I have been warning folks about the Montana LLCs so at the risk of sounding like a broken record I would suggest those that are still running with Montana plates but living elsewhere use extreme caution. As the country's budget problems worsen the various states will really be going after folks. The word is obviously getting out and the states will be getting very active at extracting their fair share. Nobody can go after you if your bus, toad and driver's license are all from the same state. Having your business own the bus is nobody's concern except the folks who collect income taxes.

With prices of coaches so devalued now it is a good time to sell the coach to yourself, eat a little sales tax and sleep good at night.

If you can blend the use of a coach personally with a business purpose the IRS will not expect you to claim personal use. For example we not only were developing and promoting campground equipment, we were also using the bus for seminars that we did on behalf of a major customer. While we were in a city for a seminar, we stayed several days longer visiting the city and seeing the sights. Since we had to go there anyway (the bus carried all the display and seminar materials) mileage, maintenance, etc was still a claimed expense. What we could not and did not claim as expenses were campground site rental expenses unless the purpose of the trip was for our campground equipment business.