Montana car registration LLC?

[Elkins45]

I’ve been seeing a bunch of ads for companies that will title, register and license your vehicle in Montana as an LLC. They charge around $1000 but claim you will pay no sales when you buy it and no property tax in the future. They seem to be marketing to people buying luxury cars and RVs but at 6% Kentucky tax it would make immediate sense for a car purchase over $17k. Plus, the savings in annual property taxes would certainly be nice over the years.

Anybody here doing this?

 

[wwillson]

When I lived in the state of IL, I looked into this and found case law that wasn't on my side. If the state of IL caught you avoiding IL taxes by registering your vehicle in another state, then you would owe all sales taxes, registration fees, etc to the state for the entire time you used the vehicle in IL.

Plus if your vehicle is licensed in Montana and you use it in another state and you aren't honest with your insurance company where it will primarily be used, that's insurance fraud.

Know what you are jumping into before you do it.

 

[Creekside]

I can't imagine wanting to avoid paying taxes on something you bought with money that was taxed when you earned it.....

(sarcasm for those who don't get it)

 

[BigJohn]

Back a few years ago the Colorado Secretary of State asked for an investigation and there was a sweeping round up of Colorado citizens with vehicles with Montana plates. Supposedly one guy, with several vehicles and a million dollar RV had the book thrown at him.

I would not recommend this, unless you actually live a part of your year in Montana and if you do that, you don't need these companies helping you break the law.

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[Rmay635703]

The primary and only reason I’ve seen for this service is to drive a vehicle that is legal in Montana but not legal elsewhere. (States that interfere with the 25 year law and kei car ownership)

In other words, this is the plate of last resort.

Back a few years ago the Colorado Secretary of State asked for an investigation and there was a sweeping round up of Colorado citizens with vehicles with Montana plates. Supposedly one guy, with several vehicles and a million dollar RV had the book thrown at him.

I would not recommend this, unless you actually live a part of your year in Montana and if you do that, you don't need these companies helping you break the law.

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In my state no one north of a certain place has non-expired license plates, gotta wonder why the folks that don’t like their states policies just don’t pay the renewals.