Anyone Buy A New Truck Of Of State?

[my07silvy]

It seems that I can get a better deal on a truck out of state, however I have a smartbuy tahoe right now that I will be trading in. Anyone attempt doing this out of state? How do you pay your local sales tax on the truck? Hopefully some of you guys have experience with this! Thanks!

[SoCalChris]

Most states will charge you sales tax when you purchase the truck, and then your state will either charge or refund you the difference between what you paid the state you purchased in, and what you owe your state.

 

Also, some states won't let you do this. For example, you can't buy a new car outside of California and then register it until it has something like 7,500 miles on it. Check with your local DMV or county treasurer before buying.

 

 

[foghorn23]

I live in a county that adjoins both Virginia and Tennessee. Over the years I and my parents have bought vehicles in both Virginia and Tennessee and registered them in North Carolina. In the past on a cash transaction (parents) the Virginia dealer would collect no tax and put a 30 day VA tag on the vehicle. Then when a NC plate was applied for at the tag office the NC tax was paid. Also had to get a NC inspection sticker. When I bought a vehicle in Tennessee (financing) the dealer estimated the NC tax and rolled it into the loan. I did a tag transfer from my old vehicle to the new, but the paperwork had to be run through Raleigh and I ran temporary Tennessee tags until I got a copy of the paperwork for my NC tag. Also had to get NC inspection.

 

Point is... out of state dealers deal with this all the time (at least in my area) I know it would vary from state to state, but other than running a temp tag for a few days, there's really no hassle. If you can save the $$ I'd vote to go where the money is. Good luck, and if you do decide to deal out of state let us know how the dealer worked the paperwork in your case.

 

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[Satuit]

I live in Mass and bought my truck in Maine due to my father being good friends with a dealer up there. Before I picked up the truck I sent the purchase agreement to my insurance broker in Mass, who registered it (and paid taxes on it) in Mass. When I went to pick up the truck I had a Mass plate and registration, provided to me by my insurance broker. The truck came with Maine inspection sticker - had to have that redone in Mass.

 

No trade for me, and I paid cash for the truck, so no financing issues to worry about.

[2500HD 8.1]

You just have to call your state DMV and the other state's DMV to check. I live in Illinois and I have bought a few vehicles in Wisconsin. The out of state dealer shouldn't charge you any tax, but then it is your responsibility to pay state taxes when you register your vehicle and transfer the title in your home state. I bet every state is different though.

[cerbomark]

boughtmine in NJ and reg in NY> Told dealer and they paid the taxes to NY. If your dealer dont know how to do this, find another dealer.

[dsmazz]

If you live in state "A" and buy a vehicle in state "B", there are several possible scenarios that may occur. It depends on whether state "A" and state "B" have what is called a reciprocity agreement. If so, state "B" may be able to collect the sales tax and forward that to state "A", or they may not charge you any tax, and in that case, you would have to pay state "A" the sales tax.

 

If the two states do not have such an agreement, you may end up having to pay sales tax in both states. So as suggested, check with DMV in both states before you buy.

[Mike-B]

The process is generally the same.

 

The dealership will charge you the states normal automotive sales tax, license, etc, which is 6.25% (Texas) of the trade difference + ~$250.00 (title/app/reg).

 

In turn, the dealership you bought the vehicle from will give you a check in the amount of the sales tax charged. At that point, you go to your own state DPS/DMV and abide by their mandatory fee's. If there is a difference, you keep it or are liable for it. Hope this helps.

[my07silvy]

sounds good guys, I appreciate the input. I'm trying hard to find my vmax since chevy screwed up my factory order. I'm trying to find a GMC vmax in the northeast but we'll see what happens. I got about 10 emails today from different dealers that have them but I dont want to drive 800 miles to pick it up either! We'll see....

[SoCalChris]

A lot of dealers can have them shipped to you from a different dealer, for less than $1,000. With gas prices what they are now, that might be cheaper. Also, since Chevy screwed up your order, see if you can get the dealer to pay for some, if not all of the fee to have it delivered from a different dealer.

[Mike-B]

Dealerships can arrange shipping.

[JoshS]

Most states will charge you sales tax when you purchase the truck, and then your state will either charge or refund you the difference between what you paid the state you purchased in, and what you owe your state.

 

Also, some states won't let you do this. For example, you can't buy a new car outside of California and then register it until it has something like 7,500 miles on it. Check with your local DMV or county treasurer before buying.

 

 

Not entirely true -- if the car is certified with a 50-state emissions system (vs. a different model for CA from most other states), then you can register the new car purchased out of state.

 

I have brought in (to California) many cars, both new and used. In both cases with the new cars, the cars were 50-state certified. The selling dealers charged me no sales tax, and they did no DMV paperwork in any state. They gave me the MSO (also called the "Certificate of Origin") which is basically like a title for new cars, and off I went. I then did all of the DMV work in CA myself, which is really not much different than registering a used car. The only difference is that the car needs to be inspected to determine that it really is a 50-state car (and that the VIN matches the paperwork, etc).

 

If the original poster is trying to bring a truck into California: feel free to contact me, I'll give you any details about it. It's really no big deal if it's a 50-state car, or a used car. But SoCalChris is right -- don't bother to try bringing a Federally-certified (non-50-state) new car into CA.

[CalixEros]

I just bought my new Silverado a couple weeks ago in NY and registered it in SD (I'm in construction and working on a job in NY, so it's not like I flew to NY to pick up a truck and drive it back to SD). I had somebody in SD that registered it for me, although the dealer said they could do everything by mail for me. They gave me a NYS in-transit permit and all the appropriate paperwork to get it registered in SD (SD DMV form, notarized invoice, MCO, etc.). They collected no sales tax, but were required to do a NYS inspection. All in all it worked great for me, I just drove with the in-transit permit for a week (although the permit is only supposed to be for transportation back to your home state, not for driving around). As long as the state you're buying it in has some sort of permit like this, I wouldn't have any worries.

[RDunham]

I've purchased 2 vehicles in the past 14 months, one from Illinois and the other from Maryland (I live in VA). The Illinois dealer trailered the car (Corvette) to my door and the Maryland dealer drove the Silverado to my door. The Marylad dealer took care of tax, tags - everything....very accomodating. Illinois dealer didn't collect tax or arrange tags but that's not a big deal (in VA anyways).

 

Finding a "full-service" dealer is possible. Just takes a little (or a lot) of calling/emailing.

 

Good luck.