Purchasing an RV and taxes
Wow what a mistake. We had our eyes on an RV made by Thor as our next purchase and trading in our old RV. On a whim we found a unit in Panama City Florida. We stopped and worked out an acceptable...
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'en Plain Air' wrote:
If we buy a used RV from a private party, out of state, and never bring it home to our state, how do we get tags? Are tags based on the residency state, irrespective of where he vehicle 'lives'?
Tags can be where the vehicle stays, and is used, but you have to be able satisfy whatever residency requirements are imposed for tagging. These vary quite a bit, state to state.
My brother maintained residences in Michigan and Florida, kept his domicile in Michigan, registered his Michigan cars there. He registered his Florida car in Florida, which they let him do with a Michigan ID/Drivers License. But Florida is one of the easier states on this, they are used to accommodating a population of snowbirds. In other states you might be jumping through hoops, forming local legal entities for purposes of ownership and registration.
Even so, he didn't get it all right, because in handling his estate I've got Florida property caught up in differences between Michigan and Florida probate law. That would be another factor people usually don't want to think about.
