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Posted: 7/6/2008 1:28:11 PM EDT
| When someone selling a full auto says they will pay the first tax? Is there more than one $200 tax? |
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If you are buying from someone out of state, they would have to transfer their gun to an NFA dealer in their state so it can be transferred to your NFA dealer. That would require a Form 4 and tax on the seller's part. The dealers can transfer tax free. Nice of him to pay that tax. Some people have the buyer pay all taxes. |
Mistake on my part.... please ignore 
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If it is not otherwise specified, generally when an individual sells an NFA item out-of-state, the buyer pays both taxes ($400 total). Doesn't really matter who pays it, as buyers figure the tax cost in when evaluating the price vs. value of the NFA item -- I've seen sellers who offer to pay the first $200 tax, but the price they are asking is $500 over market value.
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That's adding a extra month or better of transfer time, not to mention cost of the outbound dealer charges. The seller should xfer direct to your instate dealer. |
Correct. There is no need to involve 2 dealers in the process. |
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The only time I would involve a dealer in my state to transfer to a dealer out of state would be if the MG was "concealable" and therefore, only a dealer could use the US Postal service. A civilian can mail a long gun (including a MG) but not a "concealable" gun like an M11 for example. I would never use anything except registered insured mail for something that expensive, and I would wait the extra transfer and pay extra dealer fees for the peace of mind. |
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