Moving a boat from CA to WA and sales tax

[Stu Jackson]

Originally Posted by Tenedos

Ok, I didn't know this. How do you do that?

Keep records that show you actually moved the boat. Write to the county in CA that does your taxes and explain it nicely to them, like this:


The purpose of this is to formally advise you that we have removed our vessel from the State, and request that you remove us from the property tax rolls.

The vessel is a 1986 Catalina 34, Hull Number:

We have moved the boat to Canada.

Attached are six pages of receipts for fuel and berthing indicating clearly that we sailed the boat from San Francisco to Vancouver Island. We did so from August 8, 2016 to September 18, 2016. Also included are the deposit and first month receipts from our new marina in Maple Bay, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.

Please remove us from your tax records.