Used car registration question
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Used car registration question
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I recently picked up a used 2018 C63S with 28k miles. I reside in Denver, CO and the dealership I purchased from is the state of Washington. How much is registration typically and what was your cost from experience being a used car purchaser?
The registration price for my 2018 is 4700 which seems off.
I recently picked up a used 2018 C63S with 28k miles. I reside in Denver, CO and the dealership I purchased from is the state of Washington. How much is registration typically and what was your cost from experience being a used car purchaser?
The registration price for my 2018 is 4700 which seems off.
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So if I recall right Colorado is like Nevada where I live. Your vehicle registration is based off of your vehicles original MSRP purchase price. So in Nevada it's roughly 1.25% of the purchase price, and then a few other add ons if the vehicle is over a certain dollar amount (luxury tax). Then the amount for registration decreases every year taking into account the depreciation of your vehicle. I've noticed is that a lot of the states have a hard time classifying our C63 / C63S vehicles so they default to the highest C class value, which is most likely why you are seeing $47k.
My 2021 registration this year was around $945. My assumption is that you will be around the $700-$750'ish mark.
Pretty sure Colorado's DMV website has a calculator to estimate registration and taxes.
My 2021 registration this year was around $945. My assumption is that you will be around the $700-$750'ish mark.
Pretty sure Colorado's DMV website has a calculator to estimate registration and taxes.
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So if I recall right Colorado is like Nevada where I live. Your vehicle registration is based off of your vehicles original MSRP purchase price. So in Nevada it's roughly 1.25% of the purchase price, and then a few other add ons if the vehicle is over a certain dollar amount (luxury tax). Then the amount for registration decreases every year taking into account the depreciation of your vehicle. I've noticed is that a lot of the states have a hard time classifying our C63 / C63S vehicles so they default to the highest C class value, which is most likely why you are seeing $47k.
My 2021 registration this year was around $945. My assumption is that you will be around the $700-$750'ish mark.
Pretty sure Colorado's DMV website has a calculator to estimate registration and taxes.
My 2021 registration this year was around $945. My assumption is that you will be around the $700-$750'ish mark.
Pretty sure Colorado's DMV website has a calculator to estimate registration and taxes.
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Sorry, I had a Patrick moment. I thought you said $47,000, but you stated $4700. I added a 0 to my initial response. HAHA!
Since your bought it from a dealer you are going to pay taxes on it. The dealer in Washington can't collect the taxes. So when you go to register you are going to pay taxes and your first year registration is my guess.
Since your bought it from a dealer you are going to pay taxes on it. The dealer in Washington can't collect the taxes. So when you go to register you are going to pay taxes and your first year registration is my guess.
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Had to do a bit of goggling and the specifics may be slightly different for your county, but I found the following for Adams County. In Colorado you have to pay an ownership tax, which is based on the original MSRP. For passenger vehicles as you can see from the link below, the tax value of the car is 85% of the original MSRP, so you gonna need to find out what the original MSRP was for the car and make sure they used the correct value. The ownership tax rate decreases over time, so yours should be 0.45%. Also make sure they used the correct one. Then on top of that you have additional fees and you also need to pay sales tax/use tax which again looks like you have different sales/use tax rates depending on where you live. Some cities appear to have a higher rate than the state's 2.9%. The sales/use tax is based on the used value, so that's where your $50,000 come in. So total registration cost is ownership tax + fees + sales/use tax.
https://adcogov.org/registration-fees-taxes
For your GLE, assuming you bought it new from a Colorado dealer, the sales tax was collected by the dealer separate from the registration, but in case of your out of state purchase of the C63, the DMV collects the use tax.
https://adcogov.org/registration-fees-taxes
For your GLE, assuming you bought it new from a Colorado dealer, the sales tax was collected by the dealer separate from the registration, but in case of your out of state purchase of the C63, the DMV collects the use tax.
Last edited by superswiss; Dec 11, 2023 at 12:56 PM.
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Had to do a bit of goggling and the specifics may be slightly different for your county, but I found the following for Adams County. In Colorado you have to pay an ownership tax, which is based on the original MSRP. For passenger vehicles as you can see from the link below, the tax value of the car is 85% of the original MSRP, so you gonna need to find out what the original MSRP was for the car and make sure they used the correct value. The ownership tax rate decreases over time, so yours should be 0.45%. Also make sure they used the correct one. Then on top of that you have additional fees and you also need to pay sales tax/use tax which again looks like you have different sales/use tax rates depending on where you live. Some cities appear to have a higher rate than the state's 2.9%. The sales/use tax is based on the used value, so that's where your $50,000 come in. So total registration cost is ownership tax + fees + sales/use tax.
https://adcogov.org/registration-fees-taxes
For your GLE, assuming you bought it new from a Colorado dealer, the sales tax was collected by the dealer separate from the registration, but in case of your out of state purchase of the C63, the DMV collects the use tax.
https://adcogov.org/registration-fees-taxes
For your GLE, assuming you bought it new from a Colorado dealer, the sales tax was collected by the dealer separate from the registration, but in case of your out of state purchase of the C63, the DMV collects the use tax.
Last edited by White_T_C63S; Dec 11, 2023 at 02:16 PM.
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No that's Washington state sales tax. Since you bought the car in WA, you have to pay sales tax in WA, too. Colorado still wants their use tax, unless there's some sort of a tax agreement in place between Colorado and WA. However, WA sales tax from what I see is only 6.5%, so not sure how they arrive at 8.74%. Might be an additional city or county tax. Here in California we also have different sales tax rates in different counties. The sales tax laws are murky. We used to be able to make tax free online out of state purchases, but that's been cracked down in recent years as well. The states want their sales/use taxes.
Last edited by superswiss; Dec 11, 2023 at 02:22 PM.
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@C Swenson - I believe you're in Colorado... Any chance you can help OP with his registration $$$ question?
I hope he doesn't truly have to pay sales tax in TWO states...
I've purchased a total of 9 Mercedes from various other states (VA, WA, CA, CO, NJ), and I've never paid sales tax during those transactions. Rather, I paid sales tax in my home state, when I paid for my title/registration/plates.
Good luck!
I hope he doesn't truly have to pay sales tax in TWO states...
I've purchased a total of 9 Mercedes from various other states (VA, WA, CA, CO, NJ), and I've never paid sales tax during those transactions. Rather, I paid sales tax in my home state, when I paid for my title/registration/plates.
Good luck!
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@C Swenson - I believe you're in Colorado... Any chance you can help OP with his registration $$$ question?
I hope he doesn't truly have to pay sales tax in TWO states...
I've purchased a total of 9 Mercedes from various other states (VA, WA, CA, CO, NJ), and I've never paid sales tax during those transactions. Rather, I paid sales tax in my home state, when I paid for my title/registration/plates.
Good luck!
I hope he doesn't truly have to pay sales tax in TWO states...
I've purchased a total of 9 Mercedes from various other states (VA, WA, CA, CO, NJ), and I've never paid sales tax during those transactions. Rather, I paid sales tax in my home state, when I paid for my title/registration/plates.
Good luck!
When I bought my Ford F350 up in Idaho back in 2018 the dealership sent me with a check for the calculated Nevada taxes that I had to pay when I went to register the truck.
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So, I'm not an expert in this. Just trying to help OP, but wondering if the folks here saying they bought out of state and didn't pay taxes, were those new or used cars? There's a difference. A used car has been driven in the state, so selling it is a different story from a brand new car that hadn't been registered and driven in the state prior to purchasing it. A new car is simply an export at that point, which is why it has to be transported across state lines and can't be driven.
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Thanks all for providing me this information. Very informative and I was able to contact the DMV to make this process seamless. They were able to pull up the purchase agreement and agreed that I should not be paying two taxes. Unfortunately I still have to pay 4700 now and wait for the refund later. I believe the refund will consist of the portion from the Washing state tax I paid since it was higher and not the Colorado.
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Thanks all for providing me this information. Very informative and I was able to contact the DMV to make this process seamless. They were able to pull up the purchase agreement and agreed that I should not be paying two taxes. Unfortunately I still have to pay 4700 now and wait for the refund later. I believe the refund will consist of the portion from the Washing state tax I paid since it was higher and not the Colorado.
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