Car - Tax versus Shipping Costs

[Speedster]

For all of you PT car wheeler-dealers, especially in California - do you know if it is cheaper to buy a new car in Florida and ship it to California for major work or better to buy it in California, have it worked on there and save the shipping. In other words, does California have a deal with other states so you don't have to pay extra sales tax ? Is there a time limit ? Basically, if the tax is the same, then it could save a cross country shipping fee. Thanks.

[ironworks]

We work on cars for guys all over the country and if they have a private shipping company pick up the car and deliver, it is just like you bouught a product from out of state and are exempt from sales tax. It can save guys 10,000, sometimes or more depending on the deal. In california your supposed to pay tax of Fabrication labor but not repair labor.

So we repair cars, we don't fabricate.

Rodger

[JamesJ]

I am not sure what you are asking but if you buy a car you will pay the sales tax for the state that you register the car in. You will have to pay county sales tax for the place you buy it. I think I may have confused myself now.

[Speedster]

Thanks for the info. Repair sounds great.