Price Check What kind of tax do tractors fall under?

[thatguy]

Technically you are suppose to pay 'use' tax on anything you purchases tax free.. Thats why most states call it 'sales and use tax'..

A lot of ppl from VA go into NC and buy furniture (if the store delivers it to VA the store collects NC sales tax - if you pick up in NC they collect nothing but you are suppose to report it on your VA income tax).. the VA Tax Department sends auditors to the furniture stores years/quarterly/? to go through all the receipts and look for bill of sales with VA addresses and picked up by the customer.. They then send the customer a bill for the tax due.

CA may have something similar in place with neighboring states..

Brian

 

[Blade Breaker]

I too live in Calif.and if I lived in the northern part of the state I would buy all my equipment,parts,oil and anything else I could in Oregon and never say a word to Nanny Moonbeam and his band of perverts in Sacramento.If you don't use it in business and depreciate it on your taxes they will never know and they are too lazy to come looking for you.This is a big deal, money wise, to you and me but nothing in the grand scheme of things.As far as feeling guilty look at how they abuse we the people daily and just count it as just deserts.

Well said! Buy it bring it home. I would recommend depreciating it also in a couple years. How would they know you didnt buy it used?

 

[HEC]

I live in Maine next to the Canadian border . I bought a tractor in Canada from a tractor dealer , a few years later the state of Me. contacts me wanting there 5% sales tax with interest . If I paid with in a certain time limit they would not impose the interest . I am not a farmer .

 

[gphil12873]

While not a tractor I did purchase a big mower in state and wasnt charged any sales tax. The dealer has a location in the neighboring state. While I did not cross the state line and it was delivered to my yard....When asked did I make a purchase out of state I said no. I don't know how they did it and didnt really ask. I also havent gotten my return yet. So we will see how that goes.

 

[kcflhrc]

I don't know, maybe each state is a little different. I purchased a new Toro Zero Turn mower out of state and paid no sales tax and free shipping on a $3200 machine. I bought my tractor out of state also and paid no sales tax. I'm pretty sure a lot of states have way more problems than tracking down out of state purchases. There used to be a Gravely dealer just across the state line that would sell you a mower and deliver it with no sales tax. Now they have a dealership in both states and can no longer do that.

 

[bajabum]

I had the opposite problem, I bought a new tractor in Northern California, and had it delivered to southern Oregon.
No Calif sales tax paid, and Oregon has NO sales tax...
:thumbsup:

 

[Dr_Zinj]

No tax in New Hampshire. Only if you decide to register it as a vehicle and put plates on it to drive on the road all the time.