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Originally Posted by Mike
Just saw this post from a california dealer on the corvette forum, having a sale on ZR1s. This was at the bottom:
Out Of State Buyers pay no fees. If you would like to fly in and drive the car home, you will have to pay 9.25% California sales tax. You can have the car shipped from our dealership to your state and you won't have to pay the 9.25% California sales tax. You will be responsible for shipping, registering, and paying the sales tax in your own state
I seem to recall that when I was in the military and lived in CA but was a florida resident, anytime I bought a car, I paid CA sales tax, and then FL would waive the difference between the two when registering, but it was always zero because CA taxes are higher then FL.
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I just went through something similar. Big pain in the *** but it all worked out. So I bought my Z in New Jersey. While at the dealer I was getting ready to sign and noticed they were charging 9% sales tax....this set off alarms in my head. When i asked it was "to cover oursleves in case you register the car in a state that has a higher tax and we dont want to get stuck paying the difference." I still questioned them because i opted for the dealer to register the car themselves in Virginia (where i lived at the time. Im military so i move quite a bit). Probably would have been easier to just register the car myself and save me the hassle. Anyway, they ended up sending all the info to the Virginia DMV (tax in VA is 3%). After Virginia reviewed all the paperwork and sent the plates to the dealer, they also included information about the VA tax only being 3%. Long story short, the dealer reimbursed me 6% tax on the purchase. Confusing I know...but like i said it all worked out in the end! If you have any more questions feel free to shoot me a PM.