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CampingcrazyShirley

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Posted: 08/05/08 09:54am

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Can someone tell me how one goes about registering a MH in a state that doesn't charge personal property tax? Is it hard? Do you have to insure the vehicle in the state it's registered in? Thanks for your help.

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Posted: 08/05/08 10:02am

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When I had property in Fla there was no property tax so I registered and insured tt & car there. Turns out that the high price in Fla of insurance offset any tax savings.

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Posted: 08/05/08 10:03am

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the vehicle has to be insured in the state it is "garaged" in, which would be the state it is registered in. to register in any state, you have to have established residency in that state. each state has their own requirements for residency.

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Posted: 08/05/08 10:13am

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Become a none profit organization, meet all the requirements of that's state statues. And if you decide to use it of other then stated reasons, prepare to pay heavy fines or go to jail, you most likely not be passing Yellowstone Park so you won't get the two hundred dollars as you pass go.

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Since I live in Canada this subject doesn't apply but I have a question out of curiosity. I know a couple who live in a state where there is a asset tax, own a house there but are registered in another state with their driver's licence and licence plates where there is no asset tax. Is this okay to do this or is it just trouble brewing? I guess they are actually residents of this other state but live in the other with the house and property.

In Canada, we have to licence a vehicle and have a driver's licence in the province you live and pay taxes to.

Comments would be appreciated.

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Posted: 08/05/08 10:24am

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In general this is true in the US. But if you full time you set your state of residence about anywhere you want. South Dakota, Texas, Nevada and Florida or popular state to do this in. Recently there have been news stories about having trouble voting in your home state. Some folks in the home state do not want a bunch of "don't live their folks" deciding an election.

Montana lawyers offer a service for creating a LLC and they state you can avoid your home state vehicle tax. Some do this but as the economy falls on hard times some states are going after this type of registration. Colorado made an example of several folks in that state recently and the Montana lawyer was no where to be found. The back taxes were rather large in some cases where the "owner" had avoided the Colorado tax for several years and had to pay the back taxes.

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Posted: 08/05/08 10:33am

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I like the Canadian viewpoint - "Is this okay to do this or is it just trouble brewing?". I personally get annoyed when people try to avoid paying their fair share to use the roads and services of the community they live in. We have a situation here where some retired military maintain out of state registration and license but have been out of the military for 10 years or more. They are not entitled to the same benefits they had while on active duty. They have no right to complain when the roads are not what they expect. The same holds true to someone that evades the law to avoid property taxes. I used to live in CA where we had to pay heavy property taxes on RVs and a small airplane we owned. My solution - moved out of CA.

Now I feel better, rant over. BTW, please don't jump on me about my military comments. My father spent 27 years in the Navy, I spent 5, and my son is currently in the Army.

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toban wrote:

In Canada, we have to licence a vehicle and have a driver's licence in the province you live and pay taxes to.

Comments would be appreciated.

Toban

We all pay a federal income take. But not all states have a personal income tax. There are four that still don't have this.

A lot of folks will become residence of those states after retirement to reduce there tax liable on mutual and stock funds. They still pay the federal tax but not state taxed on the income. This is legal.

We are allowed to own a home in any state and you will have to pay any associated taxes to the Town, County and State that property is in. Others will improve upon and broaden this I hope. Bill