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mgirardo
May 22, 2014Explorer
Every state is different. If you can get a long term non-resident temporary tag from the dealer, that would be ideal. When we were Motorhome shopping, we looked in both Florida and Georgia (where we live). The dealer in Florida told us they would charge us the FL state sales tax of 4% and that most likely when we register in GA, we would have to pay the extra 3% to equal our County sales tax.
In GA (and FL I believe), the state charges one tax rate and the County/City can add up to 4% more (may be higher in FL). At the time we were shopping the sales tax in my county was an additional 3%.
We ultimately bought our motorhome in NJ. The Dealer in NJ told us that if we buy cash they wouldn't charge us sales tax since we lived in GA. We would pay the sales tax when we register in GA. Since we financed, we were charged sales tax and they gave us a check for the amount of the tax to hand over to the state of GA. When we registered in GA we had to pay an additional $20 or so because in NJ they don't pay sales tax on titling fees, but in GA we do.
Moral of the story, like I said, every state is different. It's a complicated situation with 3 different states, if you can avoid Ohio, that would be ideal. I would talk to the dealer and see if they can give you a long term non-resident temporary tag so you can avoid registering in Ohio. If you register it in OH, most likely you won't be able to get the title before you leave for FL and most often DMV items can't be forwarded.
-Michael
In GA (and FL I believe), the state charges one tax rate and the County/City can add up to 4% more (may be higher in FL). At the time we were shopping the sales tax in my county was an additional 3%.
We ultimately bought our motorhome in NJ. The Dealer in NJ told us that if we buy cash they wouldn't charge us sales tax since we lived in GA. We would pay the sales tax when we register in GA. Since we financed, we were charged sales tax and they gave us a check for the amount of the tax to hand over to the state of GA. When we registered in GA we had to pay an additional $20 or so because in NJ they don't pay sales tax on titling fees, but in GA we do.
Moral of the story, like I said, every state is different. It's a complicated situation with 3 different states, if you can avoid Ohio, that would be ideal. I would talk to the dealer and see if they can give you a long term non-resident temporary tag so you can avoid registering in Ohio. If you register it in OH, most likely you won't be able to get the title before you leave for FL and most often DMV items can't be forwarded.
-Michael
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