NJ Sales Tax

[poivre]

Hi.
I would like to know if the lack of sales tax in NJ applies to cars as
well. If so i would like to buy a car in New Jersey.
Also, how hard is it to buy a car from 1 state, and have it be used/imported
immediately in another...eg registration etc???

Thanks.

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[Joey H. Blankenship]

In article <poivreCo...@netcom.com> poi...@netcom.com (poivre) writes:
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>Hi.
>I would like to know if the lack of sales tax in NJ applies to cars as
>well. If so i would like to buy a car in New Jersey.
>Also, how hard is it to buy a car from 1 state, and have it be used/imported
>immediately in another...eg registration etc???
>

This is something I heard, so keep that in mind before flaming.

In SC you must have owned the car for 6 months before you can register it in SC
without paying sales tax. This is to prohibit people from doing what you
suggest. Realize that you must also have insurance and pay property taxes if
applicable in order to register a car in any state (sales tax or not). It may
not be worth your while to try it. Currently sales tax for autos in SC is
capped to $300. There are some motions to remove the cap, and then I may try
to circumvent the law since sales tax is 5% here.

Good Luck,
Joey.

[Kershner Wyatt]

I am also a South Carolinian but also have experience with registering out-of
state cars in Maryland.

South Carolina has just instituted a new system to get you. It's the use tax.
As Joey noted, the sales tax has been capped at $300, because they nailed you
with County Personal Property Tax, a tax that made Maryland's initial tax pale
by comparison. The Use tax is to keep out of state cars and other property
cost as much as buying it in-State. 5% ad valoreum. So, in theory, you
could pay the first State's tax, then come to South Carolina and have to pay
another 5%. SC law says that you WILL get the plates and your driver's license
changed within 30 and 90 days, can't remember which is which. Doesn't really
matter. Like everyone else, I waited til my plates expired then went and got
the new ones. Same with the DL.

Maryland will let you pay the 5% period on the car. If you have not paid
sales tax on the car at purchase, then you pay it to the MD DMV. If you
have paid it in the state of purchase, then I believe you pay the tax on the
Blue Book value of the car. But it is a one time thing.

My earlier comment about MD tax paling? I paid more in two years in SC in
PPT than I did to Maryland for the 5% sales tax on a car bought in Pennsylvania.(Maryland resident).

I can pretty much guarantee you that the States have rules which are in their
favor for their neighboring states. But ask the DMV, maybe it'll work?

K.
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[Deepak Dhar]

For your information there is sales tax in New Jersey.
The only things there is no sales tax in on clothes, shoes
and food(not in restaurants however).
Hence you do have to pay sales tax when buying
a car in New Jersey(speaking from experience)

However, I think Delaware or Maryland has no sales tax.
I remember it was one of those states on my way down to DC

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[Tom Coradeschi]

Sorry if I've screwed up the attributions, but:

wya...@oissvr.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Kershner Wyatt) writes:
>jhb...@ncrclm.ClemsonSC.NCR.COM (Joey H. Blankenship) writes:
>>poi...@netcom.com (poivre) writes:
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>>>Hi.
>>>I would like to know if the lack of sales tax in NJ applies to cars as
>>>well. If so i would like to buy a car in New Jersey.

Well, I'm not sure what NJ you're referring to, but the one I live in has a
6% sales tax. And it most certainly applies to cars.
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