While searching for the Town of Brunswick Maine I ran across the following:

The owner of watercraft located in Maine, unless otherwise exempt, is
liable to pay an annual excise tax to the municipality for the privilege of
operating that watercraft upon the waters of the State.

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?

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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?




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.

Larry wrote:

wrote in
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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.

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.
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:

wrote in
:

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.

Most municipalities levy a property tax on real estate. That's how
they get money to operate, run the schools, etc. Do you expect the
town/city to replace your house just becuase you pay tax on it?

The "excise tax" in Maine is just a property tax like that except that
it goes through the state and then back to the town. I think there
were difficulties because a boat often isn't moored in the same town
the owner lives in. It is based on a formula involving mostly
horsepower and age, not an assessed value.






wrote:

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.
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?


Michael Porter Naval Architect / Boatbuilder
mporter at mp-marine dot com
www.mp-marine.com

--
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Michael Porter wrote in
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Most municipalities levy a property tax

Liveaboard boaters could, if they weren't so goddamned independent and
live like a bunch of hermits, take some really great advantages from full
time RVers, who have many organizations and companies specializing in
remote residencies for the "mobile impared". If you look around the net
for them, like this one I found just Googling around:
http://www.mydakotaaddress.com/
They provide mailbox service, a residential address in cooperation with
the local tax bureaucrats in states and municipalities with amazingly
little RV taxes/licenses/intrusions and confiscations. The full timers
register their RV/car/boat/etc. with the company address, instead of
where they WERE FROM, some big city full of welfare and bureaucrats to
feed.

Some pay no taxes at all:
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...l/14748298.htm
"Dean Roberts of the Motor Vehicle Division for the Montana Department of
Justice estimates that officials have registered about 30,000 motor homes
for people living elsewhere, bringing in about $5 million in registration
fees a year for the state — a fraction of what other states are losing in
taxes."

I have full time RV friends that dumped their house in Charleston, SC,
and moved everything they own to Tennesee. The tax load on their massive
home-on-wheels dropped from over $3200 in SC to $39 and change in RURAL
TN. Small towns and rural counties, still under control of the local
voter-taxpayers, keep the greedy bureaucrats at bay by simply voting the
spenders out of office, to the advantage of the RVers registered there,
too.

Unlike the Dock Condos in most marinas so easily spotted by the local tax
Gestapo, RVers are far more nomadic, never staying in one place long
enough to be captured in the tax Gestapos' network of if-you-stay-here-
more-than-14-days-we're-gonna-tax-your-ass-to-death agents. Dock Condos
can't take advantage of such businesses, I suppose.

Of course, the superrich simply register THEIR Dock Condos in a tax
shelter island like BVI, etc., and fly the flag at the docks to ward off
evil spirits. They keep them on-the-move before the drooling hoards can
board them, computers in hand.

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 10:10:54 GMT, wrote:

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.

NY and FL are sales tax only, can't speak for others but NH has
traditionally been a low tax state, as has DL.

wrote:

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.

Marry your DJ, that was a question? I like the way you think, even if
you don't punctuate interrogatories. The government would try to get
out of aid. It is we who must compel them.

Many insurance companies do not provide coverage's for what they define as

^
an act of god.

In cahoots with those who inspect and define legal arguements.

Conversely If I want to buy a pre-owned boat will the owner provide me with
the existing tax assessment?

Why? That would be nonsense. It would be based on actual market value,
or price at government auction. Swear to it's value and wait for
prosecution. Sue anyone who suggests you are lying.



"Rosalie B." wrote in message
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Larry wrote:

wrote in
:

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?

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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.

In article ,
says...
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
news
Larry wrote:

wrote in
:

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

The excise tax isn't too bad for sailboats because it's based on
horsepower. It is much more for our cars. The lowest was for the
airplane when I was flying, go figure.

--

Roger Long



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While searching for the Town of Brunswick Maine I ran across the
following:

The owner of watercraft located in Maine, unless otherwise exempt,
is liable to pay an annual excise tax to the municipality for the
privilege of operating that watercraft upon the waters of the State.

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?