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Originally Posted by sheepdog 44
Thanks to Ma laws i'm paying 12% sales tax cause nada value is higher for private sales (dealer would be 6.25%). My current insurance wants half what i payed for it a year just for collision. I need to look elsewhere. Talk about trying to have a cheap car! Everyone wants part of the pie, gas is by far the least of it.
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Paying sales tax on a used car is ridiculous, it was already paid when the car was new. The dealers get a break on it, so buyers have more incentive to buy a car from them rather than private party. I have to deal with that BS too, here in Washington State.
When I'm buying a car that is significantly below blue book prices, I'll print out a Declaration of Value form from the D.O.L. (Link for WA state form:
http://dor.wa.gov/Docs/Forms/Misc/De...dVehSold_E.pdf). They will base the tax off the agreed value instead of blue book prices. MA should have something similar, but it may be too late since you need signatures from both buyer and seller.