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I remember in the 90s when the state patrol used to stop all RVs with Oregon plates in WA to make sure the driver had an Oregon driver's license, to stop the cheating using a relative's address or mailbox. At that time, the tabs were thousands on RVs. We often buy expensive items in Oregon when we happen to go there for a weekend like I-Pads and even large paint purchases at Home Depot or tile. I don't think I'd try something as obvious as a refrigerator, however.
I remember one RVer bragging that he kept a PO Box in NV as his residency, but he did not own a home there. He also registered the RV in OR. This guy studied every possible way to milk the system, yet he had earned a six-figure salary back when that really was a lot, and he retired at 40. He had also lied about charitable deductions and was counting the days until the statute of limitations ran out. Scumbag.
Do people get away with this? Yes.
Is it legal? No, in most cases.
Residency might be defined in different ways in different states. In mine, it says "...days of continuous[ residence" [my italics] constitutes establishing residence. In my case, this means that a two-part move allows the clock to start ticking upon completion of the second part of the move, since there was a short period of transition in between the two moving trips. I am not talking about moving half the stuff one year and the rest a year later, but less than a month. But it does give a little more breathing time during a hectic period, before having to get the state DL, which is required within 30 days of establishing residency. We did that on schedule.
Switching vehicle titles and registrations is allowed a little more time, UNLESS the old tabs expire first. In our case, all the registrations come due after the new state's deadline based on residency, so we will take care of the titles and tabs BEFORE the old tabs expire. It is fairly simple, but the way the laws are presented online is less than simple.
There are some egregious cases of flaunting the laws out there. At a former job, the high-paid director of my department still had her old state plates on her car FIVE YEARS after she moved. Lame cheapskate.
90 days after purchase you can bring the vehicle in and pay no tax.
This may be legal, but what comes across as sleazy is that you deliberately choose to keep the vehicle in a no-sales-tax state (which sounds like it is is NOT your previous residence), when you have already moved to WA.
If you had lived and bought the vehicle in the other state, and THEN moved after 90 days, it would not cause the same reaction.
Talked with a dealer in WA today. Sales tax 10.1% however if we lease we only pay tax on the portion of the vehicle time that we lease it. That was interesting. Prices and discounts are less (much) than in CA or AK. Captured markets he says. Nice guy. Open and candid.
Ouch. It's 8.4% in Vancouver area. A bit lower down here to account for people being able to hop over into Oregon and pay no tax.
All the dealers around here had ridiculous $2500+ markups over MSRP as a "market adjustment"...but I was able to negotiate below a below invoice price without a problem anyway.
Ouch. It's 8.4% in Vancouver area. A bit lower down here to account for people being able to hop over into Oregon and pay no tax.
All the dealers around here had ridiculous $2500+ markups over MSRP as a "market adjustment"...but I was able to negotiate below a below invoice price without a problem anyway.
Yes I was surprised to realize the ouch of the 10.1 and the 4-5K additional cost. Costco buying program only help about 1k of the MSRP....Guess they have to recoup those no income tax state dollars somehow. At least that is the way it looks from here.
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