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Originally Posted by Bimmer-Bob
Yeah, I was unfortunate as my first duty station from overseas was Texas, and I'm a Texas resident per my service record. So I really had no choice but to register there. But it definitely pays to shop around. A lot of states will end up charging you tax, but I guess some won't. It's kind of a crap shoot.
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In Texas its a standard presumptive value. If the car is not previously titled or purchased out of state then imported Texas Residents are required to pay the difference in the stated standard presumptive value.
The good news is that SPV is not so bad some where between 5 &6 percent of the cars value. Much less than the 9% sales tax here in CA. Also in Texas on trade in you get the entire value of your trade reduced from the amount subject to SPV.
To the Original Poster....best advice is to shop around.