"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On 21 Feb 2007 08:42:00 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

On Feb 20, 12:22?pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Hey, look at it this way - it could be CT where you have to pay "usuage"
tax - whoops, I meant fee - if your boat is registered out of state and
it's in a marina here in CT.

CT also is a non-title state for boats. hich basically means that you
can steal a boat in another state, bring it here, register it and take
it to another title state to sell it. retty neat huh?

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A lot of times people react with a wink, a nod, and a "good for you!"
when they hear of somebody lying to evade taxes. I wonder how many of
the supporters stop to consider that somebody is still paying for all
of the government services that the tax evaders use, and that somebody
is (partially) them. I'm not much better, I tend to turn a blind but
disapproving eye toward bogus out-of-state boat registrations; I guess
there's a difference between not being the least bit sympathetic when
the liars and cheaters are caught and actually turning them in.

Not sure exactly how and why it works, but having a dealer invoice or
title the outboard separately when a boat is bought outside of Florida
eliminates Florida sales tax on the outboard for the purchaser.
Whether the savings is worthwhile logistically or in terms of
addressing the ethical issues is another question.
But I intend to get the answers.

I bought my last boat new in South Carolina. When I brought it home to
Florida all I had to pay tax on was the price listed on the invoice for the
hull. You only pay tax on the portion of the boat that is titled, ie the
outboard. So it's important to have the boat and outboard as separate line
items on the invoice.