OKLAHOMA CITY -- Sometimes it's hard to tell just by looking. Is it a golf cart or an electric vehicle? That's the question employees at the Oklahoma Tax Commission will be deciding as they determine which ones get a state tax credit.
There's been a law on the books in Oklahoma since 1994 that gives a tax credit for electric vehicles. Recently, the federal government jumped in and offered a credit of their own making them extremely affordable and extremely popular. The demand is great for people in the electric car businesses like Greg Conrady.
He owns GKU Electric Vehicles and says, "Since we got this busy I've hired 20 to 30 people."
But on September 17th, the Oklahoma Tax Commission created an emergency rule disqualifying off roaders and anything that looked like a golf cart.
Conrady says, "Now our show rooms are empty. It took our business from selling 50 to 70 cars a day to zero, actually people coming in demanding refunds."
Dawn Cash with the Oklahoma Tax Commission says, "We became concerned there was some confusion that the rule did not create clarification for the public as we had hoped."
So the commissioners withdrew the rule on Thursday. Now the commission will decide if a car qualifies for a state credit on a vehicle by vehicle basis and place the approved ones on their website.
Cash says, "I'm hopeful that this will help clarify and end the questions of the public."
There's been a law on the books in Oklahoma since 1994 that gives a tax credit for electric vehicles. Recently, the federal government jumped in and offered a credit of their own making them extremely affordable and extremely popular. The demand is great for people in the electric car businesses like Greg Conrady.
He owns GKU Electric Vehicles and says, "Since we got this busy I've hired 20 to 30 people."
But on September 17th, the Oklahoma Tax Commission created an emergency rule disqualifying off roaders and anything that looked like a golf cart.
Conrady says, "Now our show rooms are empty. It took our business from selling 50 to 70 cars a day to zero, actually people coming in demanding refunds."
Dawn Cash with the Oklahoma Tax Commission says, "We became concerned there was some confusion that the rule did not create clarification for the public as we had hoped."
So the commissioners withdrew the rule on Thursday. Now the commission will decide if a car qualifies for a state credit on a vehicle by vehicle basis and place the approved ones on their website.
Cash says, "I'm hopeful that this will help clarify and end the questions of the public."
