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Oregonian, purchase car from Calif., sales tax?
If I live in Oregon and purchase a car through private sale from
California, do I have to pay Calif. sales tax? I'd be shipping the car to oregon, never driving it in Calif. Paying Calif. sales tax whould hurt, if not break the deal. Oregon has no sales tax. If I would have to pay the sales tax, what is the rate? Thanks for any info. -- Paul S. |
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Paul Stivers > wrote:
> If I live in Oregon and purchase a car through private sale from > California, do I have to pay Calif. sales tax? I'll answer my own question, for those who may google later. I checked with an acquaintance who is a used care dealer. He said I don't have to pay sales tax to Calif. because I live in Oregon. Sheew! -- Paul S. |
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Paul Stivers > wrote: >If I live in Oregon and purchase a car through private sale from >California, do I have to pay Calif. sales tax? I'd be shipping the car to >oregon, never driving it in Calif. Paying Calif. sales tax whould hurt, if >not break the deal. Oregon has no sales tax. If I would have to pay the >sales tax, what is the rate? I don't mean to hijack your question, but what would you do if you were driving it in CA? Does one need to get a temporary tag ahead of time from your home state (can you do this before the purchase?), or can one get one from the seller's state? Or do you just have to use some tag you already have? I assume you can't drive without plates at all? -- Mark |
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Mark Carroll > wrote:
> I don't mean to hijack your question, but what would you do if you > were driving it in CA? Does one need to get a temporary tag ahead of > time from your home state (can you do this before the purchase?), or > can one get one from the seller's state? Or do you just have to use > some tag you already have? I assume you can't drive without plates at > all? > No problem. I'm just thinking out loud, er, in writing. Maybe someone else knows for sure. I'm thinking the Calif. registration could transfer to me, then I drive it to Oregon and get Oregon plates. But maybe since I'm not a Calif resident, the Calif registration can't transfer to me. I know if I buy a used auto in Oregon, there's a small resgistration transfer fee, and I keep the tags and plates from the previous owner until those tags expire. -- Paul S. |
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On Mon, 03 May 2004 00:57:20 GMT, Paul Stivers
> wrote: >Paul Stivers > wrote: > >> If I live in Oregon and purchase a car through private sale from >> California, do I have to pay Calif. sales tax? > >I'll answer my own question, for those who may google later. I checked >with an acquaintance who is a used care dealer. He said I don't have to >pay sales tax to Calif. because I live in Oregon. Sheew! BUt you'll have to pay sales tax for Oregon, if they have any. I live in Chicago but have bought cars from Delaware, Virginia, and Florida. Each time, I had to cough up the taxes when I got home and tried to register the car - luckily, that's only $25 here. Emanuel -- 1983 Porsche 911 1983 Porsche 944 |
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On 03 May 2004 12:48:03 +0100 (BST), Mark Carroll
> wrote: > >I don't mean to hijack your question, but what would you do if you were >driving it in CA? Does one need to get a temporary tag ahead of time >from your home state (can you do this before the purchase?), or can one >get one from the seller's state? Or do you just have to use some tag >you already have? I assume you can't drive without plates at all? > You are supposed to get temporary tags in the state of purchase. Me, I just take the plates off of one of my current cars and use it until I get home and get local plates. This is technically illegal, but since the plates are registered to me anyway I can't imagine there being a real hassle. On one car, the seller loaned me his plates and I FedExed them back when I got home. Emanuel -- 1983 Porsche 911 1983 Porsche 944 |
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E Brown > wrote:
> BUt you'll have to pay sales tax for Oregon, if they have any. Correct. No sales tax in OR though. OR gets most of it's tax money through very high income tax and fairly high property tax. Hence my concern if I had to pay sales tax to Calif. |
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