Buying car out of state

Most states nab you for the tax when you go to title and register the vehicle. Someone living in CA will likely have the details.

I was forced to even pay a small sales tax of sorts on the torqueless wonder, which was free, and had been registered in IL since new. And the only reason I got the small tax was because it was so old and came from a family member. (I saved the car from the scrap yard)

Typically you would get a 30 day temp tag from the state you buy in and then register your car in your home state at which time taxes and fees are paid.

Paid all at once? Shit the down payment is going to drain my account as it is.

Cindy

In my experience, you pay the sales tax in the state that you bought it in, and then when you register it in your home state, they *adjust* the amount and either charge, or rebate you accordingly..

Yep,they would clobber you on tax upon registering it in CA.I dont know how much that car would cost,but at $25.000,you would be paying over $2000 extra in tax alone ! They will want to see your sales receipt which will show you paid no sales tax,so you cant really avoid it.Its one of the things which stops me from buying a new car. Try calling the California DMV and they can tell you how much they will charge you. I bought my used Mustang in California from a guy who brought the car in from Nevada,and the DMV taxed me on it when i registered it in CA. If you ask me its a total con.Each time a car is sold/bought,the govt are getting tax from each sale.If at all it should be taxable once only,ie,when the car is new.Why should tax be payable just because it changes ownership?The vehicle is the same as it was before. Tax on the air you breathe coming soon folks ,just about the only thing they havent taxed us on !

Andrew

Is the car new or used??? Here in PA, some people (not me of course) just tell the DMV that the used car they bought was alot cheaper than what they actually paid and then they obviously paid less tax. My "friend" paid $6K for a car and only paid tax on $1500...LOL You have to watch out though because they ask you to fill out a form that asks what you paid, and why you paid under bluebook value which you have to sign and could get you in trouble in the future if "the man" finds out what you actually paid. If its a new car obviously not going to be able to do this.

The second thing i was thinking was why are you buying it out of state? If it's new you might be better off buying it right from a local dealer and see if they can put all of those fees in your financing so you dont have to pay them out of your pocket immediately and can pay them over time. Tax sucks!!!

Mike

only,ie,when

New '03.

Shit. LoL!

I'm not certain about buying in OR, they just had the best deal I could find at the moment.

I live in a small area, so there's no authorized SVT dealership, unless I want to drive over 200 miles away. And OR is selling new '03's as cheap as I have found thus far. And they're closer than any other dealer. OR doesn't have sales tax, though, so I'd only be paying once. I was just hoping I could avoid it altogether. ;-)

Cindy

I live in pa and bought my cobra in nj. when i registered it with the dealer i bought it off of i had to pay the pa tax then and there,to get it registered in pa. when it comes to taxes on big purchases they're not going to let you get away without their cut. lol cobraboy 97convert

Yes of course you will have to pay taxes on the car, and there is a fee for bringing it into the state and the probability that it will not pass smog, and a smog impact fee and so on and so on.... It's expensive as hell if you don't do your homework

That's why I'm asking.

Cindy

I just came across this thread and don't know if what I'm about to say was mentioned before.

BUT!

Have you tried calling your state's DMV and /or department of Revenue and asking them what the rules are? It is possible that you may only be digging a deeper hole for yourself by trying to find a way around taxes, etc. In my state when you bring a car from another state to register it you are not charged sales tax if you already paid it in the first state, but you definitely will be charged a "highway use tax" that usually is considerably more than any sales taxes - you have to pay this regardless of whether or not you already paid a sales tax on the car!

Cindy, I have a solution - get the hell of Cali-fornia. That state quit being the garden state years ago, and now the illegal immingrant/tax-the-hell-outta-you state.

Come to Northern Colorado - you'll love it here. If your taste are on the liberal side, there is Boulder; if you're a little more centrist, then Fort Collins, and if you're a straight-out right winger, try Greeley.

We have something for everyone.

The closest to Colorado I have ever come was when I went to Four Corners. If CO is anything like that, it's a beautiful state. I happen to live in a very liberal area of CA, which I both love and hate. If I had my choice I'd move to AZ. :-) But CO has actually always been on my top three list.

Cindy

Not yet. I just wanted to ask people who've had personal experience, and depending on what I hear I will act accordingly.

It is possible that you may only

I wasn't trying to find a way around taxes, really. I was more curious than anything. I know people who go to OR and buy ten television sets tax free. I wasn't sure if buying an auto worked the same way. :-) Of course, if I'd thought about it, no it wouldn't.

In my state when you bring a car from another state to

You get stuck no matter what.

Cindy

NEW CAR??

nope...... gotta have over 7,500 miles on it before being registered in california......

another problem you may not have been aware of.... :(

A few snippets I found...

From California DMV's website

residents can't import a "new" car (any car with less than 7500 miles) *IF* the car doesn't have a California- or 50-state smog certification label from USEPA and CalEPA/ARB in the engine compartment.

From CalEPA ARB's website http://159.145.15.175/stdPage.asp?Body=/consumer/Bringing_a_Car_to_California.htm------------------------------------------------------------------------If the car is a 49-state car and it has more than 7500 miles, then the car can be registered in California without adding California smog equipment as long as it has all of the emissions control systems which were on the vehicle when it was first sold and it passes local smog check.

From California Board of Equalization's website

vehicle may be subject to use tax if it is brought into California within 90 days from the date of purchase.] Regulation 1566(d) OUT-OF-STATE PURCHASES OF VEHICLES ? 90-DAY TEST. (1) For the purpose of determining whether a vehicle which is purchased outside California is purchased for use in this state, it is presumed that the vehicle was purchased for use here if it enters California within 90 days after its purchase. This presumption may be rebutted by contrary evidence satisfactory to the board showing that the purchaser did not intend to use the vehicle in this state. (2) Prior out-of-state use not exceeding 90 days from the date of purchase to the date of entry into California is of a temporary nature and is not proof of an intent that the vehicle was purchased for use elsewhere. Prior out-of-state use in excess of 90 days from the date of purchase to the date of entry into California, exclusive of any time of shipment to California or time of storage for shipment to California, will be accepted as proof of an intent that the vehicle was not purchased for use in California. Accordingly, when a vehicle is purchased in a foreign country or in another state and is later shipped to California, the period of use for purposes of the 90-day test will be measured by the interval from the time the purchaser takes possession at the out-of-state point to the time when the vehicle is delivered to a shipping agent or placed in storage for shipment to California.

Cindy wrote:

Cindy,

When I was in college, I bought a car here in Florida, but because my "home" was in Ga, at my mom's, the car was registered in GA. The dealership did the transaction with registering the car in Ga and used the tax rate in Ga...It saved me alot of time...After graduation when I transferred the car to Florida, I had to make up the difference in the taxes from Ga to Fl.

Does that make sense?

Shane

Hard to seriously apply to cars but for big ticket items (boats and planes) the california ploy is to go 5 miles offshore, execute the bill of sale and then harbor in Mexico for 90 days before bringing back into California. Significant tax savings on 7 figure purchases.

Howard