Return-Path: Received: from rook.innercite.com ([158.222.5.8]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 15:19:50 -0500 Received: from billsbrain (host-56-196.dialup.innercite.com [158.222.56.196]) by rook.innercite.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA24415 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:27:35 -0800 From: "Bill George" To: Subject: RE: Sales Tax Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 12:27:51 -0800 Message-ID: <000001c05979$af601b40$c438de9e@billsbrain> Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3A23ECE4.13576A9B@postoffice.pacbell.net> X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> All, I think that we are straying away from the original thread, "Sales Tax", but here is my 2 cents worth. I picked up my kit at the factory and drove it home, and even though I had registered it with the FAA, I have never received a "Use Tax" (California for sales tax on something purchased outside the state) bill as I had when I purchased my Mooney out of state in 1986. I hope this doesn't cook my goose! However, I have been through the "Personal Property Tax" wars concerning homebuilt aircraft in California (El Dorado County). I had to register my LIV-P as a condition of the financing contract, so I did. Low and behold the following tax year I received the questionnaire (most of the questions are NOT REQUIRED, used to boost the value, hence raising the tax amount) for my kit as well as my Mooney. I went into the assessors office and since they did not know the answer as to when a kit became an aircraft subject to this tax, they made something up. I was not satisfied, so I called a fellow EAA Chapter member who worked for the State of California in assessing property. He pointed me to the California Code covering this tax on aircraft. I don't have the word for word description, but it essentially said that a pile of airplane parts became an aircraft upon it's first flight. So, no Personal Property Tax is due until you make your first flight. Bill George, N49BG 530-642-8063 Placerville, CA www.gwfly-in.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>