Purchasing a brand new truck. Please advice if you've done it.

In some states if you lease to a company no sale tax too. Like PA

 

The taxes are based on the state you live in not where you buy if I am not wrong and I was wrong once.

 

Isn't that's what great about being Americans? We can agree on something's and disagree on others and not be enemies?

 

You can contact a few of the truck dealers in your state and find out if you are exempt form your states sales tax. I live in Oh. and since the carrier I am leased to has a PUCO No. I do not have to pay sales tax on trucks, trailers, tires, parts, ect. I would check with several because not everyone knows what they are talking about. As far as specs. of trucks I would find a couple I like and get the spec. sheets on them. If you ask for them they will get them to you. Look the spec. sheets over, they are pretty basic. Then get on here and ask about anything you are in question about. Those OEM extended warrenties add up to big money but all it takes are a couple of breakdowns and you will be ever so glad you have them. They roll them into your financing so you do not feel it so bad.

 

Sales tax is based on where you title the truck, not where you buy your apportioned tag, my truck and trailer are titled in OK, no tax, the truck is tagged in IL.
California dealers have drivers that del to AZ every day to avoid the 8% tax.

 

Well, Iowa does not have any sales tax stuff on new commercial equipment. They are going to get what they want in base plate apportionment. Three trucks bought, and I have never paid sales tax.

Now, a dealer might say something like saving you thousands of dollars by getting a truck off the lot, but that is leverage to get more of what you want or need as well. Some things are strictly a factory deal, but many can be done aftermarket. For instance, since I run only the upper midwest year round, winter issues can be a problem. Ok, mr. dealer, throw on a Webasto or Espar coolant heater along with Arctic Fox fuel heaters as part of the deal. And while you are at it, throw in a bunk heater also. I would order them anyway, so throw them on here. If it doesn't have side skirts, then I would have the dealer paint the fuel tanks also. Mine are always painted. If it doesn't have a built in fridge, then have dealer put one in. At a minimum, have them custom install a high quality inverter / charger complete with shore power outlet, cabling, fuse block and wiring to outlets in the sleeper. Having the dealer install a bypass oil filter or Spinner II, if that is in your plans, is a nice touch.

There is a ton of things you can have a dealer do to a "on the lot" truck to make it more of what you need or want. It might be a better value, it may not in the final analysis. Even if I were buying off the lot, I would never settle for the truck as is. Nope. It is going to have many of the features I want and need even if they didn't come from the factory. And it is so much better to have the dealer shop do the custom work of installation, unless one just has the itch to do those Popular Mechanics type of projects.

 

If you are using a truck to run in interstate commerce you will not have to pay sales tax in most states, I don't know about all. When you go to title the vehicle there may be a form you will have to fill out stating how/where it will be used.

When I purchased a used truck four years ago they were going to charge me sales tax. I told the woman that I was dealing with that the truck was going to be used to run interstate. She had never dealt with it before and had find out what to do from someone else in the office. I live in Idaho. If you run less than 90% of your miles in Idaho you qualify for the sales tax exemption.