There was a news segment about property tax on RVs in New Hampshire recently and how a town was gouging owners of RVs at a particular campground. I was surprised/confused by this so looked a bit deeper just to understand it.
I'm curious if this type of logic is in other states?
1. If a trailer is registered there are registration fees and basically value based taxes in New Hampshire, you get a plate and you travel or you could find a spot at a campground and park it.
2. If you park it and don't register and have a valid plate...in New Hampshire a campground owner has to list out all the 'permanent residents' by April 1 and give that list to the town assessor.
So there are two classes of RV - those registered and those Not registered but parked at the campground. The town can assess the value of the trailer/property on the site (example deck) and then tax you as if it was a permanent house. If it had a valid registration, then it is not considered permanent and would not be taxed.
Of course the town in question was taxing people for years, but their taxes tripled this year...hence making it to the news.
I'm curious if this type of logic is in other states?
1. If a trailer is registered there are registration fees and basically value based taxes in New Hampshire, you get a plate and you travel or you could find a spot at a campground and park it.
2. If you park it and don't register and have a valid plate...in New Hampshire a campground owner has to list out all the 'permanent residents' by April 1 and give that list to the town assessor.
So there are two classes of RV - those registered and those Not registered but parked at the campground. The town can assess the value of the trailer/property on the site (example deck) and then tax you as if it was a permanent house. If it had a valid registration, then it is not considered permanent and would not be taxed.
Of course the town in question was taxing people for years, but their taxes tripled this year...hence making it to the news.
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