Can you legally avoid MA state sales tax if you federally document a boat ?

[Little Round]

ST-6E form
Sandman you would qualify with the state permits.
I was away otherwise I would have got back to you sooner. I just went to pick up a boat down south with a buddy, and he is doing the same thing with the sales tax.

[Typhoon]

in a related story..a guy in Hingham wanted to build a dock off the back of his house. The town said no. He figured out a loop hole in the law that said if you had a commercial fishing license you would be exempt from town bylaws etc. Applied for his commercial fishing license and built the biggest dock in town to spite the conservation commission. You can drive a truck down it.