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luvmydogs
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Jan 20, 2015

clue me in

Hi all, I posted a similar question before but have found out a little bit more now so I'm curious about the warnings I got. We are leaving from the east coast in Spring ultimately headed to Montana to hopefully find out retirement home. We do not own a home presently. It was suggested to us since we are leaving within a few months to open an LLC and register the truck and trailer there. Just let me reiterate something I read somewhere. Tax evasion is illegal,tax avoidance is not! Why on earth would I buy a vehicle now and register it in a state I am pulling out of in a few months and never coming back to? I am NOT a homeowner here either. We are headed to Montana so I dont see why it is so wrong to legally tag my truck and trailer in the state I'm hoping to purchase a house in and live. I totally understand if I had this rig parked in my driveway for months in another state and was living there and a homeowner that that state would require me to tag the vehicles there. I get that. But if I'm going cross country to find a place to live where the vehicles are already going to be registered, how can that be wrong? How can a cop stop me or a state go after me doing this? Please fill me in, I just dont get it.
  • accsys's avatar
    accsys
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2015
    If you live in Montana, you don't need an LLC to register your vehicles. Where you are registered to vote and the state issuing your driving license is very indicative of where you "live". People move from state to state all the time and put up with the hassle of transferring registration, titles, driver's license, etc.
  • Army11Bravo's avatar
    Army11Bravo
    Explorer II
    Jan 20, 2015
    doxiemom11 wrote:
    In our home state, you would be allowed to purchase a "temporary registration and plate. You could then re-locate to Montana and license and register there before the expiration of the original state.

    Have to checked to see if there is a temporary available there?


    X2

    Get a 45 or 90 day registration extension from your current home state and register your vehicles in Montana. And the first advice I give new people moving here to Montana is to change your out of state plates right away. Montanans are great people, but like other pristine states, the influx of non-native people are making unwanted big city changes to this great state.
  • Nutinelse2do's avatar
    Nutinelse2do
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2015
    Sounds like a 90 day permit to me from the purchase State, then register it legally when you get a real address. Why the LLC other than tax ummmm.... Avoidance? So what business are you going to have in Montana?

    That would have to be one hell of a tax bill you are worried about to even consider it. Montana and SD are cracking down on those LLC's. It's not the police that should be your concern. Don't you have to have a physical address to get license and insurance on it before you leave your State?
  • Mike_LeClair's avatar
    Mike_LeClair
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2015
    So, Just so I'm clear here - you are saying that you would open an LLC, without any plans of operating said LLC, just to register your vehicles in a state where you will be registering this shell LLC?

    Did I follow this thread properly? Just asking>

    Mike
  • doxiemom11's avatar
    doxiemom11
    Explorer II
    Jan 20, 2015
    In our home state, you would be allowed to purchase a "temporary registration and plate. You could then re-locate to Montana and license and register there before the expiration of the original state.

    Have to checked to see if there is a temporary available there?
  • luvmydogs's avatar
    luvmydogs
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2015
    What sense does it make to register the vehicle here when they are leaving the state is weeks? If I am going to live in Montana, whats wrong with registering them there with my LLC there?
  • PastorCharlie's avatar
    PastorCharlie
    Explorer
    Jan 20, 2015
    If you currently have a residential address in CT that is the place to register it. For tax and insurance purposes.

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