That is Washington for ya. I bought a Honda Accord work car a couple years ago for $2000. It had 242,000 miles and was a little rough but a great work car. When I went to the DOL they flat out told me I was lying about the price and since it bluebooked at $4400 thats what they would base the sale off of. Needless to say I was pissed so they told me to take it to a car lot and get it appraised. That cost me $50 bucks but when I told the guy why I was getting the car appraised the salesman started laughing and wrote "the car is worth $1200" He then told me too lose my original sales reciet and give them this. I would have been happy to pay the tax on the $2000 but after all that I was greatly pleased to only pay off $1200.