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Posted: 3/17/2008 7:27:51 PM EDT
| In the process of getting my first suppressor and I have question about what the dealer is charging me. I am going through my local dealer to get a suppressor from a dealer out of state. On my bill I see there is a $200 transfer fee. Is that a fee he has to pay for the dealer to dealer transfer or is that the $200 I would pay on my form 4. I'm not quite sure where that $200 is coming from. Just curious on how this all works, in regards to who gets paid what. |
I assume he's also doing your form 4 for you? What else does your bill say? If he's charging you $200 twice, plus the cost of the can, you're getting screwed. |
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Ask him if the $200 listed is for the "Form 4 Tax Stamp". If he says no, find a new local dealer. You're getting assraped. I've never paid more than $50 for an NFA transfer. Furthermore, If you buy a suppressor through a stocking dealer, the dealer's profit is built into the cost of the can and no dealer transfer fee is charged. So if you can find a stocking dealer for the can you want, choose that dealer as it's likely he will have a low or no dealer transfer fee. If not, buy the can from a stocking dealer somewhere and have it shipped on form 3 to your dealer - then you just pay his transfer fee usually ($50-$100) |
Many states do this. Technically, it's a "Use Tax" rather than a direct sales tax, but the effect is the the same. Anything you buy out of state that requires an in-state procedure to register, title, transfer, etc, will usually incur a Use Tax at the same rate as the Sales Tax. These type of taxes were enacted to recoup the loss in tax revenue by buying cars and other high-dollar items from sources outside your state of residence. They cannot claim a sales tax is due since you really didn't buy it there, but they can tax you on the need to register or transfer it through a state-regulated mechanism like the DMV or firearms dealer. However, depending on where you live, the NFA transfer regs might even have a more direct applicability for Sales Tax since the C3 is technically transferring the weapon to you. For tax purposes, your local dealer the "seller" since the Form 4 would list him as the Transferor This is completely different than if he was handling a simple interstate transfer of a handgun whereas the seller is NOT the dealer himself but someone out-of-state. Completely differs from state to state though. |
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