Dealer Inventory Tax? Do i have to pay?

C-Dub7 · 06-14-2007, 08:48 AM

I was reviewing the order sheet that my SA gave me. It has an item called Dealer Inventory Tax....about $100. Do I have to pay it? It seems to me that's additional money to the dealer. I know i have to pay the state tax, title fee and the standard $50 doc fee...but this is the first time i heard of Dealer Inventory Tax. Anyone has negotiate this before? Or $100 seems to small of a $40+k car?

Hound Passer · 06-14-2007, 10:00 AM

Yes, you have to pay that, and your dealer's income tax, property tax, sales tax on the managers lunch, and clothes, and his kid's birthday present. Oh, his next mortgage payment too. You also have to pay for the giant pole his seems to want to stick up you know where.

Seriously, when do people stop taking this "add on" junk for real. NO, you don't need to pay for your dealer's cost of doing business. That comes out of his GROSS profit. Sorry to say, but your dealer seems like a real snake. Beware. If your dealer insists you pay it then bill him for waisting your time, and insist he pays it. <joke>. Really, if he puts his foot down then shuffle your feet out the door. BMWs are non rare works of art. There are lots of dealers...some of them very upfront and easy to deal with.

MoreCowbell · 06-14-2007, 10:15 AM

i'd assume your 335 is a custom order. Therefore it never went into inventory...so even if there was such as thing as an "Inventory Tax(there isn't!!!), you wouldn't need to pay it anyway.

Your CA is a thief!!! Good luck on the transaction!!!

BMW F22 · 06-14-2007, 01:21 PM

tell him that you will pay the $100 if he's willing to pay for your sales tax. Tell him that's YOUR cost of doing business.

Ascension · 06-14-2007, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWE90

tell him that you will pay the $100 if he's willing to pay for your sales tax. Tell him that's YOUR cost of doing business.

That was funny

C-Dub7 · 06-14-2007, 03:35 PM

Yeah, i will definitely do that. Estimate taking delivery is end of june or early july. I will tell my CA i am not gonna pay the inventory tax, if it all gone bad, i guess it's tough to get back my $1000 deposit when i ordered the car.:mad:

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C-Dub7 Private First Class 5 Rep 112 Posts Drives: E92 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Everywhere iTrader: (1)	Dealer Inventory Tax? Do i have to pay? I was reviewing the order sheet that my SA gave me. It has an item called Dealer Inventory Tax....about $100. Do I have to pay it? It seems to me that's additional money to the dealer. I know i have to pay the state tax, title fee and the standard $50 doc fee...but this is the first time i heard of Dealer Inventory Tax. Anyone has negotiate this before? Or $100 seems to small of a $40+k car?
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Hound Passer First Lieutenant 71 Rep 355 Posts Drives: 435i Convertible Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: VA iTrader: (0)	Yes, you have to pay that, and your dealer's income tax, property tax, sales tax on the managers lunch, and clothes, and his kid's birthday present. Oh, his next mortgage payment too. You also have to pay for the giant pole his seems to want to stick up you know where. Seriously, when do people stop taking this "add on" junk for real. NO, you don't need to pay for your dealer's cost of doing business. That comes out of his GROSS profit. Sorry to say, but your dealer seems like a real snake. Beware. If your dealer insists you pay it then bill him for waisting your time, and insist he pays it. <joke>. Really, if he puts his foot down then shuffle your feet out the door. BMWs are non rare works of art. There are lots of dealers...some of them very upfront and easy to deal with.
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MoreCowbell Lieutenant Colonel 559 Rep 1,702 Posts Drives: 24 i5M60 23 X740 23 Vette Z06 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Westchester, NY iTrader: (0)	i'd assume your 335 is a custom order. Therefore it never went into inventory...so even if there was such as thing as an "Inventory Tax(there isn't!!!), you wouldn't need to pay it anyway. Your CA is a thief!!! Good luck on the transaction!!!
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BMW F22 Major General 3730 Rep 9,783 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	tell him that you will pay the $100 if he's willing to pay for your sales tax. Tell him that's YOUR cost of doing business.
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C-Dub7 Private First Class 5 Rep 112 Posts Drives: E92 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Everywhere iTrader: (1)	Yeah, i will definitely do that. Estimate taking delivery is end of june or early july. I will tell my CA i am not gonna pay the inventory tax, if it all gone bad, i guess it's tough to get back my $1000 deposit when i ordered the car.:mad:
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