In California you get wacked for sales tax, determined by county residence, on the purchase price each time with no deduction in tax for your trade in value. And our registration fees are annual and higher than just about other state. Here in Orange County, sales tax is 7.75% and our registration is about $330 per year.
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time, I agree with your assessment of our license fee but talk to some of the folks in NV. They have to pay a personal property tax every year on their trailers on top of the license fee, the sum total is far greater than what we pay here in California!
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6% Sales tax in michigan. I think you pay only the difference when trading in. Neat program for plates and registration. One time fee, perm trailer plate and mine was around 200.00. Trucking companies love it This can be a huge issue when comparing to motor homes. I have heard annual license registration charges as high as 6-700.00 for a m/h, and that adds up over the years.
I know Canada is a more socially responsible country, and thus the taxes. Your average homeless person living under the bridge has better health care coverage than most of us on this forum here in the great United States. And not having to fight the insurance company for every service and pre existing condition is priceless. I work in Canada, and from what I can see your rates as an independent business person like me are almost double. I have had a lot Crown Royal in a bar discussing this issue with associates, and in the end comparing income to income, expenses to expenses, operating in your country is a double tax over us. We offer huge incentives to company owners to develop and employ. Still, we have lots of people really hurting. No one in Canada has lost a home because of medical bills. So here it is every one for themselves, for me it works great, for others and many other, the system stinks.
In some states e.g. Indiana, non residents are exempt from sales tax, so you'd just have the 5% GST and 8% PST when you import to Canada. Plus a few other fees here and there! The inspection at Canadian Tire, the imported vehicle fee (about $200 which you pay at customs), etc.
I found that airstreams were a lot more expensive in Canada unless you can find one for private sale (but you have to beat the dealers to it). Even with the sales taxes, it is still significantly cheaper to buy an airstream in the US and import to Canada. Especially now with the Canadian dollar so high. I would do it again.
I might not be remembering this properly but I think it is much less complicated to import a used trailer than a new trailer? I imported a used trailer and found it pretty hassle free.
Ok, I'll bite, why no sales tax? Here in the great state of Oregon we have no sales tax yea!!!!!!We also don't have to pump gas in the rain, which we have a lot of. Rain that is.
Hi, Blue Pearl. I bought my trailer from George Sutton in Eugene, Oregon under the California 91 day rule. Oregon has no sales tax; And if I keep it out of California for 91 days, or more, I don't have to pay sales tax on it when I bring it home.
In some states e.g. Indiana, non residents are exempt from sales tax, so you'd just have the 5% GST and 8% PST when you import to Canada. Plus a few other fees here and there! The inspection at Canadian Tire, the imported vehicle fee (about $200 which you pay at customs), etc.
I found that airstreams were a lot more expensive in Canada unless you can find one for private sale (but you have to beat the dealers to it). Even with the sales taxes, it is still significantly cheaper to buy an airstream in the US and import to Canada. Especially now with the Canadian dollar so high. I would do it again.
I might not be remembering this properly but I think it is much less complicated to import a used trailer than a new trailer? I imported a used trailer and found it pretty hassle free.
A trailer that's more than 15 years old is exempt from Transport Canada's importation program (RIV.ca). So smooth sailing for an older unit. You have to do some paperwork and pay more for the newer models, but it isn't an especially difficult process.
However - paying 13% tax on the entire purchase price as opposed to paying 13% on the difference (purchase price minus trade-in value) when one buys in Canada can be a significant amount.
Either way, we bite the bullet. Either we find a model up here in Canada we want to trade up to and pay the tax on the difference (and more than likely pay more for the unit itself) or else we find one in the US and pay the tax on the whole lot.
I know Canada is a very socially responsible country, but geez - don't they get that all these non-stop taxations cause businesses to pick up their skirts and head south? We're having real problems keeping doctors in our country - many of them are heading to the US for a better shot at a more lucrative career.
But this rant is for another time, another place...
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Hi, we live in Los Angeles County and paid 0% sales tax on our beautiful Airstream. 
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