No taxes on new build?

madmaxx · #1 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 03:53 PM

You are not taxed on the roller another misinterpertation. It is a component just like the engine or tranmsission. Dadmfw is right on. $108 dollars period.

Stoney FFR · #2 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by madmaxx

You are not taxed on the roller another misinterpertation. It is a component just like the engine or tranmsission. Dadmfw is right on. $108 dollars period.

I understand.. My point is this.. I have already paid 6.25% and my money is now with the Texas Comptrollers Office. Yes I could file for a refund since it wasn't suppose to have been collected, BUT, the Texas Comptroller could then turn around and expect to be paid Sales Tax on the out of state purchases (two different kinds of tax) which is actually more than what I already paid tax on. Normally what they don't know won't hurt them. In this case I would be in effect telling them that I made out of state parts purchases and shouldn't be subject to the 6.25% motor vehicle sales tax and they could turn around and want their Occassional Use Tax money. I think you have to fight your battle before the Texas Comptrollers Office gets your money..

It's really complicated to explain my deal, but I think it's best for me to let sleeping dogs lie.

Joe - -

elmariachi · #3 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by madmaxx

You are not taxed on the roller another misinterpertation. It is a component just like the engine or tranmsission. Dadmfw is right on. $108 dollars period.

If you dodged paying taxes on a roller (Superformance/Backdraft etc) you are lucky. I called the Harris Cty Assessor at Steubner Airline and Cypresswood this morning for clarification on the sales tax issue and they said that tax is to be charged on any vehicle that is built by a manufacturer and supplied with an MSO.

Stoney FFR · #4 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by elmariachi

If you dodged paying taxes on a roller (Superformance/Backdraft etc) you are lucky. I called the Harris Cty Assessor at Steubner Airline and Cypresswood this morning for clarification on the sales tax issue and they said that tax is to be charged on any vehicle that is built by a manufacturer and supplied with an MSO.

Doesn't surprise me one bit. Unfortunately the title and registration laws are interpreted different ways all over the state. If you want them to do something other than what they "believe" is the correct interpretation, you have to fight a HUGE bureaucratic nightmare called the State of Texas.

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elmariachi · #5 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 05:59 PM

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you have to fight a HUGE bureaucratic nightmare called the State of Texas.Joe - -

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

madmaxx · #6 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 06:35 PM

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.

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Originally Posted by elmariachi

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

Stoney FFR · #7 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 09:51 PM

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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 - -

madmaxx · #8 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 06:32 PM

I dodged nothing. The roller is not a car, the engine is not a car, the transmission is not a car. It is only when they are assemlbed together, BINGO, assembled vehicle do they become a car. If the roller was a car it would never be allowed into the US. It does not meet any side impact regulations etc. For a fee of $100 us dollars I will send you in US mail the tax code and illustrations from TXDOT. $100 is cheap compared to 6.25% sales tax. I am just so tired of sending it to people I figured it is time to make money.

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Originally Posted by elmariachi

If you dodged paying taxes on a roller (Superformance/Backdraft etc) you are lucky. I called the Harris Cty Assessor at Steubner Airline and Cypresswood this morning for clarification on the sales tax issue and they said that tax is to be charged on any vehicle that is built by a manufacturer and supplied with an MSO.