Montana has no sales tax on a vehicle.
Type your own numbers and see the same car priced as cash and as a loan, with the taxes and state fees for Montana. Nothing you type leaves this page.
To see a lease, pick a vehicle. A lease is priced on one car: what it is expected to be worth at the end (its residual) and the leasing company's money factor change by model and by month.
An estimate on the numbers you type, not an offer of credit or a quote from any dealership. Starting loan rates are Rateous's rates for each credit range and term; they are not an offer from any lender. The documentary fee starts at an example figure, the state's legal cap where it has one or $599 where it does not, not any dealership's fee; each dealership sets its own. Taxes and state fees are estimates for Montana; the dealership's paperwork and your motor vehicle agency have the final numbers. Nothing you type is sent, saved, or used to check your credit.
Montana has no state or local sales tax on vehicles.
Title fee $12.36 includes a 3% administration fee (MCA 61-3-111).
Annual registration is age-based rather than value-based, except for the $825 luxury surcharge and the county option tax.
On a $35,000 new car with a $37,000 sticker, registered in Billings, no trade-in: the same figures the calculator above uses. The dealership's documentary fee is its own and is not included.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Title fee | $12.36 |
| Registration (est., age based) | $217.00 |
| In all | $229.36 |
Montana has no state sales tax on a lease. No sales tax; registration fees apply to the leased vehicle.
Pick your city for the exact combined rate where you register, plus what title and registration run there.
There is no sales tax on a vehicle in Montana. Montana has no state or local sales tax on vehicles.
No sales tax, so no trade-in credit is needed.
On a $35,000 new car with a $37,000 sticker, registered in Billings: Title fee $12.36, Registration (est., age based) $217.00, about $229.36 in all. Light vehicles (MCA 61-3-321): $217 per year if 4 or fewer years old, $87 for 5-10 years, $28 for 11+ years (permanent registration available at 11+). Vehicles with MSRP over $150,000 and 10 years old or less add $825. Plus county option tax (up to 0.7% of depreciated MSRP value where adopted), a $10 MHP salary fee and small county fees.
No. Montana sets no statutory cap. Each dealership sets its own documentary fee (not a government fee), and each car shows its dealership's fee.
Montana has no state sales tax on a lease. No sales tax; registration fees apply to the leased vehicle.