X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:35:12 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-gw0-f52.google.com ([74.125.83.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.10) with ESMTP id 4555378 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:43:17 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=74.125.83.52; envelope-from=blackoaks@gmail.com Received: by gwj22 with SMTP id 22so2672251gwj.25 for ; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:42:43 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=dJoNMLFP90nzZ86OW2gzCN4bmdSmyMyVzhEd1cIryqnv5Y623m5qi1Yd+BR7VHgqSP 3F+jHV1HAIJtFXL0h70xtkHQ8h9H6/AepknA940QijAlE5trIPY3LEVzIV9rphACjXjb ME2fzAj423LJaBdwY+1cvIzQaD+Y62RVp04ic= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.231.13.68 with SMTP id b4mr810349iba.173.1288892562086; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:42:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.206.205 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:42:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: X-Original-Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:42:42 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Arizona Aircraft Tax From: John McMahon X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000325575eca511bf104943daf3f --000325575eca511bf104943daf3f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 At one time I was told that if you pay sales tax on all the bits and pieces that go into making your aircraft and save the receipts, that you would not be subject to sales tax on the completed aircraft. Probably won't get you around a 'use' tax though. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM, wrote: > California will try and collect taxes on anything and sometimes people > just pay it. It is funny when you confront them most times they back down. > I had an employee who lives in Los Angeles proper and is in sales and they > tried to tax him on his salary saying he had a business in L.A. County. He > had a lawyer send them a letter and that was all he heard from them. I > guess most people back down and pay it and it's going to get worse with the > people in power now > Michael > L-IV 95% > > In a message dated 11/3/2010 1:32:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > lancair-esp@ustek.com writes: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lorn H Olsen [mailto:lorn@dynacomm.us] > The states all have inspectors that make sure airplanes keep at airports > are registered correctly and have paid the appropriate taxes.>>> > > Worse than true! > > I had parked my plane in California for a week for engine work. The > next month I got a bill from the Calif. taxation department for personal > property tax. I suggested they shove it and they suggested that they > would file a lien on the aircraft title until the tax was paid. The > plane was seen at an airport when their inspector was taking inventory > and was therefore subject to Calif. taxation. Took weeks of calls and > letters and documents to convince them I did not live and the aircraft > was not based in California. > > So yes they have inspectors but they are happy to collect inappropriate > taxes as well. :-( > > Robert M. Simon > ES-P N301ES > > -- > For archives and unsub > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html > > -- John McMahon --000325575eca511bf104943daf3f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At one time I was told that if you pay sales tax on all the bits and pieces= that go into making your aircraft and save the receipts, that you would no= t be subject to sales tax on the completed aircraft.=A0 Probably won't = get you around a 'use' tax though.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:41 PM, <N66mg@aol.com> = wrote:
California w= ill try and=20 collect taxes on anything and sometimes people just pay it.=A0 It is funny= =20 when you confront them most times they back down.=A0 I had an employee who= =20 lives in Los Angeles proper and is in sales and they tried to tax him on hi= s=20 salary saying he had a business in L.A. County.=A0 He had a lawyer send the= m=20 a letter and that was all=A0he heard from them.=A0 I guess most people=20 back down and pay it and it's going to get worse with the people in pow= er=20 now
Michael
L-IV 95%
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In a message dated 11/3/2010 1:32:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,=20 lancair-esp@uste= k.com writes:
-----Original Message-----
From: Lorn H Ols= en=20 [mailto:lorn@dynaco= mm.us]
The states all have inspectors that make sure=20 airplanes keep at airports
are registered correctly and have paid the= =20 appropriate taxes.>>>

Worse than true!=A0

I had= =20 parked my plane in California for a week for engine work.=A0 The
next= =20 month I got a bill from the Calif. taxation department for=20 personal
property tax.=A0 I suggested they shove it and they suggested= =20 that they
would file a lien on the aircraft title until the tax was=20 paid.=A0 The
plane was seen at an airport when their inspector was=20 taking inventory
and was therefore subject to Calif. taxation.=A0 Took= =20 weeks of calls and
letters and documents to convince them I did not li= ve=20 and the aircraft
was not based in California.=A0

So yes they= =20 have inspectors but they are happy to collect inappropriate
taxes as= =20 well.=A0 :-(

Robert M. Simon
ES-P N301ES

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