A new federal incentive allows car and truck buyers to deduct the sales tax on vehicles purchased between Feb. 17 and the end of the year — just the encouragement some buyers needed to commit to a purchase.
“It’s the first good news the automotive industry has had in long time,” said James T. Fleming, president of the Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association. “I’ve talked to a number of dealers around the state and they said they’ve actually seen an uptick in traffic.” (Read more in the Norwich Bulletin)