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Gould1 · 03-10-2017, 08:50 AM

I have a friend that purchased a boat in Maine as a private sale and registered it in NH. The boat was financed through a bank in Maine. He never paid the sales tax and the boat always resided in NH at his parents house. Never left the state. After about 3 years somehow Maine found out and and sent him a nice letter requesting the sales tax on the boat, interest on the unpaid sales tax, and penalties on the entire amount. He fought this for months and never won. He ended up settling with the State of Maine. We still to this day wonder how they tracked him down.

03-10-2017, 08:50 AM	#46
Gould1 Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 38 Thanks: 2 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I have a friend that purchased a boat in Maine as a private sale and registered it in NH. The boat was financed through a bank in Maine. He never paid the sales tax and the boat always resided in NH at his parents house. Never left the state. After about 3 years somehow Maine found out and and sent him a nice letter requesting the sales tax on the boat, interest on the unpaid sales tax, and penalties on the entire amount. He fought this for months and never won. He ended up settling with the State of Maine. We still to this day wonder how they tracked him down.