Is tax based on dealer location or where you registered the car?

Hi all! Long-time lurker and big fan of LH. This might have been asked before but I couldn’t find a relevant thread for it. I live in Orange County which has a significantly lower sales tax than LA County, 7.75% vs 10.25% I believe. If I lease from an LA county dealership, am I subject to their tax rate or mine?

Yours. Your local sales tax is added to the monthly payment.

In California at least. Local sales tax depends application depends on the leasee’s registration location but yup!

Your location of registration!

Awesome thanks all, appreciated as always

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If it was based on where you bought/leased it, many dealerships in Los Angeles County would be out of business. Thousand Oaks Auto Mall, which is just across the LA County border in Ventura County, would be totally packed all the time, since sales tax is only 7.25% there.

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Yours I believe

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