Westside FFL transfer fees

[huntingfool7]

What is the going rate for firearm transfer fees?  Looking at having a shotgun shipped.

[scottcrb]

I had a ML transfered last year and I think it was $30 or $35 here in Seattle

[xd2005]

Too much 

Down here I've been able to get $15-$25, but seem be trending upwards.

[Bob33]

$50

[xd2005]

Check out the FFL list on gunbroker.com. Looks like a couple at $25 in Puyallup area. Just be sure to verify with them first before shipping to them. Also, remember that you are also supposed to be charged sales tax on the purchase by the FFL.

[yorketransport]

$25-50 is the average I see. That stupid sales tax is the killer though.

Andrew

[AWS]

How does that work?  If I buy and pay for a gun out of state and it is shipped to an FFL here in the state and he charges $35. for the transfer, does he just collect tax on the $35 dollars as he has no idea what the gun cost and he didn't collect the money.  I can understand if he orders a gun from a wholesaler and completes the transaction and collects the money for it.

The only out of state catalog sales that need to collect sales tax are ones with a brick and mortar store or office in this state.  Cabelas collects tax on catalog sales, Midway doesn't.

[xd2005]

Price of gun, not transfer fee. Seller has to disclose to FFL.

To be clear, this is not a new or additional tax, this tax has always been due (whether as a use tax or sales tax), it is merely a more "convenient" way for the state to collect it.

[bigsads]

you pay transfer fee, plus sales tax

[yorketransport]

I know of a few shops which were going to stop handling transfers because of the sales tax thing. Pretty annoying stuff!

Andrew

[HntnFsh]

I had a ML transfered last year and I think it was $30 or $35 here in Seattle

.By ML do you mean muzzle loader? Didnt think they had any paper work with them. No transfer fees.Its been a few years since I bought one but didnt think you had to even do a background check

[wadu1]

I had a ML transfered last year and I think it was $30 or $35 here in Seattle

.By ML do you mean muzzle loader? Didnt think they had any paper work with them. No transfer fees.Its been a few years since I bought one but didnt think you had to even do a background check

That is what I thought as well, it has been a few years since I ordered a ML but no FFL.

[CAMPMEAT]

Check out the FFL list on gunbroker.com. Looks like a couple at $25 in Puyallup area. Just be sure to verify with them first before shipping to them. Also, remember that you are also supposed to be charged sales tax on the purchase by the FFL.

You don't have to pay sales tax to YOUR FFL person. He/she did not sell it to you if you bought it out of state and shipped to your FFL. If bought in state, the seller collects the tax. I never pay sales tax for those reasons.

Not trying to start a typical yes you do, no you don't thread. That's straight from my FFL dealer I ship my out of state buys too.

[yorketransport]

You don't have to pay sales tax to YOUR FFL person. He/she did not sell it to you if you bought it out of state and shipped to your FFL. If bought in state, the seller collects the tax. I never pay sales tax for those reasons.

Not trying to start a typical yes you do, no you don't thread. That's straight from my FFL dealer I ship my out of state buys too.

It's not actually sales tax, it's a use tax. According to the WA DOR, it needs to be paid. Like so many other taxes though, that doesn't always mean that it gets paid.
http://dor.wa.gov/Content/GetAFormOrPublication/PublicationBySubject/TaxTopics/FirearmTransfers.aspx

With the state getting low on funds, they're trying everything they can to get their money. I've been hit with a few odd ball business taxes in the last few years. Some I really did owe, others I didn't. It's up to the business owner to decide whether or not to report all the transactions to the state though.

Andrew

[carpsniperg2]

  That's how they get you campmeat. All wa ffl's are supposed to charge this tax on any gun that comes into to them from out of state. It is the law now and some do it and some don't. They are starting to crack down on it. The only way you can get around it is if you can prove a wa state tax was already paid on the gun.