Nice campaign slogan " a taco on every plate and a sheep in every bus"...
They'd get my vote.....
Nice campaign slogan " a taco on every plate and a sheep in every bus"...
They'd get my vote.....
Is nothing sacred anymore?? Sheep should be offended to be even mentioned in the same breath or sentence with politicians.
John Knollmaier
Still Dreaming!
Mike,
I thought you had my back while I was in the Motherland attending the Aggie Beat Down Fest this weekend? I come back and we've been hit.
But I'll be dining free this week courtesy of Loc "Beagle Boy" McNew and the Fighting Texas Aggies, so..........
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JDUB I think it's nice that the University is furnishing crying towels for the fans. Both of them.
I'm thinking this would be a good week to do all your puffing about the OSU Cowboys. What, 5 blowouts in a row now? Saturday night will be the real deal. You all have fun up there.
Mel,
I was just tossing a little gas on this deal since I haven't heard much from the Foamy Orange Tennessee boys. They seem to be hiding out but I don't hold out much hope for us this week. Mizzou is a great team with a great offense and in the next five weeks we play #2, #5, #7 and #1, so our strength of schedule is about to go thru the roof.
But I did have a great BBQ lunch today courtesy of Mr. McNew and the Collie Humpers.
Gig'em
Hey (Calif) POGgers,
Beginning Jan 1, 2009 any motorhome/bus purchased outside of California will have to wait 12 months before entering the state in order to avoid paying State Use Tax (which is equal to sales tax I think). This according to the Auto Club magazine just received by yours truely. And you better have some good documentation of where the bus lived for those 12 months too.
Ken; The one year law started on September 24th 2008. Yes we handed the CA board of equaliztion a thick envelope of receipts for out of state fuel, food, storage etch. They audited it and gave us our tax exemption certificate.
Harry
Shirley & Harry / 2000 Liberty / 2008 GMC Envoy Denali
On the list for new or increased taxes is a return to the original formula for determining your license free for any vehicle in California. The original formula was a license fee of 2% of the value of whatever you drove. It was that way for years-just like Nevada and I'm sure its that way in many states. At the start if the 3rd year the plate started to depreciate with the vehicles value. Some years ago when Gray Davis was governator they had a surplus. There were many proposals of how to give the surplus back to the residents. The one that stuck was lowering the plate basis to about .65% and thats where it is today.
When the state again went into the red during Davis' term there was a clause in the law that returned the fee to the standard 2%. By that time half the state was buying expensive SUV's and the increase really stunned a lot of people. That was a rallying cry during Davis' recall then Arnolds election. Literally the same day he was sworn in his first act was to return the license fee to the .65% of value. I'm pretty certain before the year is out they'll be back to the 2% rule. Doesn't sound like much but if your paying 1,000.00 now that will be 3,000.00 soon.
The most current proposal passed but vetoed by the Governator also made almost everything taxable-even labor. You visit your accountant he taxes your invoice. Now thats a low blow. I bought a subway sandwich the other day and found out if they toast it its taxable-if they don't its not taxable. When will it ever end.
Ken,
There's are a few little zingers lurking in that statute as well; its been snugged up a bit since the last rendition thanks to the FTB. The primary purpose of the vehicle must be for use outside of the State of California, for those who were residents at the time of purchase, and one must maintain a fairly decent paper trail.....fuel receipts, meals, groceries and best of all....a reason! That's right, the FTB wants to know why you were keeping something out of state. Sticking a motorhome into an RV Park to save use tax is not a good answer! The Franchise Tax Board will tax the vehicle at the prevailing rate (by county/city) then add a nice little laundry list of penalty's which, after a year, will be another 100% if they suspect the above, which they will! I have been told that their latest trick is to advise the state where the vehicle is or was kep't....that's no bueno either, wherein they will also collect a "finders fee". Oregon, with no sales tax, will seek to recover state income taxes. I really think this loophole has been closed.
John