If someone’s accountant is even mentioning their sales tax bill on their car to them, they might be cosplaying as wealthy.
The tax evaders who are being targeted here aren’t wealthy people, they’re people who couldn’t afford the tax bill on their financed Lambo because they need that money for the gap insurance.
It adds up. And in a state with tens of thousands of high net worth individuals, that marginal tax increase might be the nudge that causes a few of them to relocate to a lower tax jurisdiction.