Hello, Sorry I feel like this should be common sense but I want to ask anyways. When buying a new car (I am in the state of Oklahoma) do I pay taxes at the dealership on the purchase price of the car, and then do I pay them again when I get the license plate at the tag agency? I know when I get the license plate I have to pay the excise tax which is around 1000 on the car I am looking at, I am just not sure if I pay that at first also when im buying the car from the dealer itself.
Thanks!!
Is it correct that if I buy a car outside OK, the dealership will collect OK tax then send it to the state? I purchased one from Texas about 15 years ago and thought I paid the tax in state when getting my tag. The lae may have changed but I wanted to make sure the regulations.
Hi all,
In November I found a decent deal in Kansas and drove the car home to Oklahoma. I was told and have in writing that they will levy the taxes and file for my registration. The taxes in Oklahoma are 4.5% so they charged 4.5% of the sale.
I paid the car and the taxes in cash.
Fast forward to now, just today I received a package from the dealership with title and all of the paperwork. I called dealership who stated to go to my local tag agency and register.
When I went to register car at my tag agency today, to my surprise, they told me I would be charged taxes again.
This made no sense to me. Where did the original taxes paid to the dealership go?
I called dealership in front of tag agency reps and someone from finance department at the dealership said that Oklahoma is a double tax state meaning I’d have to pay those taxes again. This is absolutely not true as verified by the tag agency rep. I have also purchased other cars from out of state in the past and have never dealt with this. Despite talking to the rep the dealership didn’t budge and wouldn’t find any solution.
Now I’m stuck with this unregistered vehicle on the hook for another 2k in taxes.
My question is: what can I do to get the dealership to return my tax money? As far as I know, this is basically theft and I also have a document (certificate of tax collected on purchase of vehicle for a non resident) that states that $2,000 were allocated for taxes