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Rollochrome's avatar
Rollochrome
Explorer
Aug 21, 2013

Selling a Prevost Across State Lines

My closest friend lost his battle with liver disease two months ago.

He was a traveling evangelist and owned a newer Prevost bus on a Freightliner chassis.

His widow has asked me to help sell the bus.

The bus is titled in Louisiana and I live in Texas.

If I move the vehicle to Texas, then market and sell the bus on her behalf, with the transaction occurring exclusively between the buyer that would be in Texas, and the seller that would be in Louisiana, does this represent a taxable event that otherwise would not occur if it were left physically in Louisiana?
  • I believe it would be a taxable event to the buyer and the state he or she lives in when they register it. There is no such thing as a Prevost on a Freightliner chassis.
  • Ivylog's avatar
    Ivylog
    Explorer III
    First, if it's a Prevost, it's on a Prevost chassis which was made in Canada and converted to a MH by a company usually in the US.
    Do not see what difference where the MH is located as long as the sale is between the widow and the new purchaser. Sales tax is determined by what state the purchaser titles it in.
  • Don't know the answer to your legal question, but Prevost busses are not on Freightliner chassis's. They are a unibody Prevost shell and are made in Canada.