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Estimate Texas motor-vehicle sales tax

Dealer purchases use sales price less an allowed trade-in. Most private-party used purchases compare consideration with 80% of the official SPV.

Texas motor-vehicle sales tax6.25%
Private-party example$1,000.00
Entered consideration
$12,000.00
80% of SPV
$16,000.00
Tax base used
$16,000.00
Title, registration, county fees, gifts, even exchanges and new-resident tax are outside this estimate.
Special transactions use different amounts

Texas new-resident, gift, even-exchange, out-of-state use-tax and certified-appraisal situations are not estimated here.

Open the Texas motor-vehicle tax page or read the private-party SPV guidance.