• shalafi@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      The dealer didn’t waive the tax. They took it off the sticker price, presented the idiot with the lower number and said, “OK! Waived!”

      SOURCE: Sold cars for a few months. This is Day One kinda tactics.

    • stinerman [Ohio]@midwest.social
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      I think he was trying to say there was no sales tax because he didn’t register the truck or the trailer. There’s no way he waived a piece of paper in front of the DMV and they said “oh yeah, you’re totally exempt.”

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          In some states you do. Even if you already own the vehicle and move that said state, you have to pay a sales tax…

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            Sales tax is for transfer of title (i.e. ownership). Registration is to get license plates (number plates), to legally drive on public roads.

            I bet what they didn’t have to pay are “registration fees”.

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      IRS doesn’t care about sales tax. That’s a state thing–usually enforced when you register the car, which apparently didn’t happen.