GL: Avoiding state income tax

[Chris Barlow]

True... except when you buy a boat and keep it 90 days in Rhode Island there 
is not sales tax! We bought our Mainship 400 in RI and kept it there for 3 
years before bringing it down the ICW to FL.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John & Judy Gill" <twojscom at quadnet.net>
To: "Chris Barlow" <lists at pathfinderassociatesinc.com>; <Rogersboyz at aol.com>
Cc: "Loop List Great, Loop List" <great-loop at lists.samurai.com>
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: GL: Avoiding state income tax


> Chris and list,
>
> Yes, but read the third condition you posted below.  If you have used  the 
> boat in another "taxing jurisdiction" for 6 months or more, you  would 
> have been required to pay that state's sales tax.
>
> John
>
> ====================================
> On Jun 1, 2008, at 2:13 PM, Chris Barlow wrote:
>
>> Jeff & Izzy--
>>
>> We moved to Florida with our boat and owed no sales/use tax since  we'd 
>> used
>> it in other states more than 6 months. (Also no state income tax)
>>
>> "Use tax is not due on boats brought to Florida if all of the  following
>> conditions are met:
>> l The owner has owned the boat 6 months or longer.
>>
>> l The purchaser has shown no intent to use the boat in Florida at  or 
>> before
>> the time of purchase.
>>
>> l The boat has been used 6 months or longer within the taxing 
>> jurisdiction
>> of another state, U.S. territory, or the
>>
>> District of Columbia."