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Used boat: typical taxes /fees?

Posted on 7/24/17 at 5:29 pm
Posted by LSUPhreaK
LaPlace, La.
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 7/24/17 at 5:29 pm
10k sale price. Trailer tax, registration, fees? 19'6" boat. Person to person sale.
This post was edited on 7/24/17 at 5:30 pm
Posted by chalupa
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 7/24/17 at 5:47 pm to
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Posted by djrunner
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
5453 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 6:46 pm to
How old is the boat.
No taxes if 10 years or older I believe.
Posted by Reboot
Member since Nov 2009
77 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:13 pm to
No sales tax on the boat. It is a "casual sale" if transfer is between two individuals. Like other poster said, make a second bill of sale for the trailer. DMV will calculate taxes when you register it. LDWF will charge for boat registration under all circumstances. None of these items are very significant.
Posted by LSUPhreaK
LaPlace, La.
Member since Dec 2003
10942 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 7:17 pm to
Thanks, all!
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
12375 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 8:32 pm to
I did this today. Didn't need a second bill of sale for the trailer. Signing the trailer title over acted as the bill of sale. Went to an auto title place, paid tax and title registration and walked out with a new plate.
Posted by chalupa
Member since Jan 2011
6897 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 9:40 pm to
quote:

Didn't need a second bill of sale for the trailer. 


So how did you know how much to pay sales tax on for the trailer? You paid tax on the title value? If so, you overpaid.
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
Lafayette
Member since May 2013
12375 posts
Posted on 7/24/17 at 10:49 pm to
Why would I have overpaid? The seller and I both agreed to undervalue the trailer and hand wrote the value on the back of the trailer title. That means fewer taxes for me than if I paid FMV for the trailer.
Posted by bayou choupique
the banks of bayou choupique
Member since Oct 2014
1848 posts
Posted on 7/25/17 at 6:36 am to
you should only pay sales tax on the trailer. So on the back of the title state you are selling it for $100.
Posted by bigbuckdj
Member since Sep 2011
1972 posts
Posted on 7/25/17 at 6:59 am to
I did this a few months ago. You pay to transfer the trailer title, taxes on the trailer, and to register the boat and trailer. Depending on how long you register the trailer for and how long your boat is, it will vary. I think for my 22', I paid like 250-300 to do everything w notary fees and having the title place do everything. I think I could've saved like 100 bucks mailing everything myself. I'm never in town so it was all worth it for me.

Edit(just checked):For a 22' boat it looks like you'd have a 68.50 title transfer, a 70.00 permanent trailer registration fee, and a 41.00 boat registration fee, plus notary fees and handling fees. I'd consider those numbers a bare minimum. Someone correct me if this doesn't seem right.
This post was edited on 7/25/17 at 7:06 am
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