Rego Question

[dylancox]

Scenario: One purchases a new vehicle from SA and wants to put it under their business name, which is based in VIC. However that person has a grudge against Prickroads and their crappy customer service, and would like to keep the SA Reg/Number Plates (SA Reg/Stamp duty is more expensive than VIC so cost is not the issue). The car will be driven and garaged in VIC, but registered with a mate's address who lives in SA with all correspondence sent to the PO Box of the said business. Owner would like to be able to claim reg/stamp duty as business operating expenses. Is there going to be any complications in said scenario?

[Jim Goose]

Can of worms comes ot mine...

[fmc351]

It would want to be a big grudge to go to that much effort and risk.

If you get caught out (could happen), loss of insurance cover, fines, to name but two things that might bite hard. Technically if the car is reg'd interstate but by law should be Reg'd in Vic, despite being paid up it is still regarded as unregistered as far as the law is concerned as it does not meet the requirements of the registration.

[svo supporter]

There's no way you're going to be able to claim business expenses on said vehicle, unless your business is based in the state the vehicle is registered in.

Another drama is, if local blue shirted people spot the car in your state, with interstate plates on, then you have 30 days or 3 months (not sure how long) to transfer rego over. Otherwise, you'll be paying the Vic government some more money that's not tax deductible.

Or putting it simply. Bite the bullet and register it in Vic. That way you're not looking over your shoulder all the time and you can claim it as a tax deduction.

[Matty4]

I think that to make that whole scenario work completely, then you are going to need all your business correspondence with regard to the vehicle be sent to the same address of the mate in SA. In other words, the vehicle must have no links to you or your business in Vic.

Your mate in SA then needs to forward to you in Vic all correspondence from the Roads authority in SA (sorry, not sure what they're called).

If you are ever pulled over in it and they run a check then as far as they know the car is registered to someone in SA and you've borrowed it, for whatever reason, (holiday, work, etc). There will be no link to you.

This can have other benefits too!!

[Dave3911]

Originally Posted by dylancox

Is there going to be any complications in said scenario?

Rather than go into it all like everyone else did. I'll just answer your question with one work, Yes.

Regardless of any vandetta you have against Vicroads, what are you proving by causing yourself all this hassle and by your own info, more cost?

You can dislike Vicroads all you like, but you cant just refuse to deal with them if you want to have a car on the road in Victoria.

My spidey senses are saying there is more to this......