At 04:57 PM 11/15/2001 -0600, Zeke Anderson wrote:
Moral of the story: before paying sales tax, determine if the state even
knows of the sale and has any means of enforcement.
Potential lecturers on the duties of citizenship should keep in mind that my
friend had every intention of paying the tax only to be thwarted by
bureaucratic bungling and a system with no teeth. He is not a scofflaw, nor
a fool.
Comment:
Situation is similar in Canada.
I once owned a small documented boat. After 15 years I sold it for $300.00
to a neighbour in November.
The follwoing Feb. I received a letter from the Govenment asking if I was
still the owner.
I replied NO, the boat was sold to . . . . . and I was no longer the
owner.
Five years later a student in Power Squadron class asked about
documentation so I mentiond the Shipping register.
Surprise!! I was still listed as the legal owner of the sailboat which
I had sold and reported as such five years previous.
When I moved to BC I dutifully went to the car licence bureau to change
plates and drivers licence.
When asked where I lived I truthfully reported that I lived in a motorhome
in such and such as trailer camp.
Then I was informed that since I lived in a motorhome I could not be
considered a BC resident and therefore could not be issued with a BC plate
or drivers licence.
Seems this little quirk of legislation was created specifically to
prevent American visitors from coming up here for the summer in their
motorhomes and paying $35 for a resident fishing licence - (good all
year) - instead of having to pay a much higher non resident fee for a
limited time fishing licence.
Only later did I find out this little quirk also saved me hundreds of
dollars in annual insurance fees. Total saving so far = $2000
Cheers
Arild
At 04:57 PM 11/15/2001 -0600, Zeke Anderson wrote:
>Moral of the story: before paying sales tax, determine if the state even
>knows of the sale and has any means of enforcement.
<<< snip>>>
>Potential lecturers on the duties of citizenship should keep in mind that my
>friend had every intention of paying the tax only to be thwarted by
>bureaucratic bungling and a system with no teeth. He is not a scofflaw, nor
>a fool.
Comment:
Situation is similar in Canada.
I once owned a small documented boat. After 15 years I sold it for $300.00
to a neighbour in November.
The follwoing Feb. I received a letter from the Govenment asking if I was
still the owner.
I replied NO, the boat was sold to . . . . . and I was no longer the
owner.
Five years later a student in Power Squadron class asked about
documentation so I mentiond the Shipping register.
Surprise!! I was still listed as the legal owner of the sailboat which
I had sold and reported as such five years previous.
When I moved to BC I dutifully went to the car licence bureau to change
plates and drivers licence.
When asked where I lived I truthfully reported that I lived in a motorhome
in such and such as trailer camp.
Then I was informed that since I lived in a motorhome I could not be
considered a BC resident and therefore could not be issued with a BC plate
or drivers licence.
Seems this little quirk of legislation was created specifically to
prevent American visitors from coming up here for the summer in their
motorhomes and paying $35 for a resident fishing licence - (good all
year) - instead of having to pay a much higher non resident fee for a
limited time fishing licence.
Only later did I find out this little quirk also saved me hundreds of
dollars in annual insurance fees. Total saving so far = $2000
Cheers
Arild
