Other State Registration

wbwood wrote:
Whether you call it avoidance or evasion, I don't think it really matters. If you don't agree with the taxes your state collects, then move to a place with lower taxes or no taxes at all. You are living where you are for a reason. Obviously you like it. I know one thing, if you "avoid" paying your home state the taxes on something you bought in another state, then don't be surprised when you receive a tax bill from your home state. I know on the NC state tax paperwork that we file every year, there is a question where it asks if you bought anything out of state. States are really cracking down on getting what is theirs.

What the OP mentioned is shady in my book.

So you have NEVER bought anything on line that you did not pay taxes on for your home state?????

huntram wrote:
Tax evasion is illegal. Tax avoidance is not just legal but encouraged. We own a house and rent it out in California so we DO pay income taxes on that... Now that our HOME is on wheels and we live wherever we are parked for the night we can be from wherever we want to be from. We legally avoid taxes by having a 'domicile' in South Dakota as well as drivers licenses, registrations, and we vote in South Dakota (a state with no income tax).
There is no state income tax on our pensions in South Dakota.
If we ever decide to make our house our home again we will make California our residence again and pay income taxes there again and pay the ridiculously high registration prices on our vehicles.
Remember AVOIDANCE not EVASION!
Brian

Exactly! Same here. We still own a home but are full time RVers. We don't live in our home and have not since 2011. We have a address in SD and paid 3% on our truck and the rate went up to 4% later on our RV. Our state would have been nearly 10% on the truck and .086% on the RV. We have SD drivers licenses and our Domicile is now SD.

Our insurance company does not care where we register our vehicles. I have been stopped by the State patrol for expired tabs on my 98 that I keep registered for when I am there to drive and showed him registration and SD drivers license. No problem.

Not evasion it's shopping for the best deal!

wbwood wrote:
Tax avoidance...tax evasion....

Lets just call it tax noncompliance.....

Actually that is not correct. If you've ever taken any business classes the curriculum teaches specifically the difference between the two.
Evasion is non-compliance and is a crime!
Avoidance is what the crooked politicians write the tax code for so we can be in compliance and stay within the law!
In the courses I took in college it actually said in the syllabus it is patriotic to avoid taxes!

Brian

2oldman wrote:
If you really want to cheat your state out of taxes, why not just go all the way and create a MT LLC? At least that will be sorta legal.

Your best bet right now is to make sure you never get stopped. You're probably more likely to get reported by a neighbor than getting stopped.

NO!

Way more pitfalls to the MT LLC - as the MT plates are a red flag for LOTS of LEOs in LOTS of states....especially if you don't have a MT DL.

Of course - if you're never stopped for some reason, you're home (no pun) free!

And, if you *do* have a MT DL, why bother with a LLC?..:h

Also, the LLC may/will be treated as a commercial entity in (on entering) some states.
Another can of worms - and commercial hoops to jump thru!..:(

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OP - bite the bullet - pay the tax in your home state!
It could be worse - you could be in CA with almost 10% sales tax..:R

On edit: Everyone knows (or should know) dealers, and/or salespersons are honest as the day is long....right?..:@

Considering that sterling reputation, ask him/her if he/she is willing to cover any future legal expenses due to the sage advice provided...:R

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That's been the brunt of this discussion. The OP states that the dealer told him he could do it with his ID address. According to the MVD, you can TITLE the RV with a non-NM address, but you have to be a resident (and show proof) in order to REGISTER the vehicle.

The OP has argued that it can be done but has provided nothing to back that claim up except for saying the dealer told him they could register it for him with the ID address.

All this is moot for the OP (but I think it's important for folks coming across this post in the future) because he has decided that he will register the RV in Idaho.

Tax avoidance...tax evasion....

Lets just call it tax noncompliance.....

toedtoes wrote:
wbwood - he wasn't going to use a NM address. He stated that the dealership told him they would use his ID address for the NM registration.

I know, but as you stated they require two forms of NM residency... how are you going to do that without a NM residence (address)?

wbwood - he wasn't going to use a NM address. He stated that the dealership told him they would use his ID address for the NM registration.

I still don't understand what address he was going to use in New Mexico to register the motorhome. As mentioned, you have to prove NM residency...with what? how? I know around here, a utility bill in your name to a local address is one proof.

If the OP was never going to bring the RV into Idaho, it would be different. However, he stated that he will have the RV in Idaho for at least 51% of the time (suggesting that the rest of the time, he would be traveling in it).

In addition, New Mexico's MVD states that 2 forms of "proof of NM residency" are required in order to register a vehicle in New Mexico. California DMV does not indicate any such requirement. The obvious reason for that is because New Mexico does not allow non-residents to register their vehicles (military personnel being an identified exception), while California will happily take your fees regardless of where you're from.