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  • Irish-Dannyboy
    Member
    • Sep 2014
    • 144

    Sales tax on transfers?

    Do we pay CA sales tax during pick up at our FFL? Its added on to the total price of gun? So for example we pay $600 online for gun now at FFL we pay the transfer fee plus the 9.5 sales tax on 600?

    Thanks
  • #2
    Rakso
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2019
    • 1328

    Originally posted by Irish-Dannyboy
    Do we pay CA sales tax during pick up at our FFL? Its added on to the total price of gun? So for example we pay $600 online for gun now at FFL we pay the transfer fee plus the 9.5 sales tax on 600?

    Thanks
    Yes. Assuming online retailer didn't charge tax.

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    • #3
      Irish-Dannyboy
      Member
      • Sep 2014
      • 144

      Originally posted by Rakso
      Yes. Assuming online retailer didn't charge tax.

      Also is it added to the gun price or is it added to everything, transfer fee and DROS etc?

      Thanks

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      • #4
        kemasa
        I need a LIFE!!
        • Jun 2005
        • 10706

        Sales tax is typically due on the transfer of a firearm, with some limited exceptions. If the seller isn't considered a CA retailer, then the CA FFL transfer dealer is. If the seller is a CA retailer, then they are also supposed to collect sales tax on the FFL transfer fee, as well as the shipping since the item isn't sent directly to the buyer.

        Sales tax is based on the total cost of the firearm, including shipping, and the FFL fee. The DROS isn't subject to sales tax.
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        • #5
          JCHavasu
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2016
          • 672

          Originally posted by Irish-Dannyboy
          Also is it added to the gun price or is it added to everything, transfer fee and DROS etc?

          Thanks
          Transfer fee and DROS are not taxable.
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          • #6
            acespawnshop
            CGN/CGSSA Contributor
            CGN Contributor
            • Jun 2012
            • 2852

            The transfer fee is taxable. Maybe your FFL doesn't charge tax on it but they're (or at least SHOULD) paying it. For example....Us, we charge $25 but we really are less than that due to the couple bucks tax on it.
            Interstate Transfers $100 (DROS included with the price)
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            • #7
              kemasa
              I need a LIFE!!
              • Jun 2005
              • 10706

              Originally posted by JCHavasu
              Transfer fee and DROS are not taxable.
              Only half correct.If the firearm is subject to sales tax, so is the transfer fee.
              Kemasa.
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              • #8
                kemasa
                I need a LIFE!!
                • Jun 2005
                • 10706

                Originally posted by acespawnshop
                The transfer fee is taxable. Maybe your FFL doesn't charge tax on it but they're (or at least SHOULD) paying it. For example....Us, we charge $25 but we really are less than that due to the couple bucks tax on it.
                So you include the sales tax as part of your transfer fee? That seems like it could be confusing if the firearm isn't subject to sales tax.
                Kemasa.
                False signature edited by Paul: Banned from the FFL forum due to being rude and insulting. Doing this continues his abuse.

                Don't tell someone to read the rules he wrote or tell him that he is wrong.

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                • #9
                  JCHavasu
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2016
                  • 672

                  Originally posted by kemasa
                  Only half correct.If the firearm is subject to sales tax, so is the transfer fee.
                  Hmmm, Ok. Not what I understood but thanks for the correction.
                  "You fickers are all cray cray in my opinion. Non of you have an iQ over 80." - SandyCrotchSurfer aka SandyEggoSurf

                  "News stories and the truth are a bit like fraternal twins. They are related but only vaguely resemble each other."

                  "The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich quick theory of life." - Theodore Roosevelt

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                  • #10
                    kemasa
                    I need a LIFE!!
                    • Jun 2005
                    • 10706

                    Originally posted by JCHavasu
                    Hmmm, Ok. Not what I understood but thanks for the correction.
                    Talk to the CDTFA (was BOE). I have.
                    Kemasa.
                    False signature edited by Paul: Banned from the FFL forum due to being rude and insulting. Doing this continues his abuse.

                    Don't tell someone to read the rules he wrote or tell him that he is wrong.

                    Never try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and you annoy the pig. - Robert A. Heinlein

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                    • #11
                      acespawnshop
                      CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                      CGN Contributor
                      • Jun 2012
                      • 2852

                      So you’re saying like on the few occasions we have a tax exempt transfer that our fee then is now not taxable?
                      Interstate Transfers $100 (DROS included with the price)
                      Email acesjewelryandloan@hotmail.com if you need us to do a transfer!
                      Or call 626-968-5900

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                        • #13
                          kemasa
                          I need a LIFE!!
                          • Jun 2005
                          • 10706

                          Now? That is the way it has been. If the firearm isn't subject to sales tax, the FFL isn't, according to what I was told by the BOE.
                          Kemasa.
                          False signature edited by Paul: Banned from the FFL forum due to being rude and insulting. Doing this continues his abuse.

                          Don't tell someone to read the rules he wrote or tell him that he is wrong.

                          Never try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and you annoy the pig. - Robert A. Heinlein

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                          • #14
                            kemasa
                            I need a LIFE!!
                            • Jun 2005
                            • 10706

                            Sales are subject to sales tax, some transfers are not, such as a gift, even from out of state (as long as it is a real gift and not a fraud).

                            PPTs can be subject to sales tax if the FFL gets involved in finding the buyer or seller or get involved in the price of the firearm.
                            Kemasa.
                            False signature edited by Paul: Banned from the FFL forum due to being rude and insulting. Doing this continues his abuse.

                            Don't tell someone to read the rules he wrote or tell him that he is wrong.

                            Never try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and you annoy the pig. - Robert A. Heinlein

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                            • #15
                              acespawnshop
                              CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                              CGN Contributor
                              • Jun 2012
                              • 2852

                              Originally posted by kemasa
                              Now? That is the way it has been. If the firearm isn't subject to sales tax, the FFL isn't, according to what I was told by the BOE.
                              You probably told me that 8 years ago but I didn't listen.
                              Interstate Transfers $100 (DROS included with the price)
                              Email acesjewelryandloan@hotmail.com if you need us to do a transfer!
                              Or call 626-968-5900

                              Follow us on Facebook @acesjewelryandloan Need Cash Fast? Get a loan on your firearms here!

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