Originally posted by ElKy:
Originally posted by IRingTwyce:
That's weird. Here you pay sales tax on what you paid for an item (minus any trade-in equity), not tax on some generic blue-book value. Eh, diff'ernt strokes for diff'ernt states.



not weird at all.
in mass you pay sales tax based on book value when the vehicle is purchased thru a private sale.
you pay sales tax on purchase price when purchased thru a dealer.



So either way you still get hosed. $127 tax on my 86 Bronco, bought for $150. ARRRGH!!

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