Fla. RV Dealer Stetler Accused of Failing to Remit Sales Tax – RVBusiness – Breaking RV Industry News
A Broward County RV dealership owner was arrested Wednesday night after being accused of not paying nearly $500,000 in state taxes, according to a report in the Miami Herald.
Gigi Stetler, 62, owns RV Sales of Broward in Dania Beach where she “collected and failed to pay a minimum of $471,447.35 in sales tax” to the Florida Department of Revenue from May 2019 to June 2023, court records show.
RV Sales of Broward is the parent company of Planet RV at 1820 NW 21 St. in Pompano Beach, according to state business records. Stetler is listed as president, vice president, director, incorporator secretary and registered agent of RV Sales of Broward, records show. Investigators allege that Stetler was fully aware of taxes owed, and failed to appear in any interviews.
She faces a first-degree felony charge for “theft of state funds.” As of Thursday afternoon, Stetler was still booked into the North Broward Bureau detention center and has a $10,000 bond.
According to published reports, Stetler currently also is the target of separate lawsuits claiming her businesses have failed to pay back a bank loan and breached an RV purchase agreement. She also this month filed suit against the owner of a property she was renting to do business.
Stetler has made news in the RV industry in the past. She was involved in a legal dispute with Camping World Chairman, filing suit. Camping World, on behalf of its RV owners’ association Good Sam, has sued Stetler’s organization The RV Advisor for trademark infringement.
