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I own a 36 foot power yacht currently, and in the past have owned yachts up to 50 feet in size. I’ve been boating for nearly 40 years. And the main thing you need to understand about owning a yacht is that the cost of the yacht itself is just a fraction of the total expense involved.Consider fuel costs. If you buy a 50 foot motor yacht that planes, you will burn anywhere from 30 to 100 gallons of fuel per hour at cruising speed (depending on the yacht). With diesel costing about $3.75/gallon here in the US, that’s $112 to $375 per hour just to take the yacht out of the slip. Multiply that times six or seven hours of running time for an idea what you’ll pay per day to go fast in a motor yacht. Slowing down will signNowly reduce your fuel burn, and they do make motor yachts designed for fuel economy (“trawler” yachts) but not everyone has the temperament for going slow. Of course you could buy a sailing yacht. Sailboats burn much less fuel, say 4 gallons per hour for a 50 footer, so there’s signNow savings. But the wind rarely cooperates with a day sailor’s agenda, so most sailors still spend the majority of their time under power. You could still easily spend about $120/day on fuel for eight hours on the water.Now consider dockage. I have no idea what it costs in India, but here in the U.S. a good marina will charge about $12 to $20 per foot per month, plus electricity. So for a 50 foot boat (sail or power) you could expect to pay as much as $1,000 per month. In places like Newport Beach, California, or New York City, double that.Almost all marinas here in the US require yacht insurance, and the good ones in India probably do too. That would be another $1500 to $7500 per year, depending on factors such as the value of the yacht and where it will be berthed during the hurricane season.Maintenance is your next major expense, and it can be substantial. For example, I spend about $1,000 per year just to have a diver clean the bottom once per month. To clean the topsides costs another $1,200 per year, and an annual detailed cleaning and wax job costs $3,000. Recently a seal failed in my yacht’s hydraulic steering system. That cost over $400 to repair. The month before that, I paid over $500 to relocate a seawater strainer for the air conditioning system. A couple of weeks before that, I paid $175 to have an electrical problem diagnosed. In a few months I’ll need to have the bottom painted, which will cost about $4,000. And on and on and on it goes. You should budget anywhere from $500 to $3000 per month to maintain a 50 foot yacht, depending on the age and condition. Of course, all of this assumes you want a yacht that’s seaworthy, rather than a “floating condo” at the marina. If you never plan to take the yacht out of the slip, you can cut back on maintenance. But that would be like buying a Ferrari and never backing it out of the garage. Ridiculous, no?Hopefully you now understand that buying the yacht is just the beginning of the costs. Here in the States we have a saying: “B.O.A.T. stands for ‘break out another thousand.’” And another saying: “A yacht is a hole in the water where you throw your money.” And another: “The two happiest days in a yachter’s life are the day he buys his yacht, and the day he sells it.”None of this is meant to discourage you. As I mentioned, I’ve been “messing about in boats” for about 40 years, so clearly, I love it. But I’ve seen too many people get into boating without first understanding the costs, and some of them got hurt financially, so I thought you ought to know.As for the purchase cost, you should be able to get a good idea what’s available with an online search. Yachtword.com is the largest online marketplace for yachts, but it doesn’t currently show any for sale in India. Happy cruising!

My district has a window of time that allows students to transfer to chosen schools. Almost all transfers are accepted.There is a specific procedure to do this correctly.If the student lives in a different district, they have to officially notify that district that they are planning on going to a neighboring district. Paperwork must be signed by both districts.Please contact all the districts involved. They can help you with the steps.Each year the student must reapply for the transfer. My district only denies transfers when attendance or behavior has been an issue.

First, the LLC operates as tax partnership (“TP”) as the default tax status if no election has been made as noted in Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(i). For legal purposes, we have a LLC. For tax purposes we have a tax partnership. Since we are discussing a tax issue here, we will discuss the issue from the perspective of a TP.A partner cannot under any circumstances be an employee of the TP as Revenue Ruling 69-184 dictated such. And, the 2016 preamble to Temporary Treasury Regulation Section 301.7701-2T notes the Treasury still supports this revenue ruling.Though a partner can engage in a transaction with the TP in a non partner capacity (Section 707a(a)).A partner receiving a 707(a) payment from the partnership receives the payment as any stranger receives a payment from the TP for services rendered. This partner gets treated for this transaction as if he/she were not a member of the TP (Treasury Regulation Section 1.707-1(a).As an example, a partner owns and operates a law firm specializing in contract law. The TP requires advice on terms and creation for new contracts the TP uses in its business with clients. This partner provides a bid for this unique job and the TP accepts it. Here, the partner bills the TP as it would any other client, and the partner reports the income from the TP client job as he/she would for any other client. The TP records the job as an expense and pays the partner as it would any other vendor. Here, I am assuming the law contract job represents an expense versus a capital item. Of course, the partner may have a law corporation though the same principle applies.Further, a TP can make fixed payments to a partner for services or capital — called guaranteed payments as noted in subsection (c).A 707(c) guaranteed payment shows up in the membership agreement drawn up by the business attorney. This payment provides a service partner with a guaranteed payment regardless of the TP’s income for the year as noted in Treasury Regulation Section 1.707-1(c).As an example, the TP operates an exclusive restaurant. Several partners contribute capital for the venture. The TP’s key service partner is the chef for the restaurant. And, the whole restaurant concept centers on this chef’s experience and creativity. The TP’s operating agreement provides the chef receives a certain % profit interest but as a minimum receives yearly a fixed $X guaranteed payment regardless of TP’s income level. In the first year of operations the TP has low profits as expected. The chef receives the guaranteed $X payment as provided in the membership agreement.The TP allocates the guaranteed payment to the capital interest partners on their TP k-1s as business expense. And, the TP includes the full $X guaranteed payment as income on the chef’s K-1. Here, the membership agreement demonstrates the chef only shares in profits not losses. So, the TP only allocates the guaranteed expense to those partners responsible for making up losses (the capital partners) as noted in Treasury Regulation Section 707-1(c) Example 3. The chef gets no allocation for the guaranteed expense as he/she does not participate in losses.If we change the situation slightly, we may change the tax results. If the membership agreement says the chef shares in losses, we then allocate a portion of the guaranteed expense back to the chef following the above treasury regulation.As a final note, a TP return requires knowledge of primary tax law if the TP desires filing a completed an accurate partnership tax return.I have completed the above tax analysis based on primary partnership tax law. If the situation changes in any manner, the tax outcome may change considerably. www.rst.tax

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You should have a primary care doctor who is your main point of contact for all of your health care. You can request that the other doctors that you have seen send their records to your primary care doctor. His office should help you with your disability claim.You are entitled to get copies of your own medical records from your doctors and the hospital. All you have to do is call and ask. They will have you sign a release and will then give you their records. There might be a charge for this. Once you have all of your own medical records, you can take them wherever you wish.I keep copies of all of my own medical records. If I go to a new doctor, I pull out the pertinent reports and take them with me. I am the only one who has copies of all of my medical reports.