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In article <493@faron.UUCP> ao@faron.UUCP (Alan R. Ouellette) writes:
>..., I bought a new car
>from a Massachusetts car dealer (I got a good deal).  At the time,
>... I registered the car in Vermont, which involved paying
>sales tax to the state of Vermont.  I have since moved to 
>Massachusetts and I need to register my car in Massachusetts. 
...
>Massachusetts will not register my car until I pay them
>5% sales tax on the car, plus penalties and interest.
>...  So, the bottom line is that in order to register my
>car in Massachusetts, I have to pay the sales tax again.

First: I am aware that ao@faron posted a note that he had solved his problem,
but I have some general info about Mass. sales tax and car registration that
might be useful to others.

	The gist of it is that you don't have to pay sales taxes twice. You
can get credit for sales tax paid to another state. However if the tax you
paid is less than the Mass. tax you will have to pay the difference. If you
have ownd the car out of state long enough you can get the tax waived
entirely. (I don't know exactly how long but from experience ~2.5 years is
long enough.) The problem is that the people at the Registry of Motor Vehicles
probably won't tell you any of this, and in any case they can't give you the
credit. What you have to do is find an office of the State Tax Assesor (I
think that's the right name.) and take them your application for registration
and proof of the sales tax you paid to another state and ask them for an
abatement of the tax.

Hope this helps someone.

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William J. Richard @ Charles River Data Systems
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