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Old 09-14-06, 09:17 AM
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Trading a car: sales tax when registering?

Anyone know how this works in Virginia? If I were to trade a car straight up for another car or + cash, what would the sales tax be on the car when I go to register it? Would it be based off just the amount of cash exhanged or the fair market value of the vehicle traded in plus the cash?
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how we do it in maryland, it may be illegal but the dumb broads at the DMV don't care. I just write in some silly number. when I registered my 88 over a year ago i put in that i bought it for 500. i originally payed 1500 for it. the people at the dmv don't care, they just want to get off of work from the shitty job they do.
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Originally Posted by Row-Tar-Eeeh
they just want to get off of work from the shitty job they do.
well, wouldn't you?
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you can gift it to each other and pay no tax
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^^^ depends on the individual state.
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if your car is older model like NADA won't show the price for it, then MVA won't care. if you are registering a newer car like 2000 model, you can't put down $500, and expect those guys are stupid. Governments are not fool. if you want to get away with the tax, just notarize it. no trouble.
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In CT they go off of book value, no matter what you paid.
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In maryland it's 7 years. Older then 7 years, a notorized bill of sale isn't necessary, (they take your word on the sale price) if you don't have a notorized bill of sale with the price on it, they go off of the NADA book guide for tax purposes.
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500 bucks should work, when i bought my 7 in tennessee a few years back, tried 100, the lasy looked at me like i was crazy, so i aksed her what "should" i write down, and that what she said. Even though i paid 3 gs. I know virginia is a communistwealth, and has crazy rules when it comes to this, but start there and act dumber then the clerk, and you should be good.
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Originally Posted by falnfenix
^^^ depends on the individual state.

so your telling me that in certain states even if relatives give each other a car they still pay taxes on it?
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Thats the ticket!
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Originally Posted by Rob XX 7
so your telling me that in certain states even if relatives give each other a car they still pay taxes on it?
you're assuming this is a situation involving family. i know that in most states, gifts within family are considered tax-free - while gifts between NON family require some form of gift tax. that, however, can differ between states.
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there's a box for you to write the amount of money you bought it for, and they take a percent off of that ammount. $500's generally believable for a FC, however fong says, newer cars you probably won't get away with $500.
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