Posted by Michael Pardee on December 11, 2005, 1:53 am
> I live in Arizona, but bought my Prius in California. I had to pay
> California sales tax, but registered the car in Arizona. I paid ten
> bucks to California for a 24-hour temporary registration that had the
> provision that I had to get the car out of the state within 24 hours
> after buying it.
They sure know how to make you feel welcome ;-) "Here's your car, now go
home!"
Mike
Posted by Michelle Steiner on December 11, 2005, 5:54 pm
> > I live in Arizona, but bought my Prius in California. I had to pay
> > California sales tax, but registered the car in Arizona. I paid
> > ten bucks to California for a 24-hour temporary registration that
> > had the provision that I had to get the car out of the state within
> > 24 hours after buying it.
> >
> They sure know how to make you feel welcome ;-) "Here's your car,
> now go home!"
Well, it was that, or get California plates.
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Posted by Bob H on December 10, 2005, 5:34 pm
Why not go the other way and buy it in Wa? I checked the package you want
appears to be available here and we here in Washington have a long history
of not charging Oregon sales tax.
> In article
>> > > You might want to call a California dealer (remember that
>> > > California is split into two different Toyota regions, North and
>> > > South!), and see if they've done OR sales before. It might be
>> > > possible for them to not charge the sales tax on an out of state
>> > > resident driving the vehicle out of state...
>> >
>> > There is also the option of them delivering the vehicle in Oregon;
>> > that would eliminate any California sales-tax considerations.
>>
>> * California has a "use" tax on any personal property bought outside
>> California with the intent to use it in California.
> yeah, but this is for a car that will be registered, used, and garaged
> in Oregon. He can't get the option package he wants in Oregon, but
> might be able to get it in California. Oregon doesn't have a sales tax,
> so he wants to be able to buy it without paying California taxes on it.
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Posted by Michelle Steiner on December 10, 2005, 7:47 pm
> Why not go the other way and buy it in Wa? I checked the package you
> want appears to be available here and we here in Washington have a
> long history of not charging Oregon sales tax.
Maybe he lives in the southern part of Oregon.
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Posted by Michael Pardee on December 11, 2005, 1:55 am
> Why not go the other way and buy it in Wa? I checked the package you want
> appears to be available here and we here in Washington have a long history
> of not charging Oregon sales tax.
IIRC there is some sort of tax agreement in the border area. I recall buying
something in Portland (or was it Vancouver?) and being asked if we lived in
Washington or Oregon, for tax purposes.
Mike
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> California sales tax, but registered the car in Arizona. I paid ten
> bucks to California for a 24-hour temporary registration that had the
> provision that I had to get the car out of the state within 24 hours
> after buying it.