On 29 Jun 2006 21:16:53 -0700, "FishWisher" wrote:


But... here in the People's Republic of California, our boats are taxed
by the county as personal property. It can be a lot of money, depending
on the boat.

Dale

We also have, in the county (Fairfax County, VA) , a personal property tax
on boats. That's another reason my boat is home ported in Maryland.
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JohnH wrote:


I had to pay $52 for a permanent registration for my trailer. Oh woe is me!

:)
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John H



Big deal! I bet that's the equivalent of one hour substiture teaching. :-)

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:22:51 -0400, JohnH wrote:

We also have, in the county (Fairfax County, VA) , a personal property tax
on boats. That's another reason my boat is home ported in Maryland.


If your county finds out about that "arrangement", and they have their
ways, they will be barking up your back side for a lot of back taxes,
penalties, interest, etc.

Be careful.

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:34:14 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:22:51 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On 29 Jun 2006 21:16:53 -0700, "FishWisher" wrote:


But... here in the People's Republic of California, our boats are taxed
by the county as personal property. It can be a lot of money, depending
on the boat.

Dale

We also have, in the county (Fairfax County, VA) , a personal property tax
on boats. That's another reason my boat is home ported in Maryland.

How do you do that?

It stays in Deale and is registered in Maryland.
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:32:27 GMT, Don White wrote:

JohnH wrote:


I had to pay $52 for a permanent registration for my trailer. Oh woe is me!

:)
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John H



Big deal! I bet that's the equivalent of one hour substiture teaching. :-)

No, actually closer to 2.63 hours! But, I never have to pay it again.
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:26:43 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:


On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:22:51 -0400, JohnH wrote:

We also have, in the county (Fairfax County, VA) , a personal property tax
on boats. That's another reason my boat is home ported in Maryland.


If your county finds out about that "arrangement", and they have their
ways, they will be barking up your back side for a lot of back taxes,
penalties, interest, etc.

Be careful.

No, it's not illegal. For the county tax to be required, the vehicle, boat,
etc. must be kept in the county. The boat is registered and kept in
Maryland, so I'm in good shape.

If I moved it's home port to the county, then I'd have to pay any sales tax
differential (if any), register it in Virginia, and pay the county property
tax.
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Well, y'all boys need to come on down to LA, Lower Alabama that is. The
offshore fishing off Gulf Shores and Orange Beach is just too good. The
inshore fishing in Mobile Bay and the delta is also yummy. Good ole boys
can get all the bass they can handle in the upper delta and the rivers. We
fish and boat year round BTW. Property taxes are not too bad either.

Tax on trailers is zip, nada, zero. Boats are $16 per year.

OTOH, we do get a little storm every now and again, don'tcha know.

Y'all come!
Butch
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:26:43 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:


On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:22:51 -0400, JohnH wrote:

We also have, in the county (Fairfax County, VA) , a personal property
tax
on boats. That's another reason my boat is home ported in Maryland.


If your county finds out about that "arrangement", and they have their
ways, they will be barking up your back side for a lot of back taxes,
penalties, interest, etc.

Be careful.

No, it's not illegal. For the county tax to be required, the vehicle,
boat,
etc. must be kept in the county. The boat is registered and kept in
Maryland, so I'm in good shape.

If I moved it's home port to the county, then I'd have to pay any sales
tax
differential (if any), register it in Virginia, and pay the county
property
tax.
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John H

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Has nothing to do with it. I pay property tax on all four of my
boats, trailer or no trailer.

That wasn't my point, but you're right...never mind.

-Mike

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 04:23:43 GMT, "MGG"
wrote:

LOL! Yup, but the trailer is what we're really talking about. Besides, if
the prop tax is that much, you prolly aint trailerin' the boat.

Has nothing to do with it. I pay property tax on all four of my
boats, trailer or no trailer.

And my cars, house, lawntractor, trailers not to exclude...well, never
mind.

California quit renewing trailer plates. You get a PTI (Permanent Trailer Identification)
sticker and that's it..


wrote in message oups.com...
Knowing that my boat trailer plates expire tomorrow, I went to the
license facility to get them renewed. the typical $18.00 per year fee.

The guy behind the counter said. "Tim I have good news and bad news for
you"

""Huh?"

"Yeah, they dropped the fee a buck to $17.00...but they also are up for
renewal next April"

"WHAT??"

The grand State of ILL. thinks that it's too much of a rush to have ALL
"T/A" plates due at the same time, so they want to kick them back to
April to give our poor and over worked in the State License Dept. some
more spread to handle the overflow of license processing.

So! they dropped back a buck and short changed everbody with "T/A"
plates a couple months. When you consider everything involved, they
should have discounted approx. $3.00, but not so is the case. I
didn't ask if plates were going to be for a full year as usual? Or, if
they're only going to be good for only 10 mo. instead???

So! it looks to me like they are finding a new way to generate a few
more million in coin, to feed the state coffers, just to find more ways
to spend more than they are taking in.
Not much suprises me anymore. It seems like dealing with the State of
Sickinois, people say remarks like "at least they could provide their
own Vaseline..." I usually return with something like "What do you
need Vaseline for, when you're going to get the *barbed-wire wrapped
around a broom handle* treatment?"

grrrrr!