Nasty Boat Registration Surprise!

rsmlp · 03-03-2016, 06:56 AM

Not sure if mine went up but if it did it was incremental. More to the point, NH has NO income tax, NO sales tax and pretty damn low property tax at least relative to other states. They have to get money from somewhere!

Slickcraft · 03-03-2016, 07:05 AM

If you buy an auto partway into the year, the reg fees are prorated that 1st time. Maybe the same is true for boat reg fees.

VitaBene · 03-03-2016, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

If you buy an auto partway into the year, the reg fees are prorated that 1st time. Maybe the same is true for boat reg fees.

Good thinking!! Agreed

nhboat61 · 03-03-2016, 08:31 AM

Registered all 3 vessles, same cost as last year.

upthesaukee · 03-03-2016, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Slickcraft

If you buy an auto partway into the year, the reg fees are prorated that 1st time. Maybe the same is true for boat reg fees.

We bought Upthesaukee Too in July, and the registration was prorated. Nearly doubled the following year! :O

I live here... I am always Upthesaukee.

Dad sold the C * C · 03-03-2016, 09:21 AM

We bought ours in August last year and registration was prorated, the bill was higher this year.

chillininnh · 03-03-2016, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dad sold the C * C

We bought ours in August last year and registration was prorated, the bill was higher this year.

This doesn't happen actually, the state doesn't prorate boat registrations like automobiles. You most likely transferred the credit from your previous boat which would have lowered the cost of last years registration. Whether you register your boat in March or October, you pay the same amount.

V ger · 03-03-2016, 04:15 PM

The fee schedule posted by MAXUM along with RSA 270-A:1 is very interesting.

RSA 270-A:1 defines a houseboat as "any ship, boat, raft, float, catamaran, or marine craft of any description upon or within which are located sleeping and toilet facilities,....."

Sample registration fees for 1 year old vessels per MAXUM's post

30' House Boat OB $72.72 30' Twin Cruiser $336.48
30' House Boat IB $86.40

It appears that if you were to register your 30' boat equipped as above as a "cruiser" you would be in violation of RSA 270-A:1 as well as paying an extra $250.40 to $263.76.

It is laughable that N.H. thinks an aircraft carrier and the Q.E. II are houseboats but no more so than many of the states other misconstrued definitions of marine terminology and regulations that often increase the danger to N.H's boaters.

garysanfran · 03-03-2016, 04:28 PM

Never, ever think your government doesn't have enough money!!!

Winnisquamer · 03-03-2016, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by rsmlp

Not sure if mine went up but if it did it was incremental. More to the point, NH has NO income tax, NO sales tax and pretty damn low property tax at least relative to other states. They have to get money from somewhere!

NH has low property tax? That is new news to me. Last I read NH was like top 5 for highest property tax in the country.

Merrymeeting · 03-03-2016, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Winnisquamer

NH has low property tax? That is new news to me. Last I read NH was like top 5 for highest property tax in the country.

My property taxes in NH are one third higher than what they were in MA

rsmlp · 03-03-2016, 07:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Winnisquamer

NH has low property tax? That is new news to me. Last I read NH was like top 5 for highest property tax in the country.

I live in Moultonboro on the lake and I can tell you that my property tax is 75%
LESS per thousand of assessed value than our house was when we sold it in 2014 in a suburb of Albany, NY.

neckdweller · 03-03-2016, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by rsmlp

I live in Moultonboro on the lake and I can tell you that my property tax is 75%
LESS per thousand of assessed value than our house was when we sold it in 2014 in a suburb of Albany, NY.

Moultonborough is in a class of their own when looking at property taxes because of the huge tax base from lakefront properties. My Moultonborough house is worth roughly twice as much as my house in southern NH but the taxes are slightly less.

The Moultonborough tax rate is the reason the town spends like drunken sailors - they love to quote that tax rate and it provides a great smokescreen to have a bloated infrastructure.

DRH · 03-03-2016, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by rsmlp

Not sure if mine went up but if it did it was incremental. More to the point, NH has NO income tax, NO sales tax and pretty damn low property tax at least relative to other states. They have to get money from somewhere!

NH does have an "income tax" if your income is from interest and/or dividends. That income is taxed at 5.0% every year, which hits people who have tried to put away a nest egg for retirement.

Sunbeam lodge · 03-03-2016, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by rsmlp

Not sure if mine went up but if it did it was incremental. More to the point, NH has NO income tax, NO sales tax and pretty damn low property tax at least relative to other states. They have to get money from somewhere!

They get it from lake front owners property tax

Woodsy · 03-03-2016, 09:37 AM

Property tax is based on property values... X amount per $1000 of value. Different towns have different values depending on how the town votes to spend tax $$.

Anyway, the more valuable the property, the higher the bill. But be assured, I pay the same amount per thousand as everyone else in Laconia....

Woodsy

03-03-2016, 06:56 AM	#1
rsmlp Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 495 Thanks: 5 Thanked 169 Times in 87 Posts	NH fees/tax Not sure if mine went up but if it did it was incremental. More to the point, NH has NO income tax, NO sales tax and pretty damn low property tax at least relative to other states. They have to get money from somewhere!

03-03-2016, 09:21 AM	#6
Dad sold the C * C Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 273 Thanks: 119 Thanked 62 Times in 40 Posts	prorated We bought ours in August last year and registration was prorated, the bill was higher this year.

03-03-2016, 04:15 PM	#8
V ger Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Registration Fees The fee schedule posted by MAXUM along with RSA 270-A:1 is very interesting. RSA 270-A:1 defines a houseboat as "any ship, boat, raft, float, catamaran, or marine craft of any description upon or within which are located sleeping and toilet facilities,....." Sample registration fees for 1 year old vessels per MAXUM's post 30' House Boat OB $72.72 30' Twin Cruiser $336.48 30' House Boat IB $86.40 It appears that if you were to register your 30' boat equipped as above as a "cruiser" you would be in violation of RSA 270-A:1 as well as paying an extra $250.40 to $263.76. It is laughable that N.H. thinks an aircraft carrier and the Q.E. II are houseboats but no more so than many of the states other misconstrued definitions of marine terminology and regulations that often increase the danger to N.H's boaters.

03-03-2016, 04:28 PM	#9
garysanfran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: San Francisco/Meredith Posts: 1,594 Thanks: 688 Thanked 684 Times in 350 Posts	Taxes... Never, ever think your government doesn't have enough money!!! __________________ Gary ~~~~_/) ~~~ ~~~~~~~~

03-03-2016, 09:37 AM	#16
Woodsy Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weirs Beach Posts: 1,968 Thanks: 80 Thanked 980 Times in 440 Posts	Property tax is based on property values... X amount per $1000 of value. Different towns have different values depending on how the town votes to spend tax $$. Anyway, the more valuable the property, the higher the bill. But be assured, I pay the same amount per thousand as everyone else in Laconia.... Woodsy __________________ The only way to eliminate ignorant behavior is through education. You can't fix stupid.

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Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,347 Thanks: 1,250 Thanked 2,121 Times in 970 Posts	If you buy an auto partway into the year, the reg fees are prorated that 1st time. Maybe the same is true for boat reg fees.

03-03-2016, 08:31 AM	#4
nhboat61 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Wakefield NH Posts: 117 Thanks: 52 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Registered all 3 vessles, same cost as last year.