Can I buy a tesla model Y on my wife's name who is on a New Jersey learners permit.

[vickysuggala19]

Hey Folks,
I have a drivers license from Nashville, Tennessee. My wife currently has a New Jersey learners permit. Can we buy a tesla model Y on my wife's name ? NJ doesn't have a sales tax on full EV's (Nashville's estimated sales tax is around 4500$) and Jersey also has a "state rebate" up to 4000$. Don't want to miss those amazing stuff just because I have my DL in Nashville.

 

[karkrazy]

Not sure if you can buy the car on a learner’s permit, but be prepared for insurance sticker shock for a new driver. Good luck!

 

[ucmndd]

Where your drivers license is from has nothing to do with where you can buy or register a car.

 

[vickysuggala19]

Where your drivers license is from has nothing to do with where you can buy or register a car.

Does that mean, Can I buy and register tesla in New Jersey on my drivers license and just give my wife's address ?

 

[WyoDude]

Does that mean, Can I buy and register tesla in New Jersey on my drivers license and just give my wife's address ?

Google is your friend. Each state has a website with all the pertinent info regarding requirements to purchase and register a vehicle.

 

[ucmndd]

Does that mean, Can I buy and register tesla in New Jersey on my drivers license and just give my wife's address ?

You don’t need a drivers license to buy a car.

Where you live and where you use it determines where you can register a vehicle.

 

[Tam]

...My wife currently has a New Jersey learners permit...

As mentioned above, a car owner doesn't need to have a driver license to own a car. Quite a few of celebrities are in that scenario.

Mariah Carey owns a Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe, pink Porsche Cayenne, Maserati Quattroporte, a Maybach 62 Luxury Sedan, black Range Rover... but she doesn't have a driver license.

 

[azred]

So Vicky, your Tesla-wanting wife has a learners permit? Hmmm.

I wonder if Dave Chappelle ever posts here

 

[4SUPER9]

As mentioned above, a car owner doesn't need to have a driver license to own a car. Quite a few of celebrities are in that scenario.

Mariah Carey owns a Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe, pink Porsche Cayenne, Maserati Quattroporte, a Maybach 62 Luxury Sedan, black Range Rover... but she doesn't have a driver license.

That's more about Mariah Carey than I have ever known.

 

[SpicyPaneer]

You need a NJ drivers license if the car is on your wife name to take advantage of tax free for EV in
NJ, you cannot put on her name on learners permit. I live in NJ if you have any questions.

 

[cpa]

So, you live in Tennessee and want to buy a car in New Jersey in order to save on sales tax and receive a nice rebate?

Each state has its laws regarding sales tax collection, vehicle registration, and receipt of government subsidies or benefits. It sounds to me that you are a resident of Tennessee. I don't know what you propose is legal or permitted. But is it the right thing to do?

 

[fiehlsport]

I feel like residency is what matters here, not licenses.

 

[Krash]

Let me answer this from Utah, where I have several wives with learner’s permits. jk

It used to be you could buy a car anywhere you want, but you’d pay sales tax from that state. You need an address to register a car, and when you register the car you pay the difference if the registering state’s sales tax was higher.

Then when you’d file your taxes, which you only do in the one state you have residency, you both can take any eligible tax credits but you are also supposed to report any out of state purchases. Since nobody actually reports out of state purchases, you’d think that would be a loophole, but most states pickup what they are owed in the registration anyway.

Tesla has some ability to let you pickup a car in one state even though you “buy” it another state because of their dealerless, online sales model.

 

[vb08]

Hey Folks,
I have a drivers license from Nashville, Tennessee. My wife currently has a New Jersey learners permit. Can we buy a tesla model Y on my wife's name ? NJ doesn't have a sales tax on full EV's (Nashville's estimated sales tax is around 4500$) and Jersey also has a "state rebate" up to 4000$. Don't want to miss those amazing stuff just because I have my DL in Nashville.

Don't know how it works with learners permit but you can register a car in NJ without a license but you need with 6 point ID. If you have a some kind of address proof to show, you can register with TN DL.

 

[SpicyPaneer]

Don't know how it works with learners permit but you can register a car in NJ without a license but you need with 6 point ID. If you have a some kind of address proof to show, you can register with TN DL.

He’s try to avoid to pay state tax, you have to register the car with a valid dl and he’s in TN so he has to pay TN taxes on his tesla purchase.

 

[vb08]

He’s try to avoid to pay state tax, you have to register the car with a valid dl and he’s in TN so he has to pay TN taxes on his tesla purchase.

Yup. I understand the persons intension. While I am not encouraging (or discouraging. ) to do it, I am saying you don't need a DL in NJ to register a car in NJ. you need something called "6 Point ID" which is one of the states DMV ID verification.
Here is NJ DMV Vehicle Registration page : NJ MVC | Vehicle Registration