Legally avoiding California Sales Tax
I've mentioned in a couple threads that I am looking at a Newmar Baystar. Unfortunately the actual price is coming in ~35K lower than MSRP. From what I understand California charges sales tax on MSRP ...
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superrayzor wrote:
My wife and I have been discussing a year long road trip for a while. This seems like a good time to not only purchase a new RV but also begin our year long road trip. We would not take the RV into California at all for the year (so many other places to visit).
I see no problem in setting up a Montana LLC (or even Oregon) and just staying out of the state for the year. At this time we even still have Washington State Drivers Licenses.
superrayzor wrote:
I plan on living in CA when making the purchase, but do not plan on being a legal resident. I realize that legally because I do not own or rent a home, nor do I send my kids to school, nor have I registered to be a voter, or any of the other requirements, I do not have to get a CA DL.
Based on your above statements it sounds like your legal domicile is WA, and you intend to fulltime for at least a year. With the qualification that I highly recommend you seek competent legal/CPA advice, if you do the following, you just MAY be able to legally do a Montana LLC. I don't believe OR is an option as you're not a resident of that state.
1. Take delivery of the coach outside of CA.
2. Keep the coach out of CA (and WA to be on the safe side) for a year.
3. Keep all receipts (campground, fuel, food, etc) for that year.
Again I can't stress enough the need to get competent legal/CPA advice, preferably from someone in CA.
