If 1.300 dollars were paid in last years taxes on my car shouldn't you get it back in this years taxes return?

Well Yes & No. Sales taxes are not a deduction for Federal purposes normally. Property taxes never are. So, you would normally never receive them in any year...and certainly never a different year.

However, under a very recent law (I believe effective 07), sales taxes paid can be used instead of state income taxes paid. (Done to give a chance at tax deduction for those people living in States without an income tax, so hence relyiong on a sales tax). There are charts to use that provide an estimated sales tax paid that IRS will accept, instead of keeping receipts for every one, to which you can add "exceptional" sales tax amounts, like cars, boats, etc...and if it is higher than the State Income tax you paid, use that instead of income tax deduction for Feds. Of course the deduction for the Sales tax would only be applicable for taxes PAID that year for that return.

Under no circumstances do you "get it back".