• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    4 months ago

    How is making someone pay sales tax stopping them from buying a car in Mexico? Unless they’re going to stop all Mexican cars at the Washington border…

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        4 months ago

        If you just enter the state with the car? I’m not sure what you’re suggesting. Are Mexicans who drive their car from Mexico City to Seattle expected to pay this 300% tax? Are they going to check the citizenship of every driver?

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          4 months ago

          You can’t drive a car that is unregistered. You can’t register the car in Mexico, get plates, come up here and expect to drive it around. Eventually when you have to register it, you’ll get a bill.

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            4 months ago

            You can keep registering it in Mexico or you can register the car in a state that doesn’t require residency like New York or Indiana.

            So, again, unless you expect Washington to put up border check stations, I’m not sure how they can make people pay this tax.

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              4 months ago

              This doesn’t work as you getting pulled over with a WA ID in a car registered in Mexico is going to raise suspicions.

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                    4 months ago

                    Are you though? Your license needs to be for your own state, but I’ve never read anywhere that this applies to car registrations.

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              4 months ago

              You cannot register a car in New York without living there to avoid paying sales tax in the state you live in. Most states require you to pay sales tax based on your residency and where the vehicle will be primarily used. Additionally, registering a car in a state where you do not reside can be considered fraudulent and may lead to penalties.

              Registering a car in Mexico also requires residency.

              I understand the loopholes you are trying to find, but I promise you the penalties for getting caught will be worse than paying the tax.

              Please don’t let my comments suggest that I support a large tax on these Chinese vehicles. I think everything is way too expensive and we need some competition.

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                4 months ago

                You cannot register a car in New York without living there to avoid paying sales tax in the state you live in. Most states require you to pay sales tax based on your residency and where the vehicle will be primarily used.

                Fine. Do it in indiana. We don’t here. I don’t need to try to find loopholes when A) they already exist and B) lawmakers are upset about it and are trying to close them.

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                    4 months ago

                    Did you read the article I pasted? Can you explain why lawmakers are worried about this problem if laws already take care of it?