How Connecticut towns determine car taxes and why they exist in the first place

How does Connecticut assess the value of a car? Though car taxes are handled through municipalities, every town and city must assess the value of vehicles in the same way, and many people may pay less next year. Beginning Oct. 1, the state will change the way it assesses cars. How does the value of a car translate into the taxes owed? How long has there been a car tax in Connecticut? “Thus, vehicles have been taxed in the state for more than 200 years — since before they were...