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T-rex,

I would say as unpleasant as it is, just pay it and move on. Perhaps in the past this might have escaped the city of Mesa (or any other local city/town) but not now. They are scrambling for any money they can find.

You may have paid sales tax on parts and pieces that went into the car. There might be a way to deduct these taxes from your total tax. But, I am not sure about this either. This would have applied to your state tax as well. I have heard guys that were successful in doing this, but I am not sure this has been tried in Arizona. Maybe some guys from AZ can weigh in on this. Some states could care less about the sales tax you paid on parts to build the car (i.e. California) and tax the whole completed car by your total car cost including those taxes.

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