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PrairieRV


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I'm becoming a Texan next week!
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I'll be setting up my Texas domicile next week at Livingston, Texas, the headquarters of Escapees.  My motorcycle tag is due to be renewed in Kansas before the end of September.  And I bought a used class C MH from Oregon which will have the same deadline here.  My town has an exorbitant sales tax rate (graft is expensive), so I compared it to Polk County, Texas and will save enough to make it official.  I talked with Susie Adams, an attorney that writes for the Escapees Magazine and she says I meet all the criteria for going ahead and "moving" now rather than next Spring when I'll truly be living "on the road."  

So I'll head out Monday, be in Livingston a couple days, and then come back.  Except for some trips later this fall, I'll be wintering here at my late father's home  until we can fix it up and sell it.  

Of course, there's all that purging stuff I still have to do during the winter too. 



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Hello Prairie RV...I cant comment about becoming a permanent Texas resident....but I can relate about cleaning out late parents house and estate. We lost my husbands parents last winter, 29 days apart...(12/19/18 and 1/17019). Being members of "the greatest generation", I don't believe they threw away items or downsized during the 71 years they were married. As a result, we are having to sort, separate, designate, clean, donate, trash and eventually sell items (to empty the house) before we can ever entertain selling the house and property. It is a monumental task that we have worked on for months and still are not done. You will discover how "helpful" other family members will be...in our case...no help at all.
Good luck with all of that...sounds like we are kind of in the same boat.

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If you don't pay Kansas sales tax on the RV, Polk County, TX, will charge you 6.25 - 6.75% tax when you register the vehicle. I assume the sales taxes on your bike have already been paid, so you should just be looking at title, transfer, and registration fees.

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Welcome to Texas!


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Welcome to Texas from another Texan. Well, let me say a winter Texan now...

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MillerTime, My parents downsized long ago when they retired.  But they still had lots of stuff.  The problem isn't just their things, but mine!  I've downsized several times over the years and I still have lots of stuff to place.  My brother lives here, too and he has to do something with all his stuff, as well!  I'm going to deal with mine and then hit the road.  I just hope he'll be ready to go at the same time.  (We both know we don't want to keep the house.)



-- Edited by PrairieRV on Sunday 1st of September 2019 02:33:16 PM

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Rob, I haven't registered the RV in Kansas yet.  Our sales tax in this city is 9.75%!!  That's why I want to use Texas now, rather than later.



-- Edited by PrairieRV on Sunday 1st of September 2019 02:33:42 PM



-- Edited by PrairieRV on Monday 2nd of September 2019 07:59:12 AM

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As an FYI and something that may be a research thing, but Jo was reading something a day or so ago where Texas is considering instituting an income tax.  From what she was reading, it is a somewhat tricky proposal.  Supposedly, there is a referendum to vote on where it is a ban on having an income tax in Texas.

Where that is tricky is that a vote of "no" on the referendum is a vote to say no to the ban, thus if one votes no, they are actually voting for an income tax.  If the "no's" win the referendum, the ban is out the window and that leaves Texas to be able to institute the income tax.

Now, I don't know all the details, so it may be that Texas isn't even considering a tax, but it could still be something that one might want to investigate.

Terry



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Terry, I'll certainly look into that and if it comes up, I'll be able to vote on it.

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Terry is correct, it is a deceptively worded referendum. A no vote equals a yes vote for state income tax.

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