Avoiding to pay huge taxes on a used boat

[73hunter]

Thx Trimmer

Anybody got opinions on Grew boats ? Good or bad....?

[Fisherman]

Long out of business if I'm not mistaken. Fiberglass if I'm right and unless stored dry they can have "issues". More headaches than you might want.

[M_P]

Bought a used boat on the week end. Asked for 2 receipts and he gave me three. One for the trailer, one for the boat and one for the outboard. Let you know it goes registering things

[benjhind]

I recently registered my boat and there was no mention of paying tax. Registration is free by the way which is rare for any level of government to do. I only paid 500 bucks for it and turned it into a duck hunting boat but due to size and horsepower requires those bow numbers. Guess I will just wait and see if a bill shows up in the mailbox.

There is a difference between transferring a registered boat (meaning you definitely bought it) and registering a previously unregistered boat (maybe you built it?). I'm not sure but I thought they only go after you transfer a boat.

The time lag between the transfer with Transport Canada and the province going after you for the taxes seems to be between 2 and 4 years.