Why do we pay highway tax for gas in our Boats?
 

Why do we have to pay road taxes in the fuel we burn in our boats? Most of us who trailer out boats fill up at the same stations that cars/trucks fill up.

Diesel is available in highway use, and non highway use. Tugs/large boats all use non highway diesel to operate.

Is our market too small to warrant a highway tax deduction on fuel in our boats?

The savings would not be extraordinary, but may keep more people enjoying their boats next season.

Alot of states have a form you can get from the station clerk or online to get you tax back. Texas does not give us our tax back for non hwy use. I am not sure if La does.

In va. dmv will give a refund on boat fuel. there have been threads on here that you can search.

Same out here but they make it a P.I.T.A with reams of paperwork:mad:

That answers my next question, how impossible would the paperwork be?

In VA it's one sheet, one side. But they do require the date, name of the station, and for some reason YOUR name has to appear the same on every reciept now...just send in the reciepts and the form, they will mail you a check in 5-6 weeks.

anyone know if the same applies in Oklahoma?

missouri is the same but i never add my name to the receipts. got my check last week. only took 10 days.

How about NJ
 

Tax back?

You might want to recheck into that. I believe Texas does refund tax money.

Mike we are from NJ we don't get taxes back

I believe that in NJ, if you buy at the gas dock, tax is not added to the pump price, so you're getting raped even more than you thought......what's gas tax in NJ these days? 12.5 cents?

In Nebraska, you can get a refund on the hwy road tax after, I think, the first $400 in tax. So basically there is no refund unless you burn a chitload of fuel.

Honestly I don't know what the tax is I know they sell off road diesel where I get fuel so you may be correct.May be why I was paying less than most last year ranged between $2.90 to $3.39 on the water

Connecticut refunds the fuel tax but then charges SALES TAX! So, you get $ . 25 (approx) back. Pretty simple form you can download from the CT DRS website

FYI: VA is $0.165/gallon (16.5 cents per gallon)

Where do you check to see about this refund? Or does anyone know if Ohio gets it?

what about oklahoma

In ILL our fuel supplier delivers 1000 gallons of 100 octane at a crack or we hit the airport fuel up the boat with 300 gallons and avoid the tax

Check this out. Look up your state.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/hwytaxes/mf105.pdf

I'll do that.

Texas does refund tax. I have filed for it in the past. One year it was easy, the next they wanted more info, log, receipts, etc. and took almost 3 months to get. You can choose whatever 12 month period you want, it doesn't need to be a Jan - Dec. calendar year. It is about 25 or 30 cents per gal you get back.

I figured the road use tax we pay at the marina was for the truck that used the road to get it to the marina.

I'm under that impression as well.... Even ran into a situation a while back where a marina had a pump up on land....they shut that pump down because they would be required to pay road tax if the pump was located on land.

The tanks can be on land but I believe the pump has to be on the dock....

So basically, we're paying 15% more on the water but in reality it's probably more like 30% with the tax not being taken by the state...:eek:

Oh yeah....I heard that NJ wants to impose a "property tax" ....on our boats/RV's... :mad:

Do you remember what forms are needed?

now thats funny

I didn't fill my boat at a marina once this summer... highway gas 100% as it proved to be cost effective and allowed me peace of mind in knowing that I was getting fresh(er) fuel.

According to the chart posted on page1 of this thread, NJ state gas tax is third lowest at 10.5 cents per gallon with mandatory full service stations (for insurance purposes). Alaska is cheapest at 8.0 cents per gallon probably due to the oil pipeline that runs through the state and Wyoming at 9.0 cents per gallon. Connecticut takes the prize for raping it's travelers at 36.0 cents per gallon.

It's all good....they just make it up by charging us fifty cents on the parkway every couple miles, $7 at most bridges and lord knows what on the NJ Turpike. :drink:

Same here brother, so far I've had NO need to fill up at a marina.

You're not kidding. I just saw on the news that Gov. Corzine is putting a plan together to raise the parkway & other tolls to help reduce the state's deficit. It never ends...

We get it all back in NH. If you use certain gas stations all the time, they do the paperwork for you.

What about diesel though? We religiously use off-road diesel for our compressor. A boat is not used anymore for on-road use than that thing is?

I would find it tough for anyone to bust you for using a home based transfer tank to fill up your boat with red dyed fuel. (providing it was a trailered boat)

Road/highway tax on gas is used for roads/highways...repairs... filling pot holes.... right??
Where the hell does my taxes go when I fill up with 250gal?
Smoothing out the seas?? better markers on the channels??? yeaah rrright.

I have to check into the rebate and paperwork in Fla.
THe problem is most gas stations here only let you buy $50 or $75 at a time. When I did the Sarasote PR I went to 3 gas stations just to fill up. and I was still only 3/4 full. Grrrrr
But ..Thx... good point with this thread.

W.K. good, thanks, MA does refund, need to save sales slips to file !

Not sure I am reading the attached form right, but does "REF" mean you can get the tax money back? I am in Michigan and would like to look into it as I always fill at inland stations.

Ohio, .22/gallon refund, sounds good to me


See 2(b)
Here's what I found in Ohio:

2. Persons who have purchased motor vehicle
fuel on which the fuel tax has been paid may
receive a refund under the following conditions
(R.C. 5735.13, 5735.14, 5735.141,
5735.142, 5735.18):
(a) Fuel used in the following ways: to operate
or propel stationary gas engines; tractors
used for off-highway purposes; unlicensed
motor vehicles used exclusively in intraplant
operations.
(b) Motor fuel used by watercraft in the following
ways: vessels used entirely for commercial
purposes such as trade or fishing;
vessels used in Boy Scout training; vessels
used or owned by railroad car ferry companies;
vessels used or owned by federal,
state, and local governments.
(c) Fuel used for cleaning or dyeing.
(d) Motor fuel used by local transit systems
except for the one-cent bond retirement
levy.
(e) Motor fuel used in aircraft.
(f) One percent of the motor fuel tax paid on
fuel purchased by retailers to cover losses
from shrinkage and evaporation.
(g) Fuel lost or destroyed through theft, fire,
explosion, lightning, and other natural disasters.
(h) Any person, other than a dealer, who sells
the fuel or uses the fuel outside Ohio, or
who sells the fuel to the U.S. Government
or any of its agencies.

NH gives 18 cents per gallon back. Here is a link to the form

http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/a.../RT123_001.pdf