Hey fellow boaters!  I’ve blogged before about getting your 17 cent per gallon road tax refund in the fall or during the winter.  Now, my marina makes it easy for me to receive my refund but if you’ve a good first mate you can get your check usually in about two weeks. 

In case you’ve forgotten how easy it is…here goes.  Simply save your boat gas receipts, along with anything else you buy gas for and add up the gallons you’ve used.  I recommend that you do this when you winterize your boat.  The State of Missouri does not want your receipts if they are over 1 year old.  The forms are available at http://dor.mo.gov/tax/business/fuel/ 
As you look over these forms don’t get yourself all confused.  For the most part you will only fill in your name and your gallons of gas and do the math.  The remainder of the form is for farming and other uses.  It will take you about 5 minutes unless you use a lot of gas, which you should!  Your check will arrive in just a couple of weeks and is a nice gift to yourself in the middle of winter.  It is 22 degrees here at the Overland Park Boat Show in Kansas and I don’t even want to know what the temperature is in Tampa where my other half is at the moment…