OEM or Dorman TIPM?

[mwilson]

The phrase used should be “Exchange Price”..if they are not doing that or something similar then they are wrong.

In certain States (including Maine) Sales Tax is charged on the clean core value but not credited on the dirty core that gets turned in..it’s been that way since I worked at a NAPA store in the early ‘70s and I still get yelled at for that. Tell them to call the legislature cause it’s not up to me. I’m pretty sure that Michigan does the same thing..
So a core charge on a Cat Long Block at $5000.00 bucks adds 5.5% tax for that core....that the customer does not get back when the core is returned..

 

[mwilson]

I was doing a CAT order the other day and fat fingered a Reman part number...what loaded up instead of the turbo I really wanted was some kind of hydraulic drive motor and my cost was $75,000.00 bucks PLUS a $50,000.00 core charge...imagine having to pay the Sales Tax in Maine on that transaction!! Must have fit a really large excavator or some kind of mining equipment..

 

[brods]

That sucks! So if the buyer has the core with them when they make the purchase is the sales tax on the core still applied?

 

[mwilson]

Yes it is..

 

[CVR222NV]

That's correct for most states definition of sales price. The only exception in Nevada is for used vehicles.

NRS 372.065  “Sales price” defined.

1.  “Sales price” means the total amount for which tangible property is sold, valued in money, whether paid in money or otherwise, without any deduction on account of any of the following:

(a) The cost of the property sold.

(b) The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest charged, losses, or any other expenses.

(c) The cost of transportation of the property before its purchase.

2.  The total amount for which property is sold includes all of the following:

(a) Any services that are a part of the sale.

(b) Any amount for which credit is given to the purchaser by the seller.

3.  “Sales price” does not include any of the following:

(a) Cash discounts allowed and taken on sales.

(b) The amount charged for property returned by customers when the entire amount charged therefor is refunded either in cash or credit, except that this exclusion does not apply in any instance when the customer, in order to obtain the refund, is required to purchase other property at a price greater than the amount charged for the property that is returned.

(c) The amount charged for labor or services rendered in installing or applying the property sold.

(d) The amount of any tax, not including any manufacturers’ or importers’ excise tax, imposed by the United States upon or with respect to retail sales, whether imposed upon the retailer or the consumer.

(e) The amount of any allowance against the selling price given by a retailer for the value of a used vehicle which is taken in trade on the purchase of another vehicle.

 

[BigPapa]

There are times where the core is more than the part. Always think that’s unusual.

 

[jgillott]

There are times where the core is more than the part. Always think that’s unusual.

The core charge for the steering rack on my Corvette was that way. $350 core charge on a $200 part. I'm assuming that is to insure that they keep cores in the system.

 

[mwilson]

Cheaper for them to put a high value core charge on then it is to go to the vendor and try to get them to produce new ones especially on older low demand parts...or there is a component within that rack that you simply can’t get anymore...