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Man I just got tagged for my ATV that I purchased 3 years ago in Tenn. Now I have to pay 6% on the cost of the ATV. Whatever, if I owe it I'll pay it but she did educate me on how folks buy electronics online and at times don't pay the sales tax during the purchase and Kentucky is due that money. KRS 139.330 says so. :)
They get ya coming and going! They call it Usage tax if you didn't pay the sales tax either way you are gonna pay...er uh if ya get caught.:rolleyes:
I've got er,ah, a friend that orders cigars on-line. He burns the evidence.:D
I really was surprised that I received a letter stating that I owed that. I never really thought about it. I went down there to buy since they were so much less than the local stores and do remember not paying sales tax. Oh well lesson learned and payment will be sent soon.
She said no statute of limitations on the purchases but they find it hard to collect after 6 years.
[QUOTE=DJD;490520]Man I just got tagged for my ATV that I purchased 3 years ago in Tenn. Now I have to pay 6% on the cost of the ATV. Whatever, if I owe it I'll pay it but she did educate me on how folks buy electronics online and at times don't pay the sales tax during the purchase and Kentucky is due that money. KRS 139.330 says so. :)
They get ya coming and going! They call it Usage tax if you didn't pay the sales tax either way you are gonna pay...er uh if ya get caught.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
I hear ya! My boat came from Washington State. When I went in to register it, the usage/sales tax monster stole my wife's birthday presents for the next 4 years. Man......was she P/o'd.
here's a new one for me, I went in to sticker and pay the tax on my boat. handed the young lady the card they sent me through the mail, and she said she would have to charge me 3 bucks for not having my old tax receipt, I said the card you have in your hand, is the one you sent me by mail, it has all the info you need on it. I still had to pay 3 bucks.
[QUOTE=waterdog101;490568]here's a new one for me, I went in to sticker and pay the tax on my boat. handed the young lady the card they sent me through the mail, and she said she would have to charge me 3 bucks for not having my old tax receipt, I said the card you have in your hand, is the one you sent me by mail, it has all the info you need on it. I still had to pay 3 bucks.[/QUOTE]
I hate when they nickle and dime you with "fees". When I registered my boat they were keeping something I thought I would just have to show them. No problem, I asked her politely if she could make me a copy for my records. She very annoyingly said it would cost me $3.00 per copy! Unreal, I was paying a lot of money to them anyway you think she would have just made the copy. But even if they were clamping down on expenses, I would think .25 would be fair, but $3.00 for a copy is insulting.
[QUOTE=HURRICANEBOB;490563]I hear ya! My boat came from Washington State. When I went in to register it, the usage/sales tax monster stole my wife's birthday presents for the next 4 years. Man......was she P/o'd.[/QUOTE]
LOL, I often enjoy reading your posts. I like a good sense of humor.
The usage tax is something that most people either do not know about or choose to ignore. There is a line on the KY income tax return (it's been there for many years) for individuals to report it, but it is mostly ignored by individual taxpayers and tax preparers alike. For individuals, it applies on purchases from out of state retailers and even things like many magazine subscriptions. It can apply to even more things for businesses, doctors, and lawyers. From what I hear they usually ignore it also. Oh by the way, many states have signed agreements with other states where they share or trade information on paticularly large purchases where tax was not charged.
My dad had a 19' Lowe Jon-Boat...which had a piece o'crap trailer with it..he was paying taxes on it, no big deal. About 5 or 6 years ago he decided the boat needed a nice trailer so he purchased a new trailer....then when tax time rolled around he started recieving two tax bills, one for the boat and one for the trailer. I paid his taxes for him..he was pissed about paying taxes on the trailer, kept telling me not to pay the SOB's, etc...lol
Dad passed away last year...I sold the boat. However the guy who purchased the boat did NOT register the trailer when he registered the boat. This guy lives in another county here in Kentucky...earlier this year I recieved a tax due notice for the trailer. Went to my local tax office...they gave me a waiver or something, told me to make up a name (any name) of the person I sold it to, etc...it didn't matter. Long story short, now there's at least one new boat trailer I know of that is not having taxes paid on it. They won't come back on me either, already made sure of that.
The older I get the less I want....those waders are looking better all the time.