Talonewo
Senior Member
Long story short, my boat is getting refit at a yard in Slidell Louisiana I live in Texas and will move the boat to Texas as soon as the boat is ready, they have been working on the boat for just over a year now.
Six months into the process I was going through some of the invoices with the yard manager and he said since my billing address was in Texas I was not responsible for Louisiana sales tax and credited my account just over $2500 that I had paid in tax to date and I have not been charged sales tax since. Of course I did what most of us would do with a $2500 wind fall.... I authorized the yard to do more work.
It is a small yard, with about six full time employees, I'm not sure what exactly happened but there was some drama at the yard and all but one of the staff quit overnight, including the book keeper and yard manager (I think they were all related to each other, so they "quit as a family").
The owner quickly got a new manager and workforce in place and I'm actually seeing the project progress faster. But the new manager said they brought in a new accountant and that I'm going to have to pay the La sales tax, don't have the exact number yet but I'm thinking around $4000.
What would you do? Complain to the owner of the yard ask him keep the word of his previous manager and to eat the cost?
One more odd ball question, when my boat first got to the yard they found and bought a used generator for me, I paid $4500 for it... they charged me sales tax(almost $400)... can the state collect sales tax on a used item? I can understand a used car dealer collecting sales tax, but a boat yard for a used generator? If I would have bought it on craigslist myself would I have been responsible for sales tax?
Six months into the process I was going through some of the invoices with the yard manager and he said since my billing address was in Texas I was not responsible for Louisiana sales tax and credited my account just over $2500 that I had paid in tax to date and I have not been charged sales tax since. Of course I did what most of us would do with a $2500 wind fall.... I authorized the yard to do more work.
It is a small yard, with about six full time employees, I'm not sure what exactly happened but there was some drama at the yard and all but one of the staff quit overnight, including the book keeper and yard manager (I think they were all related to each other, so they "quit as a family").
The owner quickly got a new manager and workforce in place and I'm actually seeing the project progress faster. But the new manager said they brought in a new accountant and that I'm going to have to pay the La sales tax, don't have the exact number yet but I'm thinking around $4000.
What would you do? Complain to the owner of the yard ask him keep the word of his previous manager and to eat the cost?
One more odd ball question, when my boat first got to the yard they found and bought a used generator for me, I paid $4500 for it... they charged me sales tax(almost $400)... can the state collect sales tax on a used item? I can understand a used car dealer collecting sales tax, but a boat yard for a used generator? If I would have bought it on craigslist myself would I have been responsible for sales tax?