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Show State Again Warns On Auto Sales Tax Most people seem confused about the terms of the law passed by the 1949 legislature requiring the payment of sales tax on all sales of motor vehicles. Only about one in twenty purchasers who apply for transfer of title by mail is enclosing sales tax, according to the State Tax Commission. Com-mission. The law rtq hires thai sales tax of 2 per cent must be paid at j the time of transfer of title and registration of all motor vehicles. If the car is purchased from a licensed dealer, sales tax should be paid to the dealer, and a dealer's deal-er's report of sale must accompany accom-pany the application for transfer trans-fer of title and registration. If the car is purchased from a person who is not a dealer, sales tax must be paid to the State Tax Commission direct. In cases where persons mail in applications for transfer of title and fail to include sales tax, the issuance of title and registration registra-tion plates is delayed until the sales tax is paid. It is a misdemeanor for a purchaser pur-chaser to drive a car carrying J plates issued to a former owner. |