Where we work

We prepare the evidence, file the appeal, and deal with the assessor on your behalf. $0 upfront, and a fee only if your assessment drops.

• California

  596,703 registered boats

  California counties tax vessels as personal property at roughly 1.25% of market value every year, based on where the boat is habitually moored on the January 1 lien date.Appeals heard by: County Assessment Appeals Board · BOE-305-AH

These jurisdictions tax vessels and allow an appeal, but we are not filing there yet. Join the list and we will tell you the moment we open — and send you the filing deadline in the meantime.

• South Carolina

  353,906 registered boats

  South Carolina assesses boats at 10.5% of fair market value and applies local millage, though some counties reduce the ratio to 6% or exempt 42.75% of value by ordinance.Appeals heard by: County Auditor · Watercraft/Motor Assessment Appeal Form

• North Carolina

  345,699 registered boats

  North Carolina counties list and tax boats as personal property each January, valuing them from industry price guides.Appeals heard by: County Board of Equalization and Review · Form AV-14 (appeal to Property Tax Commission)

• Georgia

  324,676 registered boats

  Georgia taxes boats in the county where they are functionally located for 184 days or more, subject to a de minimis exemption on total personal property.Appeals heard by: County Board of Equalization · PT-311A

• Louisiana

  286,912 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Louisiana treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Missouri

  282,983 registered boats

  Missouri counties assess boats as personal property from an annual declaration, with appeals heard by the county board of equalization.Appeals heard by: County Board of Equalization

• Tennessee

  244,031 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Tennessee treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Washington

  228,692 registered boats

  Washington charges an annual watercraft excise tax of 0.5% of fair market value on boats 16 feet and over, in lieu of property tax, with value set by a state depreciation schedule.Appeals heard by: Washington Board of Tax Appeals · Petition under RCW 82.32.160 / 82.32.170

• Iowa

  220,207 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Iowa treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Arkansas

  217,397 registered boats

  Arkansas counties assess boats as personal property, with owners required to assess annually and appeals heard by the county equalization board.Appeals heard by: County Board of Equalization

• Indiana

  193,554 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Indiana treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Oklahoma

  165,771 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Oklahoma treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Arizona

  156,978 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Arizona treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Oregon

  150,115 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Oregon treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Kentucky

  141,751 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Kentucky treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Mississippi

  131,643 registered boats

  Mississippi counties assess boats as personal property at a statutory percentage of true value.Appeals heard by: County Board of Supervisors

• Idaho

  92,501 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Idaho treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Nebraska

  76,931 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Nebraska treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Colorado

  71,617 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Colorado treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Utah

  67,852 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Utah treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• North Dakota

  61,981 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how North Dakota treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• South Dakota

  59,671 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how South Dakota treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Montana

  53,525 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Montana treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• West Virginia

  47,378 registered boats

  West Virginia counties assess boats as personal property at a percentage of value.Appeals heard by: County Board of Equalization and Review

• Alaska

  43,440 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Alaska treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Nevada

  42,020 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Nevada treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• New Mexico

  27,956 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how New Mexico treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Vermont

  27,029 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Vermont treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Wyoming

  24,339 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Wyoming treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

• Hawaii

  13,881 registered boats

  We have not finished confirming how Hawaii treats recreational vessels for annual taxation. Leave your details and we will tell you what we find.

There is a tax on paper, but the value comes from a fixed schedule or the local rate is set near zero, so an appeal rarely returns enough to be worth anyone's time. We would rather tell you that than sell you something.

• Virginia

  216,494 registered boats

  Virginia lets each locality tax pleasure boats, but the major boating cities set the rate at $0.000001 per $100 of value specifically to attract boats, so there is almost never a bill worth appealing.Appeals heard by: Local Commissioner of the Revenue

• Massachusetts

  125,670 registered boats

  Massachusetts charges a boat excise of $10 per $1,000 of value, but the value comes from a statutory length and age table, so there is little room to argue market value.Appeals heard by: Local Board of Assessors

• Maine

  114,772 registered boats

  Maine charges a watercraft excise tax from a fixed length and age schedule rather than market value, which leaves little to appeal.Appeals heard by: Municipal Assessor

These states do not levy an annual value-based tax on recreational boats. There is nothing to appeal, and nothing for you to pay us.

• Florida

  1,171,432 registered boats

  Florida does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats. Owners pay sales or use tax at purchase and annual registration fees only.

• Minnesota

  865,379 registered boats

  Minnesota does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Michigan

  795,494 registered boats

  Michigan does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Ohio

  630,288 registered boats

  Ohio does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Wisconsin

  602,849 registered boats

  Wisconsin does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Texas

  552,138 registered boats

  Texas exempts personal property that is not used to produce income, so privately owned recreational boats are not subject to annual property tax.

• New York

  428,445 registered boats

  New York does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Pennsylvania

  280,098 registered boats

  Pennsylvania does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Alabama

  247,730 registered boats

  Alabama does not assess ad valorem tax on vessels. Owners pay an annual registration fee based on length instead.

• Illinois

  176,560 registered boats

  Illinois does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Maryland

  168,202 registered boats

  Maryland charges a one-time vessel excise tax at purchase rather than an annual property tax on boats.

• New Jersey

  153,292 registered boats

  New Jersey statute exempts boats used solely for the owner's pleasure and recreation from property taxation.

• New Hampshire

  102,728 registered boats

  New Hampshire does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Connecticut

  88,378 registered boats

  Connecticut exempted recreational vessels from local property tax in 2017.

• Kansas

  78,666 registered boats

  Kansas eliminated its watercraft property tax effective January 1, 2026.

• Delaware

  43,209 registered boats

  Delaware does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.

• Rhode Island

  37,725 registered boats

  Rhode Island exempts recreational boats from property tax.

• District of Columbia

  1,742 registered boats

  The District of Columbia does not levy an annual personal property tax on recreational boats.