CA owner, sales tax, registration, license fees?

[chibi_kurochan]

Curious question for owners taking delivery in Fremont, CA.
What's your sales tax and vehicle license fee and registration fee?

Sanity check: M3 LR + PUP + EAP + Red + Fee = $56k total
9.25% sales tax
$364 license fee?
$253 registration/transfer/title?
$7 tire fee?

 

[DR61]

There is a CA fee calculator for new vehicles here:
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/wasapp/FeeCalculatorWeb/newVehicleForm.do

 

[chibi_kurochan]

There is a CA fee calculator for new vehicles here:
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/wasapp/FeeCalculatorWeb/newVehicleForm.do

Exactly what i was looking for! Thank you.
Time to finalize paperwork and take delivery SOON!

 

[azred]

Checked out that site just out of curiosity. For my build in my current domicile in AZ, tax/fees will about $2500 less than if I still lived at my old Santa Barbara address. $2500. That number rings a bell. I guess I can stop wishing that I could somehow buy the car in CA.

 

[Big Dog]

in California, the sales tax you pay is based on your home zip code, not Fremont's (unless you happen to live in Fremont).

 

[Wknapp0924]

Man that new Vehicle Improvement Fee is the worst. My two year old Tesla got renewed and it was $175.00 more based on the value when I purchased. No depreciation for this fee?

 

[insaneoctane]

Taxes in California are painfully high.... I can't imagine not moving if I lived in Santa Monica though.....
1st pic is Southern California, Thousand Oaks
2nd pic is Southern California, Santa Monica
Same $55K car...

Thousand Oaks :

Santa Monica :

 

[ebmcs03]

All boils down to your local city tax. Los Angeles tax is 9.5%!!!!!!!!!!

 

[chibi_kurochan]

When we picked up our MS, the total license and registration fee was $600. Our MS registration renewal is $731.
The cheaper model 3 nowise at $624. =P

 

[insaneoctane]

Taxes in California are painfully high.... I can't imagine not moving if I lived in Santa Monica though.....
1st pic is Southern California, Thousand Oaks
2nd pic is Southern California, Santa Monica
Same $55K car...

Thousand Oaks :
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Santa Monica :
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I have to imagine folks outside California read this cr@p and just think thank God that I don't live there

 

[chibi_kurochan]

I have to imagine folks outside California read this cr@p and just think thank God that I don't live there

It’s the “forever moderate” climate tax..

 

[Dugknight]

I have 2 homes and using the calculator above, realized it would be about $800 cheaper to register in the desert. Are there any restrictions on where you register? I live in LA during the week so am there more, but hopefully doesn’t matter. Thanks!

 

[PooshdM3]

I have 2 homes and using the calculator above, realized it would be about $800 cheaper to register in the desert. Are there any restrictions on where you register? I live in LA during the week so am there more, but hopefully doesn’t matter. Thanks!

Doesn't matter- you can use either of your home addresses for the purposes of registration!

 

[Need]

I have 2 homes and using the calculator above, realized it would be about $800 cheaper to register in the desert. Are there any restrictions on where you register? I live in LA during the week so am there more, but hopefully doesn’t matter. Thanks!

Your "desert" address will probably results in a cheaper auto insurance rate too. I have 2 houses, one in LA county and one in San Bernardino county, guess which one I registered my cars and auto insurance?

 

[Shygar]

From an insurance perspective you have to specify the address that the car is garaged at. Not sure about registration but seems like others say you can do it.

 

[Musterion]

Curious question for owners taking delivery in Fremont, CA.
What's your sales tax and vehicle license fee and registration fee?

Sanity check: M3 LR + PUP + EAP + Red + Fee = $56k total
9.25% sales tax
$364 license fee?
$253 registration/transfer/title?
$7 tire fee?

I am picking up M3 in Fremont this Saturday morning. Which parts do you want details about? What I can tell you is the following. The CA Fee site posted is useful but not exact. A few months ago for MX it was a good sanity check but did not correspond exactly to the final Tesla agreement. What is certain is the sales tax amount. Go to this site and enter your address. https://maps.gis.ca.gov/boe/TaxRates/ This is the tax you should be charged, and if Tesla docs show otherwise you can notify them and they will fix it (done for me in 2013, automatically correct in 2017 and 2018). Once you can see your amount due on M3 My Tesla site, it only shows combined taxes and fees. Take your taxes from above step and add 1 cent (no kidding, this was true for both our MX and M3) and subtract this from the rest to see your total registration fees. If you want further detail, email your delivery associate and you can get the full breakdown to see taxes plus all registration and misc fees. That should match the forms you will sign at delivery.

Good luck and congratulations!

 

[sreams]

From an insurance perspective you have to specify the address that the car is garaged at. Not sure about registration but seems like others say you can do it.

What if it spends half the year in one garage and the other half in another?

 

[Shygar]

What if it spends half the year in one garage and the other half in another?

Then you have to change it with your insurance company when the garaging address changes.

 

[chibi_kurochan]

I am picking up M3 in Fremont this Saturday morning. Which parts do you want details about? What I can tell you is the following. The CA Fee site posted is useful but not exact. A few months ago for MX it was a good sanity check but did not correspond exactly to the final Tesla agreement. What is certain is the sales tax amount. Go to this site and enter your address. https://maps.gis.ca.gov/boe/TaxRates/ This is the tax you should be charged, and if Tesla docs show otherwise you can notify them and they will fix it (done for me in 2013, automatically correct in 2017 and 2018). Once you can see your amount due on M3 My Tesla site, it only shows combined taxes and fees. Take your taxes from above step and add 1 cent (no kidding, this was true for both our MX and M3) and subtract this from the rest to see your total registration fees. If you want further detail, email your delivery associate and you can get the full breakdown to see taxes plus all registration and misc fees. That should match the forms you will sign at delivery.

Good luck and congratulations!

Thank you for the feedback. I was just trying to do sanity check my final MVPA that i received from them.
I was expecting the M3 to be less than our MS, but its about the same. =P
We picked up our car last saturday and I CAN'T STOP jumping around from excitement.

Congrats to you too! family getting so big so fast.. hopefully tesla can keep up with the support.. Customer support wait times been pretty long over the weekend.

 

[kgroschi]

I just got my registration renewal in the mail.

$781 due for my 2016 Model S. That is nuts imo.