The bottom line is---More revenue to the Department of Motor Vehicles and
the State Treasury. The point was that they were not getting enough
taxes so they add a large transfer fee. There is a difference in their
mind between a tax and a fee.
Royce
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001 23:08:35 EDT A762x54mm@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 8/24/01 3:48:59 PM Central Daylight Time,
> rc_hayes1@juno.com writes:
>
> << Here is my 2 cents worth. First, I believe that the Legislators
> want us
> to buy Texas first, therefore no new tax if you purchase your
> vehicle in
> Texas. >>
>
> I am sure the importer of the vehicle is passing the extra tax along
> to the
> end user. The reason they are importing so many vehicles to Texas is
> to
> supply a demanding used car market. Texas cannot supply the needed
> vehicles
> to the consumer at the price that the dealers want to pay.
> And believe me, I have investigated, if you bring a vehicle into
> Texas and
> want to transfer the out of state title and get Texas tags, you will
> pay the
> fee for out of state title transfer.
>
> <<Second, Texas has a reciprocal tax agreement with a few states,
> which when moving to Texas, they don't have to pay a tax on their
> car.>>
>
> I think the agreement you are speaking of is confined to the
> collection of
> sales taxes. But I am not here to debate that.
>
> Importing a vehicle titled in another state will still invoke the
> new fee
> after Sept 1st.
> Key phrase here is "titled in another state." From the lips of the
> Harris
> County tax assesor collectors office.
>
>
> Good hunting
>
> Gene
> BTW, I would love to see yor represenative comment on this.......
>
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