message01 = ''' Mass Excise Tax Fees ==================== The tax depends on the vehicle age. For this program we only calculate the excise tax on the first year of purchase. https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/cis/tax/motor-excise.htm Vehicle Age Percentage of List Price In the year preceding the model year (brand new car released before model year) 50% In the model year 90% In the second year 60% In the third year 40% In the fourth year 25% In the fifth and succeeding years 10% ''' print(message01) # Tax table for excise tax by year. exciseTaxRateTable = [.5, .9, .6, .4, .25, .10, .10, .10, .10, .10] print("Access excise tax rate by index") yearIndex = 2 print(f"year = {yearIndex} rate = {exciseTaxRateTable[yearIndex]}") yearIndex = 4 print(f"year = {yearIndex} rate = {exciseTaxRateTable[yearIndex]}") yearIndex = 7 # set to 9 or more and the program will fault print(f"year = {yearIndex} rate = {exciseTaxRateTable[yearIndex]}")