estate settlement/purchased from estate vs inherited
My mother recently passed away. I live in New York state and I have three siblings. My mother left us some cash and an automobile. I am taking the automobile and my siblings are dividing up the cash. The amount of cash each sibling will receive is approximately equal to the value of the automobile. Under these circumstances, is have I "inheritance this car", which would mean I do not have to pay sales tax on it or have I "purchased it from the estate", in which case sales tax would need to be paid. Please help me! I don't want to pay sales tax unnecessarily nor do I want to commit a crime.