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Mon May 12, 2008 12:03 pm

I bought a used '08 Tacoma on Friday. I stole it from the guy. Anyway, I got the loan on Friday, but had to go and pay the tax/transfer the title within a week (for the bank's records). I went to go do it today and they want to charge me tax on $14280.00 when I only paid $12K. It's not a huge amount ($189.00 tax), but it's fucking bullshit. When I buy a pair of pants on sale, I don't pay tax on the full amount. It's pissing me off the more I think about it.

The license lady said that if I could get an NADA or KBB or Edmonts value, to show her that the truck is worth less than 14K, she'd let me get away with paying tax on the 12K...that makes no sense to me, but when I go to do that, those sites all have used pricing up to '07, but not for an '08. They only have MSRP for an '08 and the truck has 8K on it, for fuck's sake. That sounds used to me.

Any Suggestions / comments.

Mon May 12, 2008 12:09 pm

If you have a friend that lives in Idaho put it in your name at his address,After the papers come in the mail tell them you moved to Washington and put it your name again at your address.

Mon May 12, 2008 12:16 pm

I just got off the phone with her again. She said if I could show repairs of $280 or more, that would get me to the 14K (2K more than I paid which is some sort of magic number) and I can pay taxes on the 12K. It has a tiny rock chip in the windshield and I'd rather pay for a new windshield than give my money to the fucking state. That may be what I do.

Mon May 12, 2008 12:17 pm

chickengeorge wrote: I just got off the phone with her again. She said if I could show repairs of $280 or more, that would get me to the 14K (2K less than I paid which is some sort of magic number) and I can pay taxes on the 12K. It has a tiny rock chip in the windshield and I'd rather pay for a new windshield than give my money to the fucking state. That may be what I do.

Go to her office and ask her, "Is there some other way we can work this out ;) "

Mon May 12, 2008 12:23 pm

Icy wrote: chickengeorge wrote: I just got off the phone with her again. She said if I could show repairs of $280 or more, that would get me to the 14K (2K less than I paid which is some sort of magic number) and I can pay taxes on the 12K. It has a tiny rock chip in the windshield and I'd rather pay for a new windshield than give my money to the fucking state. That may be what I do.

Go to her office and ask her, "Is there some other way we can work this out ;) "
There's about 4 ladies that work there, I'm not sure which one I was talking to. I'd hate to play Russian roulette with mah weenis.

Mon May 12, 2008 12:31 pm

kahala46 wrote: If you have a friend that lives in Idaho put it in your name at his address,After the papers come in the mail tell them you moved to Washington and put it your name again at your address. How would that help? If you title it in Idaho, you have to pay sales tax in Idaho on it. Title it in Oregon for no sales tax. Maybe Tram will help.

Mon May 12, 2008 12:34 pm

notchback wrote: kahala46 wrote: If you have a friend that lives in Idaho put it in your name at his address,After the papers come in the mail tell them you moved to Washington and put it your name again at your address. How would that help? If you title it in Idaho, you have to pay sales tax in Idaho on it. Title it in Oregon for no sales tax. Maybe Tram will help.
Yeah, that would eventually cost more than the $189.00.

I'm going down to the Dept of Revenue. Apparently they can give me a waiver if they see fit. Fuck this shit.

$189.00...

Mon May 12, 2008 12:41 pm

Do all states do this? Charge you tax on the "value" of the car and not what you paid?

Mon May 12, 2008 12:54 pm

I just registered a used car and I only paid on what I paid for the car, not the actual value. I'm in California.

Mon May 12, 2008 12:54 pm

chickengeorge wrote: Do all states do this? Charge you tax on the "value" of the car and not what you paid?
oh yeah... NC is bad about that...sometimes it works out in your favor - you used to be able to register an old VW for way under $100, as they assumed the value at like $500....nowadays they assume anything that old is restored, and worth $5K+, and tax it accordingly...
:(

Mon May 12, 2008 1:32 pm

WI taxes are only on whatever you paid for the vehicle. The last car I registered was my rabbit, and the seller wrote the purchase price to be $50 on the title, so I only paid tax on $50. I think it's 5.5% state and .5% county here. No assumed values or anything!

Mon May 12, 2008 1:48 pm

Texas uses book value now as well.

Mon May 12, 2008 1:58 pm

I had to pay taxes on the original MSRP for my Bus. Talk about BS!

Mon May 12, 2008 2:08 pm

we pay a flat $50 or something to transfer a car title in oregon. Plates are $20 or $30 a year regardless of value. I pay for custom plates on most vehicles and its $134 for 2 years.

Mon May 12, 2008 2:17 pm

Thats is a bunch of crap ......... Its cause we all have been lieing to the states for years and they only have record that out of 456,586,578 cars sold in 5 years all have been worth less than $100 dollars...... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Mon May 12, 2008 2:19 pm

DaveM wrote: we pay a flat $50 or something to transfer a car title in oregon. Plates are $20 or $30 a year regardless of value. I pay for custom plates on most vehicles and its $134 for 2 years.
Plus no sales tax...

You guys must have an income tax?

Mon May 12, 2008 2:21 pm

yes, yes we do pay through the nose on an income tax.

Mon May 12, 2008 3:28 pm

Just imagine how much tax has been collected on a 45 year old VW that has changed hands a dozen or more times, and each time had taxes paid. I'd wager at some point the taxes payed exceeded the original sticker price on the car, and in some cases several times over, such as a high dollar resto sale.

Mon May 12, 2008 3:31 pm

In NJ you pay tax on what you paid for the car. The buyer certifies the amount paid when he / she goes to the Motor Vehicle office to register the car. As long as it's not something ridiculous like $1, the state accepts the amount the buyer declares.

Mon May 12, 2008 4:49 pm

^^^ what he said. Ecept once when I bought an 87 Vanagon with a shot engine for 400 bucks. Well i did my thing at NJ motor vehicle and a few months later i get a letter in the mail saying i need to prove that i paid only that much as the book value was much greater(this was 1998 or so) anyway, i made a copy of my engine rebuild receipt and never heard back from the greedy farkers so i guess all was well!