The state of Washington charges out of state boaters 9% if you leave your boat there too long. As an Oregonian I got one of their demands for 9% of the value of my boat. Fortunately my boat was back in Oregon when I received the bill. I denied being there to long and they went away. I heard they pay bounty hunters to document how long your boat is in Washington.
In Oregon you pay only for your license every two years. No personal property tax or sales tax. It is amazing when cruising in Canada and other places how many boats there are with a Portland home port on their transom. Fred Hazzard S/V Fury Portland, Or/La Paz Mexico From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Tim Goodyear Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 11:34 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List Taxes on boats Massachusetts charges sales tax, annual registration fees and the cities (e.g. Boston) charge excise tax (personal property) and even a "mooring fee" for using the harbor, even if you're in a marina slip. As a non-citizen, you have to go the state registration route because you cannot document the boat with the Coast Guard. That meant paying the additional 1.25% sales tax when moving to Connecticut from MA where I'd already paid 5%. What fun! On the other hand, the Value Added Tax in UK is currently running at 20%... Tim Mojito C&C 35-3 On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Della Barba, Joe <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> wrote: Maryland charges around $25/2 years for the state tag on documented boats. They do go looking for boats with Delaware tags too, so that trick mainly works on trailer boats now. Speaking of which, a huge % of trailers in Maryland have Maine tags. Maine charges something like 20% of what Maryland charges for trailer tags. Joe Della Barba Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Dennis C. Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 1:19 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Stus-List Taxes on boats All this talk about states/provinces/countries imposing taxes. What about the lengths some boatowners go to to avoid them and the governments' efforts to discover and collect? At least Steve's case was above board albeit delayed. I knew a boatowner that used his mother-in-law's address in a non-tax state to avoid the property/annual fees in the state where he lived and where he kept it. All the vessels documented in Delaware...... I've heard of states sending auditors to the USCG Vessel Documentation Center to search for boats home ported in their state. Then there are the states that want to "number" your boat and collect the annual fee. Only the USCG VDC can "number" your boat. However, a state can issue its own registration and collect an annual fee. We went through that here in Louisiana a while back. LA wanted their registration number displayed on the bow regardless of whether the boat was USCG documented or not. They've backed off and compromised on that now. Just pay the fee and move on. Some states do similar but only require the annual tag be displayed. One regulation here in Louisiana that many boat owners are ignorant of is the requirement that ALL trailers be inspected and that the inspection tag be carried on (or with) the trailer. I bet if the cops show up at a popular boat launch here they could write tickets for 50% of the trailers. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com <http://www.cncphotoalbum.com/> CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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