Temporary Import of Class A to Canada
There was a recent topic in which importation to Canada was discussed and one poster (JaxDad) talked about his experience taking a US registered vehicle he owned to his home in Canada. I have looked t...
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DownTheAvenue wrote:
If you want to register a vehicle in Florida, you may incur residency issues with Florida. You cannot title and license a vehicle in the United States unless you are a resident of the state in which it is titled and registered. As a Canadian citizen, you would have to become a legal resident alien of the United States, and then you would have to pay United Sates income tax. I think your 15% HST tax would be cheaper if, and that is a big if, you could even become a resident alien of the United States.
That is not true. In fact there are many people who have multiple houses and keep vehicles at each house while only claiming one as their official residence. Now only is it legal to register those vehicles in those other states, it is mandatory. If I have a vacation house in Florida and I keep a car there and I live in California, it would be illegal for me to put California plates on that car and keep it in Florida.
