URGENT Does a new car HAVE to be registered prior to NSW stamp duty being paid?

If you pay stamp duty in NSW wont you have to pay it again when you register the car in WA ???

Cheers....Dave

I double-checked here in WA, and No, as long as it has been paid in the state of purchase, and I can provide proof.

So why not pay the stamp duty and register it in NSW..?...then after 3 months in your new abode (state) you may be legally required to re register it in your new State......

....your not trying to evade legitimate taxation and registration obligations from the State you made the purchase from...are you..?

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The "Stamp Duty" or Transfer Fee is part of the actual first time registration fee when a car changes hands in NSW.

You can't pay one without the other.

Ian.

Technically stamp duty is imposed on the documentation which records the registration of the vehicle. In days gone by, in some circumstances you had to actually buy stamps (special stamp duty ones) and attach them to the document. From the Office of State Revenue (NSW) website :
"The person who pays the duty is the
person who applies for registration
of the motor vehicle"
So you can't pay the stamp duty without applying for the registration.

teege

I have done the same in Qland and brought to WA.
Queensland probably realised a while back that they may as well have the Stamp Duty and you can transfer or register in your name if you sign a form to undertake to change it when you get home. Rego was refunded in a couple of weeks in full and cost only $56 to put it over pits and of course plus WA rego, which was a little cheaper than Qland.

Ask NSW if you can put it in your name there under those circumstances. DONT just listen to the salesman-likely he knows jack all as with most used car salesmen

You will need to register the vehicle in NSW to pay stamp duty either 3 or 5% of the purchase price.

Garry

And WHY?

Give the State Revenue Office in WA a call on (08) 9262 1100 or 1300 368 364. I am sure they would be delighted to discuss the options as well as the penalties that may apply for persons trying to avoid the payment of Stamp Duty.

Wanna Ute

Can you clarify where you are taking delivery of the vehicle, NSW or WA.

The issue is whether the differential in the stamp duty is greater than the cost of freight to transport to WA from NSW.

I’m not sure whether it is possible to pay stamp duty in NSW if it isn’t intended to be registered here, however assuming it is, if there was this differential I would have thought WA car dealers would be doing it all the time.

To good to be true I suspect…and also most likely the reason that stamp duty is charged at the time of the first registration, or subsequent vehicle ownership changes to prevent the possibility of this occurring.

Why not just ask the WA dealer for a further discount of $1,300 on the purchase price, or to waive the ‘delivery fee’.

Interested to know how this works out for you…

Cheers

Latest update . The RTA and OSR in NSW are currently considering this: a car can be given a temporary unregistered certificate (all up $30 for 7 days with CTP). Technically I can pay for stamp duty in my name , but it has never been done before. So it will prbably get stuck government limbo until after my dec 31 deadline for my investment committment (required for the govt tax incentive). The OSR does not mind where stamp duty is paid as long as you can prove it is paid in your name .

Not quite in full response to your enquiry but part help - perhaps

I have just re-registered 2 trucks from Qsld for my NSW busines.

Provided I did not let the Qsld rego expire I did not have to pay stamp duty when I registered in NSW

If however, I had let the Qsld rego expire I would have had to pay stamp duty.

Wh dont you use a friend or relatives address Its only somewhere to send the documents.

I bought a van in WA and had no address Smiled sweetly and they let me use the street address of the van park I was staying at.

Not strictly kosher but just used the number and street. Didnt say it was the park.

You should be able to do the same and change rego before its due next year.

Thats what we are going to do.

Hi
Wanna Ute
On the 50% as long as order in by 31/12/2009 delivery can be up to 31/12/2010 and still get investment allowance.
Have sign for new hi lux with April/May delivery
Cheers
Charlie

Wanna Ute, The problem that you will have is that if you register the vehicle in NSW and you don't live there, technically, the Dept of Transport in WA deem the vehicle to be unlicensed as soon as you cross the border so your MVIT insurance will not be valid. ie have a smash where someone is injured and you will more than likely be sued personally .You must live in the state that the vehicle is registered. If you bring it over on a truck you will need a permit to take it for vehicle inspection. Have gone through this process with a used vehicle from SA. $1300 sounds like a great deal of difference between WA and NSW stamp duty. Don't risk it, do it by the book.


Cheers


Mark

If you don't have proof of registration in your name in NSW you will have to pay stamp duty in WA