[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by Danzig

actually, the buyer was his wife, the widow of mr. heinz of heinz ketchup fame. at any rate, i would rather he fight for his state to have tax laws that make sense, rather than have a law that many follow but many do their best to avoid. if the tax law was one that made sense, he wouldn't have to dock in rhode island, thereby giving a sense of impropriety. and he's not deferring taxes, he's just not paying the sales tax at all in this instance. on a new purchase, not a used purchase on which taxes were paid when said used vehicle was new. there have been cases here in arkansas of people purchasing RV's and tagging them in another state, to avoid paying the one time sales tax to arkansas. they were taken to court and found guilty of tax evasion, as it was shown their home of residence was in fact arkansas, which meant they were engaging in tax evasion. i'd say this is an instance of that. i'd say if this were a republican engaging in this behavior, that you'd be all over it.

I'd say you're right!