Sales Taxes Rate Increases in Calif 4/1

[SMAlset]

Here's a good reason to buy your car now if you've been sitting on the fence in Calif. Many cities and counties will be increasing their sales tax rate as of April 1. Here's an article listing the changes:

Dozens of Calif. Cities, Counties Are Increasing Taxes April 1: LIST

 

[Haxster]

In anyone is wondering, California charges sales tax on vehicles based on the city of the registered owner. So making the purchase in a nearby town with a lower sales tax won't give you the benefit of a lower sales tax.

 

[BrokerDon]

Great reason to take delivery in Orange County since the sales tax rate is "only" 7.75% vs. 9.75% in Santa Monica and selected other cities. That's $2,000 on a $100,000 Tesla. OUCH

 

[Tam]

...nearby town...

CA car sales tax is collected based on your registered address so it doesn't save you any money by buying from a much lower tax town.

 

[mrtian97]

yup

 

[SMAlset]

A bit off topic here but still on taxes in California...Gov. Brown wants to raise gas taxes by 12 cents or so as I understand. When gas hits $4-5 again, that will get more people into EVs I suspect. Of course if this new legislation proposal goes through they are also talking about EV owners paying an additional $100 for vehicle registration for use of the roads (since we don't pay for road through gasoline taxes) and an additional $ amount on a sliding scale based on the value of your car. This proposal just came out yesterday and is making the rounds in the news. Here's an LA Times article on it: California isn't waiting on Trump — Gov. Brown wants $5.2 billion a year in new taxes and fees to fix roads