So if I cut down a tree on my own land and whittle it into a boat,
I have to pay sales tax on it when I register it?
When is somebody going to contest this sh-t in a court of law?
SteveJ

Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Last month I bought one of the company's older fleet cars for #2
daughter. Not exactly a "sweetheart deal" but definitely most favored
nation. ;-) Sent the title in for transfer and got a new tag. This
week I get a letter from the GA revenuers wanting to know the sales
price and asking for their pound of sales tax flesh. Casual sales of
cars have never been taxed before so I did some checking. It seems that
because the politicians are hungry for money in this budget crunch the D
of R has finally linked there computer system to Public Safety and are
tracking every title.

What has this to do with boatbuilding? DNR will be linked by next year.
Most of my material was purchased out of state or on eBay so I am
going to get hit bad. I think I will try to register before they get
linked.

This is just Georgia but most states are hunting for revenue now so
check out what your state is doing and plan accordingly if you have a
big project and be sure to have your receipts carefully documented
before you go to register your boat and get a HIN.

stevej lifted the trapdoor, peered around and wrote:

When is somebody going to contest this sh-t in a court of law?

lol .... I don't know about the States, but here in the UK you can't
actually contest a Law, in a Court of Law The sole purpose of the Court
is to enforce the law.

The democratic process is the way laws are changed. By lobbying and voting,
or by direct action as in the UK "Poll Tax"

steveb

Steveb,

We can do it both ways. Laws in the US can be challenged in court
usually on constitutional grounds and we can lobby the state and federal
legislators to change or repeal them. The first option is a check
against the second cause I don't think our elected officials have ever
repealed a law in 200 years.

Ron

On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 10:49:24 +0100, steveb wrote
something
.......and in reply I say!:

lol. You can contest the _application_ of a law (which could easily be
the **** being referred to) anytime People have test cases, that if
they win, will set a precedent that decides how a lot of stuff is
applied in future. This happens a lot with tax. It also happens with
murder, if the accused can claim some new way that the process of
their arrest or trial was flawed.

stevej lifted the trapdoor, peered around and wrote:

When is somebody going to contest this sh-t in a court of law?

lol .... I don't know about the States, but here in the UK you can't
actually contest a Law, in a Court of Law The sole purpose of the Court
is to enforce the law.

The democratic process is the way laws are changed. By lobbying and voting,
or by direct action as in the UK "Poll Tax"

steveb

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"stevej" wrote in message
...
So if I cut down a tree on my own land and whittle it into a boat,
I have to pay sales tax on it when I register it?
When is somebody going to contest this sh-t in a court of law?
SteveJ

Glenn Ashmore wrote:
Last month I bought one of the company's older fleet cars for #2
daughter. Not exactly a "sweetheart deal" but definitely most favored
nation. ;-) Sent the title in for transfer and got a new tag. This
week I get a letter from the GA revenuers wanting to know the sales
price and asking for their pound of sales tax flesh. Casual sales of
cars have never been taxed before so I did some checking. It seems that
because the politicians are hungry for money in this budget crunch the D
of R has finally linked there computer system to Public Safety and are
tracking every title.
....