Cybertruck lease guide · Texas
Cybertruck Lease Tax in Texas (2026)
Standard config: Premium AWD at $79,990, 36 months, 10,000 mi/yr, $5,000 down, no incentives — computed 2026-07-24 from Tesla's live national lease program.
How Texas taxes a Cybertruck lease
Texas is one of the few states that taxes the FULL vehicle selling price on a lease — not just the payments. The 6.25% tax is assessed once on the vehicle price including destination and order fees, and Tesla capitalizes that tax into the lease, so it shows up spread across the monthly payments rather than as cash due at signing.
Texas applies one statewide treatment for most addresses — we've pulled 9 TX ZIP codes directly against Tesla's checkout to confirm it, and where Tesla's math ever differs locally, the estimator carries the verified correction.
Where Texas ranks on lease cost
On the honest cross-state comparator — the full 3-year cost (everything due at signing plus every remaining payment) — Texas ranks #46 of 47 leaseable states at an all-in $1,281/mo ($46,112 over the full three years), against a national all-in average of $1,202/mo. Comparing quoted monthlies across states is misleading: states that collect tax at signing look cheaper per month than they are.
How we verify these numbers
We've pulled 9 TX ZIP codes directly against Tesla's own checkout math (as of 2026-07-20). When our number and Tesla's disagree by more than half a percentage point, we chase the discrepancy to the root cause and re-verify weekly — the estimator matches Tesla's own ordering panel to within a couple of dollars.
FAQ
- How is a Cybertruck lease taxed in Texas?
- Texas taxes the full vehicle price once at 6.25%, folded into the monthly payment.
- What does a Cybertruck lease cost per month in Texas?
- At the current national program (Premium AWD, 36 months, 10,000 miles/year, $5,000 down), the monthly in Texas works out to about $1,111 with tax included, with about $7,242 due at signing. Your exact number depends on ZIP, mileage, and down payment — the estimator computes it live.
- What's due at signing on a Texas Cybertruck lease?
- The down payment, first monthly payment, $695 acquisition fee, and roughly $436 in government fees. Texas's lease tax is capitalized into the monthly payment, not the drive-off check.