Property tax

Ralph Cramden wrote:
No matter where you reside you're going to pay it one way or another. Here in PA there is no property tax on RV,s or vehicles, just sales tax on the front end. We do enjoy however one of the highest, if not the highest, fuel taxes in the nation.

If you don't like it move somewhere else, you may save a little, you may not. It's the price you pay for having roads to move your RV on, public parks with campgrounds of which most are not self sufficient and depend on general fund dollars, and other infrastructure.

Totally understand and have absolutely no issue with taxes. Pay well over 30k a year in Federal taxes so I get it. However, there is a limit to which I feel it becomes excessive and in this case it is. Your right that regardless where you go you will pay some form of taxes which is cool. Just needs to be reasonable. Fortunately the county we live will only charge property tax if you store it here. They have no issue if you store it some place else. Prince William county has no property tax so we will store it there. Thanks

No matter where you reside you're going to pay it one way or another. Here in PA there is no property tax on RV,s or vehicles, just sales tax on the front end. We do enjoy however one of the highest, if not the highest, fuel taxes in the nation.

If you don't like it move somewhere else, you may save a little, you may not. It's the price you pay for having roads to move your RV on, public parks with campgrounds of which most are not self sufficient and depend on general fund dollars, and other infrastructure.

Georgia used to tax you every year when you got your tag but now you pay a one time use/sales tax of 6.7%. At 62 years old, $36K of income tax (6%)/person is free and at 65 it goes to $65K each making GA retirement friendly. Depending on the county, property taxes are very low...$7/1000 dollars of value, BUT in the Atlanta area it can be double that amount.

one of the places I lived, don't remember where, had an intangible property tax. tax on bank accounts etc.
bumpy

mtofell1 wrote:

Micbob4 wrote:


It's now $6.55 for every $100 of appraised value.

Wow... that's just unimaginable. It's like having a 6.5% loan on the coach forever. Without even exaggerating, I think I'd consider moving. Certainly once I was retired and spending more on a coach.

I live here and it shocked me to the point I was ready to back out of RV. But decided they are not stopping my family's dream. Worked to hard.

Micbob4 wrote:


It's now $6.55 for every $100 of appraised value.

Wow... that's just unimaginable. It's like having a 6.5% loan on the coach forever. Without even exaggerating, I think I'd consider moving. Certainly once I was retired and spending more on a coach.

2oldman wrote:
I didn't know an RV was considered 'property'.

Yeah, we lived in Ks and they considered our TT "Personal property" and taxed us accordingly.

Bill.Satellite wrote:
VA is a serious pain if you own an RV. You don't pay property tax as if it's a house on the ground but you pay Personal Property tax and it is VERY high and VERY expensive. Take a look at the tax tables and you will see just how bad it really is. It's based upon the "book" value of your RV so it only goes down a little every year but it is always VERY expensive. Maybe if you buy a 20 year old coach it won't hurt too much but I seem to remember that it was 3% or 4% of the coach value each year. On a $200,000 coach, that's a lot of money (plus registration).

It's now $6.55 for every $100 of appraised value.

Bumpyroad wrote:
I thought that counties tax rates varied also.
bumpy

Your 100% correct. Spotsylvania is horrible on taxes. However found prince William county has no property tax. The property tax applies if you actually store RV in that county. Meaning I can store RV in prince William and show proof it's there and no property tax. So pay storage fee out of county is a lot cheaper then keeping it at home. Soon as I officially retired moving out of Virginia. LOL

KD4UPL wrote:
Can't help you on the Class A but my TC has no property tax in VA because it's not considered a vehicle.
So, VA is toy friendly to TCs anyway.

Great point!! Lol. Your right.