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From what I can see every states appear to have some Personal Property tax
or excise taxes of some sort on cars and boats not to mention municipal
property tax.

Not here in Oregon, AFAIK. Here, only real property (real estate) gets
taxed. Personal property is taxed only if it is used in a business.

https://regline.osmb.state.or.us/fees


My 18-foot trailer sailer costs about $54 every two years for
registration.

Car registration is $27/year, whatever the value of the car.
A 40-foot motor home is about $175/year. (Motor homes, unlike
boats, pay a fee based on lenght). With fees that low,
nearby states with higher fees and taxes are always looking
for ways to catch their residents who rent a mailbox in Oregon!

Of course, we do have a 10% state income tax. ;-(

If an Hurricane or any pertinent act of god destroys personal property on
which the government has levied taxes, Is the government committed to
provide financial assistance for the replacement of personal properties that
have been damaged of destroyed by hurricanes, storms and other acts of god.
Many insurance companies do not provide coverage's for what they define as
an act of god.
Conversely If I want to buy a pre-owned boat will the owner provide me with
the existing tax assessment?


"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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Larry wrote:

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I wonder how much tax you have to pay and how its assessed? Do we
have to pay excise tax in all of the States or is it only in Maine?

Most places have something. Virginia also has Personal Property Tax
on both cars and boats.

South Carolina counties have a ripoff called "Personal Property Tax":
http://taxweb.charlestoncounty.org/d...itor/faqs.html
This is Charleston County's and is assessed at 10.5% of fair market value
they get from some wizard-of-Oz, the same guy who puts prices on the boat
at the most expensive brokerage in town....you know Catalina 22 - $86,500.

Boat taxes in SC are just awful, so are new cars! I don't even look at
new
cars as I choose not to participate. Lucky for me poor black folks always
show up at the polls in their old Caddy's and the politicians are deathly
afraid of them, so an old Mercedes in fine condition costs me $13/year...
(c; Old boats will also be that price, once they've depreciated down. A
new Beneteau Beast keeps paying and paying and paying and paying.....

The school district, in their palatial Taj Mahal on Calhoun Street, gets
the biggest slice of it...you know...."for the children"...who go to
school
in a leaky office trailer.



Mark Borgerson