Reply With QuoteI did that for 1 year before I bought a place out there with no problems. No one from the county ever asked if I had a boat and where I kept it.
I think its 1%. not sure though
I have heard that if you register your new boat in Arizona you can avoid the luxury tax. If I live in California and have no address in Arizona other than a friends house or a po box can this still be done?
I also heard you have to have it there for 6 months. The boat would be there about 8-10 months out of the year but will be brought back ocassionally
Anybody know what the luxury tax would be on a 55k new boat?
Thanks!
I did that for 1 year before I bought a place out there with no problems. No one from the county ever asked if I had a boat and where I kept it.
I think its 1%. not sure though
Well I just went thru this crap and I couldn't register my boat in AZ except as a non resident. Now I even own a house in Havasu but because I don't have an AZ dl they said no and I can tell you that it was cheaper for me to register in Cali and pay the tax than register in az as a non resident
I have heard that if you register your new boat in Arizona you can avoid the luxury tax. If I live in California and have no address in Arizona other than a friends house or a po box can this still be done?
I also heard you have to have it there for 6 months. The boat would be there about 8-10 months out of the year but will be brought back ocassionally
Anybody know what the luxury tax would be on a 55k new boat?
Thanks!
You can register the new boat to your friends house with no problems. Alot of times there is one house with 6 boats registered to that address.
Well I just went thru this crap and I couldn't register my boat in AZ except as a non resident. Now I even own a house in Havasu but because I don't have an AZ dl they said no and I can tell you that it was cheaper for me to register in Cali and pay the tax than register in az as a non resident
I live in Cal/boat reg'd in AZ; 2005/2006 was $189. If I did it in CA, it would be close to $950...
The rules are very clear...
1) The boat must be registered out of California.
2) The boat must be outside of California on the first day of the tax year - i.e. January 1.
3) The boat must be [b]predominantly[/b/] moored outside California in the tax year.
Non-resident registration is available in Arizona but the registration fee is based on boat length. Still a lot less than the property tax charged in California.
Whatever you do, you MUST register the trailer in California for it to EVER travel on a California road of highway towed by a California resident.
you could register in Nevada
Personal property Tax in CA is 1% and boat registration in AZ is based upon the length of the boat 28ft I believe is 292.00. Do a search on AZ tax it will give you all the info you would like as well as fee schedules, I think they were posted by Boatcop among others. You can legally register in AZ as long as your boat is there at least 51% of the time and is not in CA on the 1st of the year. Your trailer must be registered in CA though, you dont want to be pulling a AZ trailer with a CA vehicle its a red flag for the authorities.
I live in Cal/boat reg'd in AZ; 2005/2006 was $189. If I did it in CA, it would be close to $950...
Mine was the other way:
It cost me 16 bucks to do cali regi and 180 tax
az was 270 if I remember correctly
So it's OK to register the boat in AZ but I should register the trailer in California?
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