Start of a million questions from Australia
Hi Everyone Was hoping to get some ideas from you regarding a 24mth trip that we are planning around your lovely country. We plan on purchasing either a toy hauler or 5th wheeler and tow vehicle and ...
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The Montana LLC (Limited Liability Company) may be a viable option for you. Montana also has no sales tax. The Bennett Law Firm in Missoula, MT can advise you about the viability for your specific situation, and, if you so desire, they are familiar with filing the paperwork to create the LLC.
It is quite possible that such a Company can be set up in other states. Montana is merely the most common, since there is no sales tax. Another thing to keep in mind is that ALL trailers in Montana get PERMANENT registration, as do all vehicles 11 years old or older, all motorcycles, boats, and ATVs (yes, some ATVs can be made street legal in this state!)
For a "residence address", when we were full-timers, we found that a mail forwarding service worked just fine. We used a Personal Mail Box (PMB) at The UPS Store in Great Falls, Montana for a mailing address the full three years we lived in an RV. All our mail was addressed to the street address of the UPS Store, PMB XX, and the store forwarded it to us twice a week. The cost was quite reasonable, IIRC.
As for buying in California, from a California dealer, I wouldn't, unless arrangements can be made to take delivery in Nevada. I have purchased two used vehicles in CA from dealers, and both times, even though the dealer was well aware the vehicle would be taken to Montana and titled and registered there, we had to pay the California taxes and registration, and the California title arrived a few days later. If you take delivery in another state, they just hand you the paperwork, and it is up to you to do the registration wherever is to your advantage.
I, too, have met people from other countries that were doing just what you plan to do. In fact, we met one couple from the UK that spent 6 months in the U.S., then put their rig in storage, went home for 6 months, left instructions for a local mechanic to wake it up and check it out on a certain date, came back to the U.S., renewed the registrations as needed, then spent another 6 months touring. I don't remember what state their rig was registered in.
So, YES, what you are wanting to do HAS been done by others! Just get all your waterfowl in exact linear order (all your ducks in a row), and go for it!
DANG! If we could afford to go to Australia, we would offer you a house and RV swap! You could live in our house, use our RV, and we would use yours! I have heard of services that make these kinds of arrangements, might be something to look at!
Good luck.
It is quite possible that such a Company can be set up in other states. Montana is merely the most common, since there is no sales tax. Another thing to keep in mind is that ALL trailers in Montana get PERMANENT registration, as do all vehicles 11 years old or older, all motorcycles, boats, and ATVs (yes, some ATVs can be made street legal in this state!)
For a "residence address", when we were full-timers, we found that a mail forwarding service worked just fine. We used a Personal Mail Box (PMB) at The UPS Store in Great Falls, Montana for a mailing address the full three years we lived in an RV. All our mail was addressed to the street address of the UPS Store, PMB XX, and the store forwarded it to us twice a week. The cost was quite reasonable, IIRC.
As for buying in California, from a California dealer, I wouldn't, unless arrangements can be made to take delivery in Nevada. I have purchased two used vehicles in CA from dealers, and both times, even though the dealer was well aware the vehicle would be taken to Montana and titled and registered there, we had to pay the California taxes and registration, and the California title arrived a few days later. If you take delivery in another state, they just hand you the paperwork, and it is up to you to do the registration wherever is to your advantage.
I, too, have met people from other countries that were doing just what you plan to do. In fact, we met one couple from the UK that spent 6 months in the U.S., then put their rig in storage, went home for 6 months, left instructions for a local mechanic to wake it up and check it out on a certain date, came back to the U.S., renewed the registrations as needed, then spent another 6 months touring. I don't remember what state their rig was registered in.
So, YES, what you are wanting to do HAS been done by others! Just get all your waterfowl in exact linear order (all your ducks in a row), and go for it!
DANG! If we could afford to go to Australia, we would offer you a house and RV swap! You could live in our house, use our RV, and we would use yours! I have heard of services that make these kinds of arrangements, might be something to look at!
Good luck.
