Buying from a dealer vs private sale

Toogreys wrote:

Bumpyroad wrote:

crcr wrote:


I always try to buy from a private party -- prices are usually much lower, and also, in my state, NO sales tax on a private party sale, even bought out of state, which also saves a lot of $$.

IIRC I have never paid sales tax on a vehicle purchase. everybody will always have to pay an equivalent fee to register/title/license a vehicle.
bumpy

Bumpy's correct for Louisiana anyway. Don't matter how long you owened the vehicle, car, RV etc and where or when you originally bought it, they will charge you 9% of the value to regerster it the first time (sales tax as far as I'm concerned). The state has collected 3 times on my RV. The original owners paid it, had it less than 6 months, didn't like the size of the Bath Room.... Too small, it is but I can live with it. Then the owners we purchased it from paid 9% of the selling price, then we paid 9% of the purchase price. Then its about $50 to reregister each time.

Wow, I thought Indana had a racket on taxes. Don't tell the guys in Indianapolis or they'll try to do this too. Here we pay 7% on the sales price. Some folks poor mouth what they paid but I don't like to run the risk of getting caught for tax evasion. If I buy it out of state and pay 6% sales tax there, I get to pay another 1% here. If I don't pay sales tax at all, I pay the 7% here. If I can prove I paid more, like 8%, I get to skate on that. Indiana does charge the tax on each sale. The plates also stay with the owner so if it gets registered three times to different people, the Governor gets his cut each time.