Submitted by abovethe_clouds t3_10er07v in washingtondc
ngfdsa t1_j4tiqwi wrote
Moved to DC after graduating college, my dad was getting a new car and was going to give me his old one. The lady at the DC DMV told us to go to a different state (happened to be NY) to transfer the title because DC would make you pay taxes on the value of the car even if it isn't sold for anything
9throwaway2 t1_j4v687i wrote
huh? family transfers (parent to kid for example) are excise-tax free.
how do I know? I've done this myself. took 10 min at the Georgetown DMV and they didn't ask any extra questions.
SabbathRulez t1_j4w47k0 wrote
If the car is registered in someone else's name in another state, you have to pay the excise tax when you register it in DC if the name on the title is changing. It doesn't matter if it's a family member. The family member tax exemption only applies when it's changing ownership between two DC residents.
If the car is already in your name when you register it in DC, you don't pay the excise tax.
9throwaway2 t1_j4w57dm wrote
gotcha, i guess the guy at the DMV was being extra nice that day
ngfdsa t1_j4v6c22 wrote
No idea, I went to the same DMV and this is what they told me
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