"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Ahh...tax dodges...
Nothing like NOT paying your fair share on discretionary purchases, eh?

Especially when CA is running such an enormous deficit.

Everybody who exploits a weird loophole, (like not bringing the new yacht
across the state line until the 91st day) is merely transfering his
portion of
the total tax burden to somebody else- often somebody who will struggle
far
more to pay it.

If we can convince our state and federal governments to curtail spending,
we
can then extend meaningful, permanent, fiscally sound tax cuts to
everybody-
not just a class of folks with enough money to buy a yacht and spend 90
days
cruising out of state. :-)

Boat owners typically rely on a host of state-funded services. Purchasers
of
larger boats aren't all that worried about launch ramps- but floats and
mooring
buoys in marine parks- (not to mention the marine parks!)- are often state
funded. Boat owners fish for salmon and other species that only manage to
survive because state fisheries departments regulate catch, encourage
propagation, and slow down the environmental degradation of spawning
streams
and other aquatic infrastructure.



Have to keep it out 6 months of the first year, not the whole year. And as
to a tax loophole, if it is there use it. And since a boat of these
proportions also qualifies as a house (has sleeping and cooking facilites),
why should there be a sales tax? House purchases do not have a sales tax,
and like houses boats pay an annual property tax. Same rate as a home. It
may depreciate, but so does the value of the boat. My $18,000 boat in
1995, still costs me about $150 year in property tax. The fuel taxes we pay
at on the water fueling stations also goes into the state waterways budget.
As to the F&G raising fish, etc. We pay a 10% tax on fishing gear, $35 in
license fees, and also pay to launch in most places. Where is the charge
for the public that hikes and animal watches on the public lands?