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California May Close the Montana Luxury Car Registration Loophole

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A loophole that allows supercar and luxury car owners to register their vehicles in Montana to save on taxes could be endangered because of a new bill in the California legislature. The workaround costs the Golden State some $20 million a year in lost tax revenue, according to the bill’s sponsor, Jerry McNerney, a Democrat from Pleasanton. Montana has no car registration fees or state sales tax, a...
**SKEPTICAL MODE ANALYSIS:** *Steelman:* The article presents a clear argument for the need to close a loophole that allows California residents to evade state taxes by registering luxury and supercars in Montana through shell companies. The bill, SB 1406, aims to address this issue by expanding the definition of California residents under state use tax law and authorizing the imposition of tax liability on the individual members of these shell companies. *Pattern Scan:* None detected *Root Caus...