Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:34:18 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from firecrest.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.247] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3102447 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:09:57 -0500 Received: from lsanca1-ar17-4-61-197-166.lsanca1.elnk.dsl.genuity.net ([4.61.197.166] helo=skipslater) by firecrest.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1B4NVN-0005wk-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:09:57 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <000b01c40dd5$2807a000$6401a8c0@earthlink.net> Reply-To: "Skip Slater" From: "Skip Slater" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Calif. State Use Tax X-Original-Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:11:00 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-ELNK-Trace: cbee950bdf563876c8ad50643b1069f8239a348a220c26098da22226a6d25864eb92371edaef0dd1a7ce0e8f8d31aa3f350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c One more point on the use tax: If you have to pay it anyway, why would you want to put it off until your plane was complete, when it will be taxed based on it's value at that point? If paying up is inevitable, you're certainly better off paying when you buy the kit. Also, I can confirm from my own experience that property tax isn't due on the plane until it's actually airworthy, at least in California. That's completely different from sales or use taxes. Skip Slater