[PUP] Canadian Tax on Boats

[Steven Dubnoff]

>I'm planning to leave my boat in a marina in Canada


That is a good, and very popular idea.  As I understand the rules, 
you can keep the boat in B.C. without paying tax, as long as the boat 
briefly leaves B.C. and returns to the U.S. within a prescribed 
interval.  (The problem is that I do not remember the interval -- it 
may be every ninety days.) The run from Sidney to San Juan Island is 
short and I am sure you can hire a professional to do it for you if 
you are elsewhere.

Sidney-area marinas are filled with very expensive boats with U.S. 
hailing ports and I personally know of one Krogen owner who kept 
their boat there for precisely that reason.  Sidney also has many 
services designed to keep boats healthy for affluent absentee owners 
and an international airport nearby.

Best,

Steve



Steve Dubnoff
1966 Willard Pilothouse
www.mvnereid.com
sdubnoff at circlesys.com