an exemption for certain idling reduction devices from the retail Federal Excise Tax (FET) if the unit is sold on or after October 4, 2008, and appears on a list of approved idling reduction devices approved for the credit by the EPA, was passed as part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-343).
As written, the law only applies to Auxiliary Power Units (APUs) attached to a highway tractor. NADA/ATD is seeking a legislative correction to provide the same tax treatment for APUs affixed to all taxable highway vehicles.
APU Issue Sheet (.pdf)
Other Priority Issues
To view other non truck specific legislative priorities (such as card check) visit www.nada.org/legislativeaffairs.