There is a price to be paid for apathy. Most people are content to sit around eating, watching tube, and voting for the same two political parties over and over again. So there’s no surprise when unfair tax bills come, or at least there shouldn’t be.
I believe the same tax applies to boat owners.
The mega yacht owners probably know about the tax and keep their boats in Maine up to the point of not paying the tax.
The boats leave Maine and income to marinas, repair yards, and so forth is lost forever, not to mention all the money the owners and boat crews would spend while in Maine.
Another stupid tax by legislators that have mush for brains.
Maine is full of good ole boys yankee style and they are always trying to get one over on you. Most freepers reading this have probably seen, or now that I mention it, will notice a lot of truck trailers with Maine license plates. Most of them have never been in Maine and never will be. For years Maine offered a license on these which was good for the lifetime of the vehicle. This was a bargain for most truck companies because other states charge an annual licensing fee that in the long run costs more. The full faith and credit clause made these “Maine” license plates on the trailers legal in all fifty states, gave Maine a tidy windfall of tax revenue it didn’t have to provide any service to the user for, and screwed every other state out of what they reasonably would have expected to collect. “Let every jolly Maine man sing,” the Maine Fight Song says, and no wonder.