MarcKyle64 wrote:

>>It's not a good idea to buy a new car before moving to a new state.
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> That's for sure! This happened to me, I moved from Arkansas to Montana,
> Montana insisted that I pay the taxable value ( 5% IIRC ) of my car when I
> registered it there after I got done moving, i.e. "up front". Then I got a bill
> from the Arkansas DMV almost a year later for the taxes I owed them on my car
> when I last assessed my car's value down there, they do you a 'favor' by
> delaying the tax bill a year when you assess the car's value there, sooo.... I
> got double taxed that year, and still had to pay the next year's tax value when
> my Montana tags expired after my first year of living there, so I paid taxes on
> my car three times within 366 days. Sucked!!

what would have happened if youd told arkansas to blow a goat? is there
a reciprocity agreement?