State Maximum
Sales Tax (%)
1
Average Registry
Fees Charged
Trade-In
Sales Tax
2
Are Incentives
Taxed?
3
Doc
Fee
4
Alabama 12.00 $445 Y Y No limit
Alaska 7.50 $84 Y N No limit
Arizona 10.73 $500 Y Y No limit
Arkansas 11.00 $33 Y Y No limit
California 8.75 $232 N Y $45
Colorado 9.90 $510 Y Y No limit
Connecticut 6.00 $109 Y Y No limit
Delaware 0.00 $827 Y Y No limit
District of Columbia 5.75 $100 N Y No limit
Florida 7.50 $182 Y Y No limit
Georgia 8.00 $38 Y Y No limit
Hawaii 4.00 $108 N Y No limit
Idaho 8.00 $92 Y Y No limit
Illinois 9.25 $143 Y Y $55.39
Indiana 6.00 $41 Y Y No limit
Iowa 7.00 $332 Y N No limit
Kansas 8.30 $39 Y Y No limit
Kentucky 6.00 $21 N Y No limit
Louisiana 11.00 $47 Y N $50
Maine 5.00 $48 Y Y No limit
Maryland 6.00 $106 Y Y $100
Massachusetts 5.00 $80 Y Y No limit
Michigan 6.00 $216 N N $170
Minnesota 7.50 $365 Y N $50
Mississippi 7.25 $25 Y Y No limit
Missouri 9.10 $63 Y N No Limit
Montana 0.00 $501 N N No limit
Nebraska 7.00 $85 Y N No limit
Nevada 7.75 $53 Y Y No limit
New Hampshire 0.00 $60 Y N No limit
New Jersey 9.00 $95 Y Y No limit
New Mexico 8.44 $49 Y Y No limit
New York 9.00 $78 Y Y $45
North Carolina 7.50 $55 Y N No limit
North Dakota 7.50 $70 Y Y No limit
Ohio 7.50 $48 Y Y $250
Oklahoma 10.85 $102 Y N No limit
Oregon 0.00 $63 Y N $50
Pennsylvania 7.00 $55 Y N No limit
Rhode Island 7.00 $61 Y N No limit
South Carolina 7.00 $29 Y N No limit
South Dakota 6.00 $48 Y Y No limit
Tennessee 10.25 $70 Y Y No limit
Texas 8.25 $85 Y N $50
Utah 8.10 $189 Y N No limit
Vermont 7.00 $53 Y N No limit
Virginia 5.00 $31 N Y No limit
Washington 8.90 $57 Y Y $35
West Virginia 6.00 $30 Y Y No limit
Wisconsin 5.60 $70 Y Y No limit
Wyoming 6.00 $539 Y N No limit

(Fees, prices and information current as of November 2006.)

1 Maximum Sales Tax
Often, you pay a combination of state, county and local taxes. This is the maximum tax you could be charged.

2 Trade In Sales Tax
If there is a Y in this column it means that you will pay sales tax on the difference between your new car purchase and the value of your trade in. This is a saving to you. If there is a N in the column, it means that you will pay tax on the full amount of your new car purchase and the trade in has no bearing on the sales tax you are charged.

3 Are Incentives Taxed?
If there is Y in this column it means that sales tax is calculated before any customer cash rebates are subtracted.

4 Documentation Fee
This will tell you if the documentation fee is limited by the state and what the maximum amount is. If there is no limit to the documentation fee, dealers are allowed to charge whatever they decide is appropriate. In some cases, this fee might be negotiable.


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