Texas Out-the-Door Car Price Calculator
Calculate a Texas dealer purchase, private-party SPV transaction, new-resident tax, gift or even-exchange path without mixing their rules.
Start with the deal price.
Use the negotiated selling price, not the monthly payment.
Texas dealer purchases
The standard path applies the 6.25% motor-vehicle tax to the entered taxable measure after a qualifying trade allowance, then adds the selected title and registration-related charges.
Private-party Standard Presumptive Value
For the private-party SPV path, the engine uses the greater of the sales price or 80% of the entered SPV. When a valid certified appraisal is entered, it uses the greater of the price or appraisal instead.
Special Texas paths
New-resident, qualifying gift and even-exchange modes use their separate fixed tax amounts. County, inspection and other charges remain visible user-entered items.
The calculator distinguishes official fixed rules from local or user-entered estimates. Dealer worksheets and licensing-office totals remain the final transaction records.
Review official sources