No taxes on new build?

[madmaxx]

Walk into the court house with the tax code you will fight nothing. Texas is very generous when it comes to titling assemlbed vehicles. If fact on the application for Texas Title when it says tax due you check exepmt, and write assemlbed by applicant. Even if you paid someone else to assemlbe you orchestrated the activity, this is another example in the TXDOT illustrations. If anyone lives close to Houston the courthouse in Pasadena close to shaver and hwy 225 knows exactly how to title them. The idiots by SAN JAC have no clew.

Originally Posted by elmariachi

Everything's bigger in Texas, right? Including vehicle titling and taxing incompetence.

[gsharapa]

I have done 4 SPF rollers and I had to pay sales tax on the roller and had to show purchase documents on the engine and transmission and green sheet. One of the rollers I traded a Harley on and only paid sales tax on the difference. Tried different tax offices with-in Collin county and all had the same book to look it up in. I do agree sometimes you get a person that doesn't understand or read it very well and you may be lucky to pay something much less as some of our Dallas buddies have experienced that over the years.........

[Stoney FFR]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Walk into the court house with the tax code you will fight nothing. Texas is very generous when it comes to titling assemlbed vehicles. If fact on the application for Texas Title when it says tax due you check exepmt, and write assemlbed by applicant. Even if you paid someone else to assemlbe you orchestrated the activity, this is another example in the TXDOT illustrations. If anyone lives close to Houston the courthouse in Pasadena close to shaver and hwy 225 knows exactly how to title them. The idiots by SAN JAC have no clew.

I went to the sub-courthouse in Burleson, Texas today after reading some of the above posts and getting motivated! I took the print outs (tax code) with diagrams that are easily found on the Texas Comptrollers web site with me.. The woman says she's been doing her job for 25 years and knows what the laws say and knows her job. She said to call the 1-800 number in Austin if I didn't believe her. So yes, some sub-courthouses WILL require a fight! People are people..

Joe - -

[elmariachi]

County tax assessors are charging sales tax to first time registrants on rollers and kit cars in Texas every day. If you show up with an MSO, you are as likely to be charged sales tax as a guy with an MSO on a new Ford pickup truck.

[madmaxx]

I was attempting to buy a SPF from an individual in Texas. I ask the courthouse how much he paid in taxes they said none. First time an assembled vehicle is titled no taxes. EXTREMELY BRIGHT LIGHT WENT ON and I quickly realized I could save over $3k in taxes do a new one than buying his since I would have to pay taxes on his. Besides the fact he sold his out from under me after I helped the kok suker straighten out his title and get 1965 replica under remarks I just ordered an new one and the difference in price was $2k after since I did not have to pay taxes so in the end I was better off anyway with him being a liar. Glad he had that little fish on his suburban, maybe he can buy his way out of hell on sunday during church, lol!!

[elmariachi]

Originally Posted by madmaxx

Glad he had that little fish on his suburban, maybe he can buy his way out of hell on sunday during church, lol!!

I am finding, especially here in Houston, that the little fish is a symbol that stands for "Let me cut you off in traffic and then flip you off." Pretty sad.

[madmaxx]

LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL,LOL
Never before did I call HPD on a driver but when an idiot was going down I45 with shingles blowing out of his trailer onto other cars I had too. Thankfully I was not in cobra.

Originally Posted by elmariachi

I am finding, especially here in Houston, that the little fish is a symbol that stands for "Let me cut you off in traffic and then flip you off." Pretty sad.

[tomh440]

I did pay the 6.25% tax on the FFR kit, since it had an MSO.
Non of the small parts I bought via mail order.
I did pay sales tax on anything bought locally.
Tom

[madmaxx]

You gave 6.25% away then, the state of texax, the unemployed and uninsured appreciate your contribution,