Some Iowa MH owners facing big tax problems.

Bumpyroad wrote:
so much for those threads where folks here say that a LLC in montana is totally legal.
bumpy

It still is, really. The big 'catch' is, like said so many other times this subject was discussed, you have to abide by the state laws where you reside, also. In this case, Iowa, the law states, as noted in the article:

...The law provides that if a vehicle registered in another state is in Iowa annually for more than 90 days and is operated by an Iowa resident during that time, it is not considered to be in the state temporarily.

Soooo, as long as you keep your Montana LLC registered RV out of Iowa all but 90 days of the year, and you can provide proof of such...Welll, you aren't violating any Iowa law, and they got nothng on you.

Granted, abiding by that law makes the whole Montana LLC thing not worth it for many folks, which is exactly what they want to do.

Unless....You lived close to a state border, could store the RV when not in use in another neighboring state with different laws, and only bring it in state when camping with it, and only camp (in Iowa) 90 days or less a year? ;)

Of course, THEN you'd have to worry about the laws in the state where you're storing the RV, and them eventually cracking down same way Iowa did.

Its a never-ending battle, folks trying to find ways to avoid taxes, and politicians finding ways to stop them and get more taxes.