<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">i have a boating friend who is trying to minimize the licensing/excise/use tax.<div><br></div><div>they owned a boat, traded that boat in on a new boat, and paid the retail seller $10. they got a receipt stating this.</div><div><br></div><div>they brought the receipt to the DOL and thought they could pay tax only on the $10, relying on WAC 458-20-247 regarding like-kind exchange.</div><div><br></div><div>the nice people at the DOL said that WAC 458-20-17802 and RCW 82.12.045 control and that they need to get the boat appraised, and then pay tax on the appraised value.</div><div><br></div><div>this is outside my areas of expertise.</div><div><br></div><div>looking for help/referral.</div><div><br></div><div>paul<br><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Walchenbach Law PLLC</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Paul Walchenbach<br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">206 948 7095 - direct</div><div style="font-size: 14px;">paul@walchenbachlaw.com<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 14px;">Attachment: none<br></div>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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