Rich Car Guy Problems: Montana License Plate Tax Dodge Crackdown

[G.Irish]

As some of you may know, there's a tax avoidance/evasion scheme that some car guys have been using for a number of years where they register their car to Montana so they can avoid paying sales tax (or car tax).  

The state of Georgia just decided to crack down on this since apparently 100's of supercar buyers have been registering LLC's in Montana to get around paying tax on these cars.  The two guys that the Georgia Dept. of Revenue decided to make an example out of apparently bought 50 cars in 4 years between the two of them and owe $1.6 million in taxes.

I've been bemused by this, and some of the reactions to this story.  I'm kinda like, if you're gonna use a sketchy tax loophole, don't cry when the tax man comes for dat azz.  Especially on an ultra luxury purchase like a supercar.