From: Heidi Pilewski (hbp@sei.cmu.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 14:53:34 EDT
Chris Kunz wrote:
> Eric Haas wrote:
>
>> Excerpts From Heidi Pilewski <hbp@sei.cmu.edu>:
>>
>>> It's all about tax. If you sell for $1 then they only get $.06. But
>>> for $2k they make $120.00.
>>>
>> Tax on automobile sales is more like 2.5%
>>
>> -Eric
>>
> AAA claims the tax is 7% for alleghany county, 6% for west moreland
> county (just called 'em).
>
> I'm trying to title a truck my father gave to me. I actually and
> truthfully paid nothing for it. I tried to file the title, but they
> claimed that I needed proof that my father paid sales tax when he
> purchased the vehicle (10 yrs ago and in KS). He of course doesn't have
> the reciept, so they are going to charge me sales tax on "fair" market
> value. This seems illegal to me, they're taxing me on money I didn't
> pay. I think I'm just going to give the truck back to him, I don't want
> PA to have the money.
Another interesting wrinkle from the State of PA Website:
"Local sales tax on motor vehicles is determined by the resident
address of the purchaser, not by the location of the purchase."
But I can find nothing else on taxes on motor vehicles on the state web
site.
Heidi
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