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Thank you to all of those who answered my questions (sometimes goofy ones) and guided me. After enough false starts, wrong turns, and dead ends I finally got myself back into a C6.
It is a 2013 GrandSport with a 60th-anniversary package, 4LT, 21,000 miles, and two owners.
Unless you live in a state without sales tax, you still have to pay sales tax when you register the car with the DMV...doesn't matter where you buy the car (private or dealer). States with a sales tax collect a tax on every car sold EVERY time it's sold.
This is incorrect.
In Arizona, sales tax is applied to any car purchased through a dealer, yet any private sale (owner to owner) does not pay any sales tax on the transaction. MVD looks at the transaction and if a dealer is not involved either with a bill of sale or using the title to transfer ownership, person to person, no sales tax is applied.
Last edited by BlindSpot; Sep 4, 2022 at 11:16 AM.
Unless you live in a state without sales tax, you still have to pay sales tax when you register the car with the DMV...doesn't matter where you buy the car (private or dealer). States with a sales tax collect a tax on every car sold EVERY time it's sold.
Unfortunately not in Texas. They get you when you go to transfer the title and register it.
That was the way it was in NJ. Even if you owned a car registered in another state and now wanted to register it in NJ unless there was some reciprocity arrangement.
In Arizona, sales tax is applied to any car purchased through a dealer, yet any private sale (owner to owner) does not pay any sales tax on the transaction. MVD looks at the transaction and if a dealer is not involved either with a bill of sale or using the title to transfer ownership, person to person, no sales tax is applied.
Thanks for the correction...had no idea AZ doesn't charge sales tax on a private car sale. Honestly, that's how it SHOULD be.
Unfortunately not in Texas. They get you when you go to transfer the title and register it.
I'm not sure, but I think Texas charges based on the model and year. They don't even ask the sales price. This is the model, this is the year, this is the amount. I do remember when they asked for a value, but that had too many tax holes in it. That is why they went to this other method. But you definitely have to pay up.
I'm not sure, but I think Texas charges based on the model and year. They don't even ask the sales price. This is the model, this is the year, this is the amount. I do remember when they asked for a value, but that had too many tax holes in it. That is why they went to this other method. But you definitely have to pay up.
I just did this last week. My only recommendation is to not bring a Bill of Sale like I did. I watched her pull up the 80% perceived value number. They don't even ask for value. It's all computerized. The value she pulled up was $19K and change, and that's what I would have paid taxes on if I didn't have Bill of Sale showing $38,500.00. And bring a check book because they charge an extra 2-3% if you use a card. I got hit with that, to. It cost me almost $2500 to transfer the title on this Grand Sport.
I just did this last week. My only recommendation is to not bring a Bill of Sale like I did. I watched her pull up the 80% perceived value number. They don't even ask for value. It's all computerized. The value she pulled up was $19K and change, and that's what I would have paid taxes on if I didn't have Bill of Sale showing $38,500.00. And bring a check book because they charge an extra 2-3% if you use a card. I got hit with that, to. It cost me almost $2500 to transfer the title on this Grand Sport.
That is how AZ computes registration fees, based on a computer model that decreases the value each year (it is a personal property tax in AZ). I think I read somewhere that they start with MSRP the first year and then drop the value by 16% each year after.
That was the way it was in NJ. Even if you owned a car registered in another state and now wanted to register it in NJ unless there was some reciprocity arrangement.
The same in Pa, you pay the sales tax for an out of state car purchase when you go to register the car in Pa
