Ship or Sell separates an already-owned vehicle from a newly purchased Europe vehicle and from buying a replacement after arrival. Those scenarios can have different tax treatment.
Military personnel transferred to Texas with a home of record outside Texas can qualify for the $90 new resident tax when the vehicle was previously registered in their name in another state or foreign country. Title fee varies by county; $33 is used as a conservative title estimate. Texas-home-of-record military members do not qualify for the $90 new resident tax and can owe motor vehicle use tax on an overseas purchase. Qualifying new residents with the vehicle previously registered in their name outside Texas pay a $90 new resident tax.
Texas motor vehicle sales/use tax is 6.25%; county/title/registration items can add more.
Local taxes, prior registration, military residency, Home of Record, prior tax paid, purchase timing and county/city rules can change the result. Ship or Sell only inserts a dollar tax when the mapped rule has enough facts for a defensible estimate.
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