Buying a New Boat out of State

You will owe full State and Parish sales taxes on the total invoiced amount. Hopefully it's itemized if not, you will confuse the simpletons at the LDR office downtown. For the trailer my advise is to go to a title business that does these types of transactions. They can collect the sales tax and issue your tag for the trailer.

Just did it on mine new.

The dealer in the state I paid has option to collect the tax there or let you pay it in Louisiana.

Trailer went to notary paid tax and paid notary fee. If not I would have had to believe run around to a few offices pay tax and have proof of taxes and the pay plate fee $10 1 yr, $40 4 yrs, and $70 permanent tag.

Boat and motor I live in EBRP.
Went to LDWF on Monday and paid everything as they at that time had a person who collected the taxes. Went to next window show that I paid taxes and paid boat registration and motor registration fee.

The dealer gave me a simple flyer with how to pay everything as they sell a lot of boats in Louisiana. I threw it away due to I thought I knew more than them.

If you do pay taxes I believe you get a credit.
Let’s say pay 7% and your tax in Louisiana is 10%. You pay the 3% difference at tax office here.

If you finance make sure on titles it shows the lien holder as the owner. Then send the paperwork back to dealer or finance company.

I paid cash but if you don’t the dealer paperwork person will go over everything with you.

I’m paying cash. The title is in both my wife and I’s name. Do both of us have to be present at WL&F office in Baton Rouge?

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what about paying sales tax in Louisiana? Does anyone know how this is done? One buddy told me that you don’t have to pay sales tax anymore but I don’t think that’s true...

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You dont pay sales tax on a used boat bought from a person who is not in the business of selling boats.

You bought from a dealer. Prepare thine anus. Tax on the boat and trailer both will have to be paid.

Not sure. I’d call to make sure before I went though. I didn't put my wife on my boat title or registration.

Oh yeah.

I bought my accessories in Texas and taxed there on it. 7% versus 2,5% more in communist Louisiana. Trollmotor, power poles, electronics, stainless prop, batteries,charger, jackplate, and spare tires adds up quick.

Get invoice for accessories which paid Texas taxes.
Invoice boat
Invoice motor
Invoice trailer

if you bought it from an out of state dealer, you will owe sales tax at registration.

Check the WLF website, a couple days/week there is someone from the state tax assessor's office and someone from the DMV who can handle all of it there. You may want to call before you go, just to be sure. You just need to go to your parish assessor's office to pay those taxes. There is a form that you get from WLF for new boat registration and at the bottom there is a space where both state and local tax collectors will sign/initial. Bring that form back to WLF and pay more money and you are good to go.