CA Registration Fee?
SHRED©
registration fee costs. In fact I can't find any motorhome info on the site.
We will be purchasing a 26.5', class C.
Do they need to be smogged also?
Thanks
Don Bradner
>I have looked all over the CA DMV website and cannot find motorhome
>registration fee costs. In fact I can't find any motorhome info on the site.
>We will be purchasing a 26.5', class C.
There are no special fees for a motor home, so it is the same as a
car. The registration fee is $40, and the biggy is the VLF (Vehicle
License Fee, an in-lieu property tax). That one is 2% of the purchase
price, declining yearly from there. It is also the one with the rebate
that went away in the last days of the Davis administration and was
re-instated by Arnie. The rebate is 67.5% of the fee, so calculate
your registration as $40 plus 0.325% of the price.
>Do they need to be smogged also?
Gas yes, diesel no.
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SHRED©
> "SHREDŠ" <no_one@no_where_.com> wrote:
>
>> I have looked all over the CA DMV website and cannot find motorhome
>> registration fee costs. In fact I can't find any motorhome info on
>> the site. We will be purchasing a 26.5', class C.
>
> There are no special fees for a motor home, so it is the same as a
> car. The registration fee is $40, and the biggy is the VLF (Vehicle
> License Fee, an in-lieu property tax). That one is 2% of the purchase
> price, declining yearly from there. It is also the one with the rebate
> that went away in the last days of the Davis administration and was
> re-instated by Arnie. The rebate is 67.5% of the fee, so calculate
> your registration as $40 plus 0.325% of the price.
>
>> Do they need to be smogged also?
>
> Gas yes, diesel no.
Thank!
BD
"Don Bradner" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "SHRED©" <no_one@no_where_.com> wrote:
>
> >I have looked all over the CA DMV website and cannot find motorhome
> >registration fee costs. In fact I can't find any motorhome info on the
site.
> >We will be purchasing a 26.5', class C.
>
> There are no special fees for a motor home, so it is the same as a
> car. The registration fee is $40, and the biggy is the VLF (Vehicle
> License Fee, an in-lieu property tax). That one is 2% of the purchase
> price, declining yearly from there. It is also the one with the rebate
> that went away in the last days of the Davis administration and was
> re-instated by Arnie. The rebate is 67.5% of the fee, so calculate
> your registration as $40 plus 0.325% of the price.
>
> >Do they need to be smogged also?
>
> Gas yes, diesel no.
Hey Don,
Won't most ppl also pay sales tax in CA?
I know some like you won't, due to the way you stayed out of the state per
special qualification.
BD
Don Bradner
>Won't most ppl also pay sales tax in CA?
>I know some like you won't, due to the way you stayed out of the state per
>special qualification.
Actually, I've never done that, although I know the rules. The
question was about registration, so that's all I answered. Whether
sales tax would also be due is certainly something that might be
important, but it wasn't clear if this was a recent purchase, or where
it was purchased. If it was bought out of California more than 90 days
before entering there would be no sales tax. If it was less than 90
days, and no sales tax (or less than the CA rate) was charged in the
state where purchased, there would be a tax liability.
On my first motor home I purchased in Arizona and paid a slightly
higher Arizona sales tax compared to that in my home county,
consequently none was due when I registered. If it had been lower, I
would have had to pay the difference. The second was purchased in
California and CA sales taxes were paid.
Mike Little
sales tax rate there is 8%. I live in Orange County CA and the sales tax
rate here is 7.75%. I checked with the DMV and AAA and was told that CA did
not have reciprocity with AZ and that if tax was paid there it would be due
in CA too!! I ended up paying the dealer a $350 fee for out of state
delivery and they had someone drive it to Blythe for me where we had the
transaction notarized. Although the coach was manufactured here in CA and
had to meet CA emissions to be sold, because it is coming to CA from out of
state I had to get it smogged. Overall difference meant it cost me about an
extra $40 for the tax difference and delivery but I saved at least $20
thousand by shopping around.
Mike.
"Don Bradner" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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Don
>
> I just recently purchased my first MH (2002 Southwind) from Arizona. The
> sales tax rate there is 8%. I live in Orange County CA and the sales tax
> rate here is 7.75%. I checked with the DMV and AAA and was told that CA did
> not have reciprocity with AZ and that if tax was paid there it would be due
> in CA too!! I ended up paying the dealer a $350 fee for out of state
> delivery and they had someone drive it to Blythe for me where we had the
> transaction notarized.
Friends or ours bought a motorhome from Beaudry in Tucson, AZ a couple
of years ago and did not pay any Arizona sales tax. They were issued a
temporary permit of some kind and drove it into California themselves
and had it registered. They did not pay any $350 delivery fee.
Don
Don Bradner
>I just recently purchased my first MH (2002 Southwind) from Arizona. The
>sales tax rate there is 8%. I live in Orange County CA and the sales tax
>rate here is 7.75%. I checked with the DMV and AAA and was told that CA did
>not have reciprocity with AZ and that if tax was paid there it would be due
>in CA too!!
Many states operate entirely on reciprocity agreements, often with
neighboring states only. I think Arizona is one of them, so if you
were an Arizona resident who paid sales tax in California it might not
be claimable against tax due in Arizona. I'm not making that as a
statement of fact, as I don't know for sure.
The reason there is no reciprocity between California and Arizona is
because California does not use reciprocity at all! Sales tax paid in
*any* other state is claimable against California sales/use tax. You
were therefore given bad advice. As I said, I have personal experience
with having paid AZ tax and therefore not having paid CA tax on a
motor home, but here's a sample from the California BOE FAQ at
http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm
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12. Last week while visiting relatives in Maine I purchased $200 in
stereo equipment for use with my system at home in Sacramento,
California. When I purchased the equipment I was charged five percent
Maine sales tax. Do I owe California use tax on this purchase?
Yes, however, Revenue and Taxation Code section 6406 allows you to
take a credit for sales or use tax paid to another state. Therefore, a
portion of the California use tax you owe on the purchase is offset by
the sales tax you paid to the retailer in Maine. Since the sales and
use tax rate in Sacramento is 7.75%, use tax of $15.50 would be due on
your purchase. However, after deducting the $10 in Maine sales tax you
paid when you purchased the equipment, you would only owe $5.50 in
California use tax on the purchase.
Note: For each purchase you can only take a credit for sales tax paid
to another state up to the amount of California use tax you owe on
that purchase. If you paid an amount in excess of the California use
tax due on a purchase you cannot use this additional tax paid to
offset the tax due on another transaction. Using the example above, if
the tax rate in Maine were 10% and you paid $20 in Maine sales tax,
you could not apply the $4.50 in additional tax you paid to offset
California use tax you may owe on another purchase.
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