[yeatsy]

Have any of you used a Montana LLC to register your Rolls-Royce or Bentley in the United States or Canada? I'm considering it as an option to avoid the high sales tax in my home state.

A friend of mine used Deer Creek Corporate Services in Helena, Montana (http://www.mtvehicles.com)to register his brand new Rolls-Royce saving him over $40,000 in sales tax. They look the most reliable of the registered agent companies out there: http://www.registeredagentreviews.info

Do any of you have any experience with this route for registration?

I know for older models (10 years +) the plates in Montana are permanent and cheap. I think a one time fee of $165. Hope to hear from folks soon.

 

[Stirling]

Humm, I've never heard of this Montana workaround. Looks very interesting.

Does Montana also get a person around the 15 year/25 year importation rules in Canada/USA (ie: can I bring in a 5 year old RR from Europe and register it in Montana?)

 

[Mark out West]

Don't bother if you operate the car in California. Our state has clamped down hard on out-of-state registered cars "domiciled" in California. You have less than 20 days to get your plates if you move here.

http://www.chp.ca.gov/prog/cheaters.cgi

It's so bad now that Oprah limits her stays in the state when visiting her $75M home in Montecito. I don't know what the statutory maximum is before you become a resident and thus subject to income tax, be she's under it every year just in case the revenuers come looking for a cut.

As to importing a car, that's a Federal, not states, issue.