# Giving a car gift in NY form PA **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** accord, honda\ **Created:** [February 25, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/giving-a-car-gift-in-ny-form-pa/45120 "2010-02-25T20:54:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stickyt200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@stickyt200](https://community.cartalk.com/u/stickyt200)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/giving-a-car-gift-in-ny-form-pa/45120/1 "2010-02-25T20:54:29Z")
I live in PA and want to give my car(titled in PA) as a gift to my dad who lives in NY and will have to register the car there. Will he or I have to pay sales tax. ---
**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/giving-a-car-gift-in-ny-form-pa/45120/2 "2010-02-25T21:35:48Z")
Your Dad needs to contact the NY DMV and ask the question. In some states, a gift affadavit certifying the transfer of the properly to a family member allows for the avoidance of the sales tax as part of the transaction. Don’t know if NY is one of those states, but NY DMV will. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/giving-a-car-gift-in-ny-form-pa/45120/3 "2010-02-25T21:52:23Z")
You won’t. He might. You’d have to ask the NY Department of Motor Vehicles, or whatever they call it. Since it’s a gift there may be no tax involved, but check it out with NY to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/giving-a-car-gift-in-ny-form-pa/45120/4 "2010-02-26T03:10:13Z")
My late Father-in-Law gave me his 93 Caprice (titled in PA) in 2002. When I registered it in NJ, I gave it a nominal value ($500-1000) and paid the state tax on that amount. Best to check with the NY DMV. Ed B. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 6:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/giving-a-car-gift-in-ny-form-pa/45120/5 "2010-02-26T06:09:44Z")
Check with DMV in both states, but I believe in PA you can title a car over to a family member as a gift with a token $1.00 payment. Now what happens when dad takes the title to NY and retitles and registers the car depends on NYS DMV rules. I think he can title it for $1.00 sale and pay virtually no sales tax. Some states collect a registration fee of the a % of the “book value” of the car, I believe North Carolina is one such state. Therefore no matter how dad acquired the car in North Carolina he’d have to pay a heafty fee to register the car for the first time. While I don’t think NY is the same as NC, many states seem to be following the NC practice as a way to collect revenue.