Pay sales tax directly to DMV?
June 1, 2010 11:33 AM
So I'm er.. writing a short story about a character who wonders whether there's any way to register a used car (for which he's paying w/ cash) without having to pay the sales tax TO THE DMV on that same day.
The character in the story is buying the car from a civilian-- found it on craigslist-- and the seller is giving him a bill of sale. The state is Vermont.
This..er.. character really doesn't want to do anything illegal (read: obvious/traceable), but he isn't looking to arbitrarily fork over another few bills.
The way he sees it, he's buying a car from a dude four towns over, then paying for registration. You think this same character sends a few dollars to Washington every time he makes $20 mowing the neighbor's lawn? As the..er.. author, I can tell you "no. He doesn't."
What would you do..er.. how would you write this chapter?
The character in the story is buying the car from a civilian-- found it on craigslist-- and the seller is giving him a bill of sale. The state is Vermont.
This..er.. character really doesn't want to do anything illegal (read: obvious/traceable), but he isn't looking to arbitrarily fork over another few bills.
The way he sees it, he's buying a car from a dude four towns over, then paying for registration. You think this same character sends a few dollars to Washington every time he makes $20 mowing the neighbor's lawn? As the..er.. author, I can tell you "no. He doesn't."
What would you do..er.. how would you write this chapter?
This post was deleted for the following reason: come ON. This is a "help me break the law" question and the nudgey winky part doesn't help. -- jessamyn
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In your story's situation: The character gives the seller the money. He tells the seller to lie and say it was a gift. When they switch over the title/registration, there are no taxes because he didn't "pay" for it, as far as they know.
Check if it's the same for Vermont?
posted by Lizsterr at 11:37 AM on June 1, 2010