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Originally Posted by Tsudy
I varies, wildly, from state to state. The state of Virgina's sales tax on a new car is ~3% whereas the state of Washington's is upwards of 9% (if not 9%).
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Actually, depending on the county in WA, its could be 9.8%.
I'm not familiar with international orders, but my father in law buys used cars here in the states and ships them to the UK. He pays an import tax, plus UK sales tax on the purchase, but he doesn't pay local tax here in the states.
Same goes for out of state purchases. If you buy your car in VA, with a 3% tax, you actually pay your local tax, which for me is 9.75% in WA.
To the OP, better check to make sure you can actually import it into the UK, and how much that is going to cost you. For instance, my father in law imports into Portsmouth rather than Ipswich, because the import tax is slightly less.