Anyone regret trading up

When I moved to Oregon in 1979 people would come from out of state and buy an RV, pay no sales tax, get a PO box and register it for 2 years for twenty bucks. There was a strong dealer base of RVs and people would fly in rent a room buy their rig and drive it home while spending a bunch of money in the state. Oregon felt cheated and put a stop to it. Many dealers went out of business.

If you buy a truck in Oregon and pay no sales tax and drive it across the river into Washington to register it be ready to write the check.

mtofell1 wrote:
Traditionally, the taxes that apply in your state are the one's you pay. For example, I live in Oregon (no sales tax) and recently bought my wife a car up in Washington and didn't have to pay the sales tax.

When I was shopping RVs in California I was told I still had to pay the sales tax there. A lot of folks swore up and down that was wrong but I think it was a new thing CA had done. I never ended up going through with the purchase so I'm not sure how it really all would have worked. I seem to remember there was some dog and pony show the dealer had worked out where he'd have a transporter meet me just across the border and perform the official transaction outside of the CA to avoid the tax.

washington is one of the few states where purchases by out of state residents (or at least oregon residents) of items not intended for use/consumption in the state are exempt from WA sales tax. we live in oregon and when we go through washington groceries etc. are taxed, but on clothing etc. if we show oregon drivers license, they copy the info down and don't charge tax. Idaho, CA, etc. don't have that exemption.

that's why so many washington stores advertise no sales tax to oregon buyers. they aren't eating the sales tax, it never is taxed.

Traditionally, the taxes that apply in your state are the one's you pay. For example, I live in Oregon (no sales tax) and recently bought my wife a car up in Washington and didn't have to pay the sales tax.

When I was shopping RVs in California I was told I still had to pay the sales tax there. A lot of folks swore up and down that was wrong but I think it was a new thing CA had done. I never ended up going through with the purchase so I'm not sure how it really all would have worked. I seem to remember there was some dog and pony show the dealer had worked out where he'd have a transporter meet me just across the border and perform the official transaction outside of the CA to avoid the tax.

Bedlam wrote:
Buy it in central or eastern WA verses western to get a tax break. Buying out of state will still require tax in WA to register it unless it can be homed/kept in another state the majority of the time.

You pay the tax rate based on where you register it.

http://dor.wa.gov/content/findtaxesandrates/salesandusetaxrates/lookupataxrate/

Buy it in central or eastern WA verses western to get a tax break. Buying out of state will still require tax in WA to register it unless it can be homed/kept in another state the majority of the time.

goducks10 wrote:
WA and CA are the reasons Oregonians will never vote in a sales tax. Thanks neighbor. :)

I gotta buy a new car. Can I register it at your house? Lol

goducks10 wrote:
WA and CA are the reasons Oregonians will never vote in a sales tax. Thanks neighbor. :)

And seeing CA with an income and sales tax will hopefully keep WA voters from doing something stupid (I doubt it though).

BenK wrote:
Any state impose a gas guzzler tax on the now luxury Pickups/SUVs being sold?

If not, betcha that is coming around the corner...

The federal government imposes the Gas Guzzler Tax and Pickups, SUV's, and Minivans are except from it. If they were imposed on trucks, then most diesels would probably be exempt due to how the Gas Guzzler Tax is calculated which is different, and more lenient, than the EPA window sticker. Big HD gas engines on the other hand would more than likely be taxed pretty heavily if it were enacted on trucks.

WA and CA are the reasons Oregonians will never vote in a sales tax. Thanks neighbor. :)

BenK wrote:
Any state impose a gas guzzler tax on the now luxury Pickups/SUVs being sold?

If not, betcha that is coming around the corner...

Yup when women have to pay tax on what stops their blood flowing, it could be argued that men should pay tax on what gets their blood flowing.