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I tried the fee calculator. Did you notice that even if you change the date first operated in CA that the fee was calculated from today? If I'm figuring right that is under the 120 days, try the calculator around Christmas, may get another result.
I tried with different combination but no luck. It's really confusing. Do you have any reference for that 120 days thing? I searched in DMV site, but didn't find any reference. Thanks again jeffrow1
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Originally Posted by texdav
Don't they charge a fee if it doesn't meet California emissions now per year once a resident.
Hey texdav & Nayabone, thanks for your responses and the link. I do not mind to register my car as soon as I move to California. But I'm confused about the sales tax thing. Do you know anything about that? That would be really helpful.
You can avoid paying the sales/use tax if you register it 12+ months from purchase date.
If you plug into the fee calculator the first use date of Aug 19, 2015, you'll see that reflected properly.
You can avoid paying the sales/use tax if you register it 12+ months from purchase date.
If you plug into the fee calculator the first use date of Aug 19, 2015, you'll see that reflected properly.
Thanks Jaypee, I also think so. By any chance, do you know how much amount will be considered for that sales tax? The original price of my new car or the price after trade-in?
Thanks Jaypee, I also think so. By any chance, do you know how much amount will be considered for that sales tax? The original price of my new car or the price after trade-in?
In CA, it's the sold price. Yes, it sucks. They even tax you when you buy a used car from a private party.
My car's original price was around $38K, I did trade-in for $20K. So I paid sales tax for the rest of the amount $18K which makes sense. Now I have to pay sales tax (3%+) for the whole amount $38K again which will certain go more than $2K+!!! I wish I knew that early!!!!
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Why don't you ask the CA DMV? What you're getting here are opinions, nothing that will help you if the decision you make based on the information proves to be wrong.
When it comes to things like this, definitive information is always available, just as easy as posting a question on an internet forum. Are you willing to risk incurring the consequences because someone told you something on the Internet? Think about it.
The CA DMV has a website, the information you need is right there and if you can't find it, a telephone call will get it for you and then instead of all the opinions and guessing you'll know exactly what to do and how to do it.
Of course, if you are trying to evade taxes that should be paid, that is a felony and why anyone would talk about it here is rather strange. There are legal ways to avoid taxes but that information too, is available from official sources and not people you don't know who hang around forums.
I've been in the same situation as you but why would I tell you something that might have changed or just worked for me when the right thing to do is point you to the source.
Read the information from the official source, everything you need to know is contained right there. if you can't understand it, you can call them and they will explain it. You might be on hold for a while but so goes.
Here is the most important thing: you can read links from various people who think they know or claim they know, how to sites and so on but ask yourself this one question:
If something goes wrong, will anyone who gave you their opinion or guess be willing to pay for any taxes or penalties that get imposed on you? If the answer is no, those opinions and guesses aren't worth the bandwidth it takes to read them.
Why don't you ask the CA DMV? What you're getting here are opinions, nothing that will help you if the decision you make based on the information proves to be wrong.
When it comes to things like this, definitive information is always available, just as easy as posting a question on an internet forum. Are you willing to risk incurring the consequences because someone told you something on the Internet? Think about it.
The CA DMV has a website, the information you need is right there and if you can't find it, a telephone call will get it for you and then instead of all the opinions and guessing you'll know exactly what to do and how to do it.
Of course, if you are trying to evade taxes that should be paid, that is a felony and why anyone would talk about it here is rather strange. There are legal ways to avoid taxes but that information too, is available from official sources and not people you don't know who hang around forums.
I've been in the same situation as you but why would I tell you something that might have changed or just worked for me when the right thing to do is point you to the source.
Read the information from the official source, everything you need to know is contained right there. if you can't understand it, you can call them and they will explain it. You might be on hold for a while but so goes.
Here is the most important thing: you can read links from various people who think they know or claim they know, how to sites and so on but ask yourself this one question:
If something goes wrong, will anyone who gave you their opinion or guess be willing to pay for any taxes or penalties that get imposed on you? If the answer is no, those opinions and guesses aren't worth the bandwidth it takes to read them.
I totally agree with you Mack Knife. I will also give them a call and hope I will get some more information from them.
By the way, when I asked for a possible way to avoid that tax, I wasn't looking for any illegal way. What I meant was, sometimes moving the date further or any millage change might change the whole scenario for replaying the auto sales tax again. Example: If someone bough a car in January 2014 and planning to relocate to CA in January 2015, if he/she moves her relocation to February 2015, he/she could avoid the sales tax as it will cross 12 months. So I was looking for that kind of info which can be used for my case. But looks like there is no way.
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