Re: [A/S] Joys F250 SD Diesel Oil Filter and . . .

["rkenan68" <as5368@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

     We have ad valoram taxes here in Georgia, but without the 
exemptions listed for Texas.  Here, the tax applies to automobiles, 
trucks, motor homes, trailers...just about everything.  It's really 
an expense - your taxes are calculated exactly as your real-estate 
tax.  Costs a bundle - my ad valoram taxes last year on vehicles 
amounted to $535.
     Some of our members keep their trailer at Top O'Georgia and 
register them in White county, whose taxes are much lower.  I keep 
mine there, but register it here in DeKalb county, where taxes are 
higher.  Why?  Because, if DeKalb county commissioner discovers you 
have a trailer registered in White county, and you don't own property 
in White, they'll revoke your homestead exemption; I have a home 
here, and won't take that chance for what amounts to a very few 
dollars.  White county, in the meanwhile, has awakened to the large 
number of trailers at ToG and other trailer sites there, and are 
checking on registrations.  You either must have a valid registration 
with GA DMV, or display a receipt showing that the Ad Valoram taxes 
have been paid somewhere.
     Life gets complicated...

- Dick
(5368)