Just received the tax bills on 2 outboards that I sold year before last. Who do I need to contact to fix this problem?
Did you notify SCDNR that you no longer owned the motors?
Haven’t done anything. Kinda forgot about it until now. Do I just notify DNR or do I also have to call the tax folks?
Seems like the transfer of title and registration should have solved this, unless the new owner never got the paperwork done.
Just got mine too, truthfully you may have to pay that now, because you didn’t properly transfer the titles on the boat and engine. Hope you can get out of it
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I would call and notify dnr asap! and then tax folks.
dnr states that you should notify them of a sale of any watercraft and or outboard within 30 days of sale, failure to do say may result in taxes that you will be responsible for.
that said, uhhh do what you can and be fast about it.
did you by chance keep a copy of the bill of sale or anything, to help you out??
dnr cant help with what you currently have
contact the tax office in your county
you will need to provide some paperwork showing when you sold themotors
did you sell them in state or out of state?
They are going to require you to pay the taxes. Sorry, dude.
The more we just complain…the more things stay the same.
Just got one myself on a motor I sold 2 years ago. Didnt get a bill for the boat. I contacted DNR as well as the county Auditor back when I sold them. I do, However, have the bill of sale, copys of the registrations, and the fax covers from when I originally sent the papers to both agencys. Have had this happen before and was stuck paying the bill so I kept track of everything this time. Will be giving the auditor a c all in the next few days, hoping for the best.
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sounds like there are just some ****ty ass people out there that would do that to a person!
The taxes are only like 20 bucks so it’s no big deal. The wife is just complaining. I just wish the taxes on the new engines were 20 dollars! I guess the guy who bought them hasn’t registered them. Well he will get the bill next year.
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Originally posted by Big WesThey are going to require you to pay the taxes. Sorry, dude.
The more we just complain…the more things stay the same.
Not correct! Just happened to me, I gave copy of the bill of sale to the tax office and problem solved.
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Originally posted by chris Vdnr cant help with what you currently have
contact the tax office in your county
you will need to provide some paperwork showing when you sold themotors
did you sell them in state or out of state?www.teamcharlestonmarine.com
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This is correct.
“Who do I need to contact to fix this problem?”
For the immediate tax issue, call the Charleston County Auditor.
(843) 958-4200
Then, follow up to confirm proper filings with both them and the DNR so you don’t get billed again next year.
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Originally posted by 13skullsThe taxes are only like 20 bucks so it’s no big deal. The wife is just complaining. I just wish the taxes on the new engines were 20 dollars! I guess the guy who bought them hasn’t registered them. Well he will get the bill next year.
(**(), wish I had that kinda taxes!
my 4 yr old boat, now has finally gone down to $400 for boat, and $400 for the motor.(Bamberg County)
Whatever you do make sure to address it as soon as possible. I sold a boat to a fellow from Alabama and even though I sent in the notice of sale form to DNR I still received a tax bill from Richland Cty. which I ignored until I found out they had suspended my driver’s license for non payment of taxes. It cost a fairly healthy penalty to have my license reinstated and I still had to pay the taxes. It took three years to get DNR to finally take the boat off of the books and yes every year I took in a copy of the notice of sale but they kept saying that the boat wasn’t showing up in their system with a new owner. My usual response was no kidding it went to Alabama. The moral of this story is ALWAYS keep a copy for your records!!!
Guys, you need to remember SCDNR boat registration and county taxes are two totally different things. Also, it is my understanding that if you own the boat on January 1 and sell the boat on January 2 you are still responsible for the county taxes for that entire year at least in Charleston County. I know it sounds crazy.
They are certainly different things, UT, but as I understand it, the state filings (DNR registration and titling) are typically how the county finds out about the boats and their ownership so it can tax you on smaller boats. Aside from other justificaions, registration is done for taxation purposes. So, both bases must be covered in such a cases as this where something either wasn’t processed or something went wrong at the county or state level. Per my experience, if you just call the county about a bogus tax bill this year, and don’t follow up on making sure the papers are right with the state, then you might get temporary relief this year, but, per what I’ve seen, you could still end up getting billed again the next year for the same boat again–even if you did everything properly from the very start in the first place. This kind of thing happens fairly commonly, per what I’ve seen and heard from folks, including to people who filed everything by the letter when they sold their boats with appropriate bills of sale, title transfers, crossing all T’s, and dotting all I’s.
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Lee, I totally agree. I sold my boat in December 2011 notified SCDNR paid my 2011 taxes and notified Charleston County of sale with bill of sale. Still got a tax bill this year(2012) and had to show my bill of sale again in order to clear my tax bill for 2012.
Roger that, UT.
BTW, this makes me think about something to which I’ve been wanting to find the answer for a while now. Last year, I noticed that the assessment on my house on my property-tax bill looked way too high. Even though the real prices in the housing market have gone down since 2008, my assessed value went UP somehow. So, I called and challenged the value. They told me that the state of SC is requiring that all residential property taxes be based on 2008 values. Does anyone know if that is true? If that’s true, then it seems to me that they are taxing us on somethig we don’t have–on fictitious or past values we don’t own today. I don’t see how that can be legal.
Does anyone know if this is true and if there is a good explanation for it?
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance Agency, Inc.
https://stricklandmarine.net
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862