[C38] Possessory Interests

[Tom T.]

Here's some information on Possessory Interest Tax.

http://www.danapointboaters.org/Files/Possessory%20Interest%20Tax/Intro%20and%20Why.pdf
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2000/00-2-017.html
http://assessor.lacounty.gov/extranet/overview/possint.aspx

It seems California needs money to cover all those illegal aliens, welfare recipients, and other expenses and what better way than to sock it to the rich.  (anyone with a boat is rich)

If California gets away with this tax, we are all doomed in other states too.  The most reasonable route for appeal is that most dock fees have gone up regularly.  Many marinas that were private are now taken over by the California government after California failed to renew the marina leases but the previous marina operators were paying the taxes to the state.  Now that the marinas are no longer paying the taxes, the California government wants the boat slip leasers to pay the tax but that is in effect a rate hike for the slip and is a violation of most slip agreements and even some local laws that establish the marina slip fees so this tax is contestable and should be appealed.

Tom Troncalli

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I sail in San Francisco bay and keep my Catalina 38 in the Vallejo Marina. If you live in Solano County you will know who Charles Lomeli is. If you don't, he is the TAX collector for Solano County. I just received a statement from Mr. Lomelis office that I owe the county a POSSESSORY INTEREST tax on the slip that we rent on a monthly basis from the Vallejo Marina. Now I've owned my boat for five years and this is the first time I've heard of this one.

Has anyone ever heard of this tax, or is this one of those deals that they've thrown at us because the state and every county and city in it is going broke?  




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