[C38] Possessory Interests

[Joseph Launie]

Tom,
California has collected possessory interest tax for way more than 50 
years. It is totally legal and not contestable. The courts have ruled on 
this one along time ago. it is not even an issue today. Joe Launie/Macavity

Tom T. wrote:
> 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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