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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Paying Sales tax twice
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Date: Wed, 12-Mar-86 19:09:51 EST
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> >
> >Same thing happened to me.  While I was living in DC I bought a car
> >in Maryland.  Then I moved to MD and had to pay sales tax again.  Then
> >I moved to California and had to pay yet again (fortunately, only on
> >the reduced value of the car, which was 3.5 years old by then).
> >
> This just doesn't sit right with me.  Does this mean that I'm going to have to
> pay sales tax to every state I move to on my new car?  What about in 5 or
> 6 years if I still own it?  Lets say I'm a floater and move often.  I could
> conceivably pay more in sales tax than the cost of the car!

Well first, in Maryland, once you pay the tax, either at purchase time
or when you move into the state, you don't ever have to pay the tax again.
This was fortunate as I moved from MD->CO->MD.  In Colorado, they make you
pay a tax (3% I believe) on the value of your car each year.  Needless to
say I moved back before it was time to renew.  Maryland only charges $20
a year, once you've been titled.

-Ron