Transfer question

samuelm16 · Feb 21, 2019

hey guys im gonna be trading a couple firearms and some cash for a truck i live in oregon the seller of the truck vancouver is there any issue with me transfering at a washington ffl an ar15 and a handgun?

jbett98 · Feb 21, 2019

You're good to go on the transfers.

Eric in Oregon · Feb 22, 2019

jbett98 said:
You're good to go on the transfers.

Agreed. I've transferred a handgun to a WA resident via a WA pawn shop. The only snag is they'll have a 14 (IIRC) day waiting period on the handgun.

slingshot1943 · Feb 22, 2019

I sold a rifle to a Washington resident. He wanted it transferred in Washington so I took it up there. He was shocked he had to pay $88 sales tax.

KKG · Feb 22, 2019

slingshot1943 said:
I sold a rifle to a Washington resident. He wanted it transferred in Washington so I took it up there. He was shocked he had to pay $88 sales tax.

The Crazy Sales Tax thing has been going up, down and sideways for years. I don't think it's going away any time soon.

ScottRi · Feb 22, 2019

I just sold one as an Oregon resident to a resident of Washington, I met him at an FFL in Vancouver and did the transfer. Just bring your state issued ID and it's very easy.

Sporting Systems · Mar 5, 2019

KKG said:
The Crazy Sales Tax thing has been going up, down and sideways for years. I don't think it's going away any time soon.

There is no sales tax on a private transfer, there is if you buy from a dealer. The WA dealer was full of crap for collecting tax.

titsonritz · Mar 5, 2019

KKG said:
The Crazy Sales Tax thing has been going up, down and sideways for years. I don't think it's going away any time soon.

It's gone down?

KKG · Mar 5, 2019

Sporting Systems said:
There is no sales tax on a private transfer, there is if you buy from a dealer. The WA dealer was full of crap for collecting tax.

Like I said, the Sales Tax thing has changed several times over the years. I've got 50+ years in the Gun Business and one year they say Collect on Private Transactions(some years they even Taxed the Transfer Fee and that really sucked)

then the next year they didn't want any for those Sales

. Then if you sold stuff in Puyallup and Monroe and your Store was in Snohomish, you got to keep track of what sold where and pay Accordingly! Doesn't that sound like Great Fun?

And people wonder why so many Gun Dealers give up so soon!