Lucky Winner
New member
I live in California and I just won a new car in a raffle. The car is currently registered to the supermarket that is giving it away. They are requesting that I issue a check to the market for the sales tax and the registration fee that they have already paid for when they bought the car. When they transfer the title to me (they're the one doing the paper work) will I have to pay the sales tax to the DMV for the car again? I know I'm going to have to claim it as an income on my annual tax return.