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Registering a bus. Traveling status.

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Rod
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Registering a bus. Traveling status.

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Hi. My husband and I are new to the world of bus life. It looks like we have located our new home which is registered in the state of Oregon. We are presently in California but plan on leaving the state soon. I heard that there is some type of residency you can establish in the state of Montana that covers folks traveling and living in their RVs. I hope I'm making sense. Thank you. Also we are trying to find some sales jobs for RVers too.
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Things might have changed, so check with Montana government offices, but I believe you need to have a residence in Montana for at least 180 days to be considered a resident, and change your plates & license to Montana's. In subsequent years you have to be in the state for 120 days minimum to retain residency, and you need to pay whatever Montana taxes there are. You can only be a primary resident of one state at a time. To qualify for in-state college tuition rates, you have to be a resident for one year (that is how I got to know anything about Montana's rules). It used to be that Oregon had some of the cheapest rates for license plates (40 years ago). I knew a military serviceman that had Oregon as his official State of record, but had not set foot in it for years, but still had Oregon plates.
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We have full timing friends that registered in South Dakota.
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mydakotaaddress.com has worked for us since 2010
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I have been a Florida resident since 1967, the year I first joined the military. I have kept it up but no longer have a driver's license or a car registered there. I voted in Florida around 1978 so I've just sent off a new voter's registration request. Only real problem is that it's from a city that I only lived in as a student, have never returned to and have no interest in the local politics. I am hoping that when this is approved I can get it changed to a county that I actually lived in way back when.

Other than the fact that I did live in Florida for a number of years, the main reason I keep my residency there is Florida is one of the few states that does not have a state income tax. Living overseas means that I don't wish to pay taxes to some state that would never give me anything in return.
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it's good to hear some others ideas and feedback on Registration options and considerations.Are there other favored states people would consider to Register a coach ??
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These 7 states have no state income tax, handy if you're out on the road somewhere when it's due:

AK--FL--NV--SD--TX--WA--WY

NH--TN effectively have no state taxes for retirees up to a point. The only tax for retirees is, in both states, a 5% tax on interest and dividends.

But there's a lot more to it than that.

TX, for example, has much higher than average property taxes.

And AK has out of sight living costs that more than offset the lack of personal taxes.

HI has very low property taxes.

From just a tax angle, DE is one of the best. Property and income taxes are lower than average and there's no sales tax. On the other
hand, you get strong winters.

Other states without sales taxes are AK--MT--NH--OR

And there are many other things to consider like the quality of life, climate, geopgraphical location and so on.

Another idea is to live in a state near it's border with one or more other state(s). One may find it's chaper to shop in a state with low or no sales taxes
but otherwise expensive to live there.

Many folks first think of Florida. As a rule of thumb, the more south you go, the more expensive it gets in or near urban and coastal areas. And don't forget
all those insects and alligators!!!

California is another popular retirement destination. It's also one of the most expensive. On the other hand you get what you pay for in terms of services. And
housing costs in urban areas are much above the national average.

Most states do not tax Social Security along with federal (military and civilian) retirement payments or at least exempt part of them form taxable income.

It really pays to spend some time online looking into this before making a decision on a permanent place to live.
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It all comes out about the same in every state,my plates for a 1996 MCI here in AZ cost me 55 dollars for 5 years, states,cities,counties and the Feds get their money one way or the other.Now we have another problem with some states drivers licenses like here in AZ you cannot even buy a friggn air line ticket without a passport because our drivers licenses have Not Good For Federal ID across them BS
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Don't know about most of the states, but the ones that I have lived in you can't get a drivers license with out proof that you have a SS card and residence in the state. If you have a drivers license then that is the state that you are supposed to be livening in.
The people that I know that have there coach registered in other states have set up an LLC and put the coach in the name of the LLC.
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