Kansas Dealership Closed for Not Paying Taxes

Kansas tax enforcement agents have closed and seized the assets of two related Wichita businesses, Adventure RV and Truck Center LLC and Adventureland RV Rentals Inc. According to the Wichita Business Journal, the Kansas Department of Revenue says the two businesses owe about $309,000 in sales tax. The department says it made multiple attempts to [...]

Pickup Makers Maneuver for Market Share in ’14

From Ford’s lighter aluminum F-150 to General Motors’ stylish smaller pickups to Ram’s light-duty diesel engine, the industry’s dominant truckmakers have all shown their hands. Now what? Automotive News reported that this year will usher in a new era in the pickup market, with the Detroit 3 following distinctly different paths for their most profitable [...]

Dutchmen Aerolite Recognized as Top RV Debut

During December’s recent National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Ky., Dutchmen Manufacturing Inc.’s newly-redesigned Aerolite travel trailers was well received by dealers while earning a “Top RV Debut” from RVBusiness Magazine. In describing the parameters of a “Top RV Debut”, RVBusiness said companies must embrace cutting-edge innovation and highlight “specific eye-catching RVs that we think are [...]

Skyline Aiming for Revenue Reversal in FY 2014

Skyline Corp. had about a 10% net sales revenue decrease for its RV operations in 2013, according to its annual report. The Goshen News reported that the decrease was opposite of the RV industry in general for the year, which experienced a 12.4% gain in wholesale shipments to dealers. Elkhart, Ind.-based Skyline also builds manufactured [...]

Neb. Officials Moving to Close RV Tax Loophole

Recreational vehicles with Montana license plates started showing up at Nebraska campgrounds and Husker football tailgate parties about five years ago. The Omaha World-Herald reported that Tax Commissioner Kim Conroy said the Nebraska Department of Revenue also started getting calls from people saying they knew about Nebraska residents who had registered their recreational vehicles in [...]