apvbguy said:
I think that you are either confused or maybe you were bamboozled, maybe you are paying sales taxes like that, I am not. my payment is $275 per month plus 6% sales tax on that which makes my payment $293, I don't feel like digging out the paperwork on my other cars but they are structured similarly. a car that I lease and keep in TX had taxes calculated on the value of the car, my NJ car is calculated like my FLA cars are, I pay sales taxes based on payments not on the cost or value of the car.
Ok. Let's take your line of reasoning to the logical limit.
You lease a car in Florida and you want your monthly payment to be very close to $0. So, you put down as much money as possible to achieve that. Do you, seriously, think Florida is not going to find a way to charge you sales tax on your lease? Of course they are. They tax your down payment (your cap cost reduction).
In the case of LEAF leases, NMAC applies the $7,500 tax credit, they get, to your cap cost reduction on your lease. You bet Florida is going to apply sales tax to that.