Tax on brining a car into Washington State
Keith Bell
Feb 15 Paul M. post:
>kb...@tincan.tincan.org (Keith Bell) writes:
>>Re:Paul M. post on Feb 8
>>Wrong, you pay the difference between the state you brought the car from
>>and WA. Example - state x imposes a 5% sales tax. you will owe an
>>additional 2.5 to 3.2% tax depending on the county you register the vehicle
>>in. You do not pay both sales taxes.
>>Keith Bell
>Sorry Keith, you pay 100% of the total tax. The fact you paid a sales tax
>in another state has nothing to do with it. This is the State Use Tax and
under the Use tax law, the State of Wa. cares less what you may or may have
>not paid to another state.
> Paul M.
Sorry Paul wrong again,
Washington State does care. Washington State Use Tax is set forth in
Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 458-20-178 and Revised Code of
Washington (RCW) 82.12. A summary of this information is available on
request from the Department of Revenue at 1-800-647-7706 and at their
web page http://www.wa.gov/DOR/fsuse.htm (easily found by infoseek search
of Washington State Department Revenue.) The following is excerpted from
the web page;
Use tax is a tax on the use of good in Washington when sales tax has not
been paid. ......
USE TAX IS DUE WHEN:
- Goods are purchased in another state with no sales tax or a state with
a sales tax lower than Washington's.
- Several other examples are given. Please refer to web page.
.......
The use tax rates are the same as the sales tax rates. ....The combined
use tax rates range from 7 percent to 8.2 percent. .....
CREDITS, TRADE-INS AND EXEMPTIONS
- CREDITS -- When you bring goods into Washington that you purchased in
another state and paid sales tax on at the time of the purchase, you can
receive a credit for this tax by subtracting the amount of sales or use
tax you paid from the amount you owe. However, you must have proof,
such as an invoice or bill of sale, that the tax was paid in the other
state.
.......
- EXEMPTIONS -- Persons who are residents of another state and move to
Washington are exempt from the use tax on their household goods,
personal effects, and private automobiles, if they acquired the property
more than 90 days prior to the move to Washington. Boats, motor home,
motorcycles, trailers, and RV equipment do not qualify as private
automobiles or personal effects. These items are subject to use tax
even if acquired more than 90 days prior to moving to Washington.
.......
The exemption does not apply to commercial purchases. I confess to only
addressing purchases newer than 90 days in my original reply to Paul's post.
I should have been more explicit. Any person considering a move to
Washington or any other state would be well advised to get detailed
information from the proper authorities in the new state.
If I were as rude as Paul frequently is on this newsgroup I might quote
a famous tax expert's January 26 response to Robert Mihalek,
>Sorry "erased brain", what good does it do for anyone to actually answer
>question? If the answer does not fit your preconceived and ignorant
>belief, you reject out of hand with no facts or reason to sustain the
>position you take.
> Paul M.
I might then spew some dribble about practicing what you preach and
looking (up the facts) before you shoot (your mouth off.) But I am not
and I won't. Instead, Paul please be more careful.
Regards,
Keith