Boating Gas Tax Refund - Time to do away with

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by tis

I think what they are hoping is that most people won't be bothered to apply for the refund so the gov. has extra taxes. I know I don't bother. I did years ago, but stopped and never did again. And we burn a lot of gas especially with the big boat. I would like to know what the percentage is, but my bet is most people don't apply for the refund.

Sounds like any other .gov operation to me. Put in as many hoops as possible until opportunity costs exceeds total amount given back.