I bought my spare tire, but don't recall it being so much. Not sure of how some states work but if you live somewhere else, many times state tax does not apply. You should ask him to register it to himself if it does and deduct the tax. If he registered it in the dealers name, he would have saved the tax in the first place. Good luck.

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