Sec. 10. (a) The amount of boat excise tax that a boat owner shall pay for a registration year is based on the boat’s class and age.

     (b) Boats are classified for excise tax purposes according to the value of the boat when the boat was new. The amount of excise tax is prescribed in the following table:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-6-11-10

BOAT VALUE

 

CLASS

WHEN NEW

TAX DUE

 

AT LEAST but

LESS THAN

 

1

$

 

 0.01

 

$

500

 

$

2

 

2

 

 

 500

 

 

1,000

 

 

6

 

3

 

 

 1,000

 

 

1,500

 

 

20

 

4

 

 

 1,500

 

 

2,000

 

 

30

 

5

 

 

 2,000

 

 

3,000

 

 

42

 

6

 

 

 3,000

 

 

5,000

 

 

55

 

7

 

 

 5,000

 

 

7,500

 

 

70

 

8

 

 

 7,500

 

 

10,000

 

 

88

 

9

 

 

10,000

 

 

15,000

 

 

110

 

10

 

 

15,000

 

 

22,500

 

 

150

 

11

 

 

22,500

 

 

35,000

 

 

200

 

12

 

 

35,000

 

 

50,000

 

 

275

 

13

 

 

50,000

 

 

75,000

 

 

375

 

14

 

 

75,000 or more

 

 

 

 

500

The bureau of motor vehicles may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for determining the value of new boats. A tax paid under subsection (c) may be used as a credit against the taxes owed for the same registration year under this subsection.

     (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the amount of excise tax imposed and owed by a boat owner is twelve dollars ($12) for a boat that is stored in Indiana for sixty (60) consecutive days or more but not operated, used, or docked in Indiana waters, except to facilitate storage of the boat.

As added by P.L.98-1989, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.33-1990, SEC.17; P.L.71-1991, SEC.1; P.L.81-1993, SEC.2; P.L.64-1996, SEC.1; P.L.164-2020, SEC.8.