Annoyed by California yet again..
- Thread starter Taylor-34
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I envy you, I tried forever trying to get on with one of the utility companies in Oregon.. I love visiting there..
Washington has done that crap for years in fact got out of the Corps in 92 was stationed at El Toro CA. had bought two cars while there moved home and had to pay the difference between CA. and WA. sales tax and yes our sales tax is much higher here. But I would rather pay a sales tax than have a State income tax any day. IMO we should abolish the IRS and go to a National sales tax.
CA sales tax varies by city and county. It is a safe bet to assume you will be paying around 7.25%, regardless. In the city of Anaheim around Disneyland, sales tax is 15%.
I don't understand why you would pay sales tax again in california, unless you bought the truck private party and never registered the truck in the first place. If you did not buy it in Cali. you would not have to pay Cali Sales tax....strange. Did you buy at a dealer? If so you would have paid sales tax at the dealer based on your place of residence at that time. Something does not add up here.
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You're forgetting how they teach math in the Glorious People's Republic of California: Your bank account contains your money. According to California, your money is their money, so by the Transitive Property, your bank account contains their money.
The reason CA gets away with this extra tax is because they aren't calling it sales tax; it is "use tax", which is a form of property tax. According to the State Board of Equalization, " ..if sales tax would apply when you buy physical merchandise in California, use tax applies when you make a similar purchase without tax from a business located outside the state." Since California can't charge you the full amount (they don't want to tax you twice - that would be illegal!), so they charge you the difference between California's use tax and the tax you paid when you bought it, unless of course, you paid more taxes when you bought it.
so glad i live in AZ. 
. none of that "use tax" bs and i pass emissions with flying colors without doing a thing to the truck
. none of that "use tax" bs and i pass emissions with flying colors without doing a thing to the truck