I'm a fan of the web site "daily reckoning" and its founder Bill Bonner. He's an American ex-pat living in London/Paris/where-ever these past twenty years or so. Recently, he wrote about the family hassle of becoming a "non-resident resident" of Florida so he could save on his taxes (he originally was from Maryland.) No details of it were offered, but I guess it is a thing to do if you are in the higher income brackets. * SIGH * I should have such a problem. I like FL, but the lack of income taxes is not a big factor to the likes of me, with income in the low $20K's. Lately, we are more than making up for it with property taxes! I have no idea about registering a car. While I never had a car overseas in the military, I used to like the mint-green "USA" license plates you would see around Washington DC. I don't know if they still have these, but that would be cool ... I guess they are theoretically for overseas. I worked with one ex-AF guy who imported his car, an old wreck, and drove for a couple years on military plates. I think his said "AFG" (air force Greece?) He finally did get some VA plates though.