Sales Tax
Hello, having a weird edge case situation on paying sales tax on new to me TT. TL;DR Sales tax was charged on a casual sale of used TT from non business living trust to me. Tag office cites non exis...
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Well, you’re out the $ and the state has it. So not a great chance of getting it back I think. Wish I had better advice.
But in general (and in the future for you) if I don’t like how a DMV office is handling or categorizing something (could be them being wrong, could be me being sneaky) I just leave and try another office if I don’t get the answer I like. Even as a govt agency or private business conducting govt transactions, there are differences in what people understand or do for the customers.
Hell, a few years ago I didn’t want to pay tax on my new to me snow bike and WA title/reg/tax law was fuzzy around snowbikes as they are a motorcycle with an add on kit for the snow and can be turned back into a bike with some work.
I convinced the dmv of a new brand of snow machine which was the brand of the kit and they registered it the way I wanted. First guy to do it. He had to call Olympia and get it put into the system. In front of me.
I kind of have to register it in county im in and it apperared that thats how Georgia system classified the sale. It was pointless to get the clerk to do anything about it as it was automated, and all 4 of them would get uppity when challenged.
Theres an appeal process with DOR. I found statute Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-12-1-.07 - Casual Sale along with some definitions that state this sale was casual so no sales tax regardless what entity it is so im going to file their forms and argue that as BOS verbiage specifically has it written on it that sellers trust is not engaging in business and this sale was one time irregular sale. Again I can also take it to tax tribunal which is is focused on the law and not admin shortcuts tag office wants to use.
Yeah moneybis gone, so either Ill get it back or its a 2 thousand dollar lesson not to buy from trusts in GA.
Best of luck sir. Sounds like you’re as prepared as you can be to refute it.
