sakataj

iTrader: (182)

boo hoo , i would have gladly paid $600..... i bought my car in 2007 out of state so when i came back to my state and went to register it i had to pay taxes on it since i didnt when i bought it,title,license, registration,etc etc and this was when our cars still had a good value to them (i mean in the 20-30k range) when all was said and done, i paid several thousand bucks (i think it was close to 4k or something like that)

TimWalker

I paid 6k for my 99 gs400 out of texas and registered here in new mexico and I only paid 200 maybe it wasn't too high because I had a bill of sale stating I paid 4500

billzblaze

Yea ok but damn i didnt post this to get criticized i was just trying to see what others were paying in CA.I just think its pretty expensive being that were in a so called recession.

Xr2GS300

i hope hawaii never gets that bad..i pay about 236 for registration

GsOnDubZ

that sounds way too high ,sounds like u had back pay for your tags involved

Bradwillia

The whole thing drives me nuts. The worst part about it is the highway patrol. After you have paid the government all this money for your right to use the roads and help pay for them what do they do? They say oh hey let's double dip and pull the people over who are paying for all of this and extract more money from them! Total Sheriff of Nottingham move!

raytseng

You don't need to consult with a tax pro. It's a common deduction. If you are NOT doing this, you're leaving money on the table.

Turbotax or equivilant will specifically query "did you pay any vehicle registration taxes" and/or "did you buy or sell a vehicle?" for sales tax; and you follow their prompts to get the proper deduction(s) entered.

If you go to CA DMV website they specifically have a page to lookup the vehicle tax amount for your vehicle for the past 3years specifically just to help owners with their tax claims(Not all of the total you paid counts as the deduction).
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/FeeCalculatorWeb/vlfForm.do

Big Mack

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You asked for input - you should expect it both ways. We don't sugar coat it around here most of the time.

You pay for the privilege of using the roads. They don't double dip when they pull you over for a legitimate reason - such as speeding, broken headlight/tailllight, etc. You agree by driving on the road that you will follow the rules. You break them, you pay for it. That's not double dipping. Double dipping would be paying to speed at 10 over and getting pulled over for doing so.

I know it's a common deduction and you know it's a common deduction, but not everyone does it and I've met many who have no idea that there are taxes in part of the registration, or that your whole fee cannot be deducted. That's why I said to talk with someone who knows (that and I don't want to purport to be an expert for every state ).

Big Mack

CK6Speed

iTrader: (1)

This is one time when we in Hawaii can be happy that we don't have to pay taxes on used car purchases and to transfer title and registration at time of purchase it only cost us $10 It's about time we finally are cheaper for something.

Dee8

Interesting, I just did a sale transfer about a month ago (in CA) with a listed sale price of $5000 (bought it for $8000) and they only did the normal sales tax, so I paid a little under $500 after tax and transfer fee. I believe KBB would've listed it around 7k-8k