CA 2019 Benz C43 lease return

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@tomcool

They ask me to do the lease return inspection first.

They’re not going to pay to buy out your car if they can take it in on a lease return. You need to get pricing info sooner than later.

Also, note that in CA, there is a path to you buying out your car and reselling without having to pay tax.

Third Party Lease Buyout

I recently went through a third-party lease buyout in California. I often see the question on how this is done so I wrote a quick document of my experience: I think the main one I hear is how to avoid paying sales tax twice when selling to a private party. This can be avoided (in CA) by (a) selling you lease within 10 days of acquiring the title from the lessor (b) applying and being approved for a CDTFA-111 from the CDTFA. Note, if you sell to a dealer, the leasing company transfer the ti…