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I am thinking about relocating from Illinois to Ohio with my plane.
Are there any suprises I need to be aware of like hidden taxes, state
fees, etc regarding aircraft ownership?
Bob
john smith
August 23rd 06, 09:12 PM
In article  om>,
  wrote:
> I am thinking about relocating from Illinois to Ohio with my plane.
> Are there any suprises I need to be aware of like hidden taxes, state
> fees, etc regarding aircraft ownership?
http://www.dot.state.oh.us/aviation/
Aircraft
 
Attention Ohio Aircraft Owners:
Earlier this year the Ohio 126th General Assembly passed the FY 
2006-2007 General Revenue Budget Bill. That legislation changed the 
aircraft registration license tax. The annual aircraft registration 
license tax is now $15 for gliders and balloons and $15 per seat for all 
other aircraft based on the manufacturer's maximum listed seating 
capacity.  The tax is in lieu of all other taxes on or with respect to 
ownership of aircraft.
The legislation directed that aircraft registration license taxes are to 
be deposited in the newly created Airport Assistance Fund for airport 
maintenance and capital improvements to publicly owned airports.
The calendar year 2006 aircraft registration license tax revenues are 
expected to fund three or four paving and obstruction removal projects 
at county airports in Ohio.  For a list of ongoing airport improvements 
as well as other information about aviation in Ohio, check out our 
website at www.dot.state.oh.us/aviation.
Yours in Aviation,  
James Bryant, Administrator
ODOT Office of Aviation                                                                                                                                              
 
Ohio Aircraft Registration
If you own an aircraft that is based in Ohio, regardless of flying 
condition, it must be registered with the Ohio Office of Aviation 
annually.  Aircraft registration forms can be obtained below or from 
your local airport manager or by calling the Ohio Office of Aviation, 
Aircraft Registration coordinator, Carol Johnson, at (614) 387-2354.
2006 Ohio Aircraft Registration - Registration Form and Instructions
Ohio Laws on Aeronautics - Ohio Revised Code (ORC 4561)
Roy N5804F[_1_]
August 25th 06, 02:55 AM
The Ohio state tax is $15 per aircraft seat per year, based on makers 
published # of seats for your aircraft.
As far as I know there are no other taxes that apply to aircraft in Ohio.
Where would you be based ?
-- 
Roy
Piper Archer N5804F
Beloit, North East OH
> wrote in message 
 ups.com...
>I am thinking about relocating from Illinois to Ohio with my plane.
> Are there any suprises I need to be aware of like hidden taxes, state
> fees, etc regarding aircraft ownership?
>
> Bob
>
Guy Byars
August 30th 06, 02:42 AM
There *IS* a state sales tax on your plane... roughly 6%.   If you can
document you already paid it elsewhere, then you get a pass on that.
Guy
"Roy N5804F" > wrote in message
 nk.net...
> The Ohio state tax is $15 per aircraft seat per year, based on makers
> published # of seats for your aircraft.
> As far as I know there are no other taxes that apply to aircraft in Ohio.
> Where would you be based ?
>
> -- 
> Roy
> Piper Archer N5804F
> Beloit, North East OH
>
>
> > wrote in message
>  ups.com...
> >I am thinking about relocating from Illinois to Ohio with my plane.
> > Are there any suprises I need to be aware of like hidden taxes, state
> > fees, etc regarding aircraft ownership?
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
>
September 5th 06, 08:44 PM
> Where would you be based ?
>
I might be at KCGF (Cuyahoga County) or LNN (Lost Nation, Willoughby).
LNN has no space right now.  Anyone know much about Concord Air Park?
Bob
TxSrv
September 5th 06, 09:16 PM
 wrote:
>> Where would you be based ?
>>
> I might be at KCGF (Cuyahoga County) or LNN (Lost Nation, Willoughby).
> LNN has no space right now.  Anyone know much about Concord Air Park?
> 
Concord Airpark is a quiet place, no services except for 
self-serve fuel on the honor system.  Narrow rwy is short 
depending upon airplane and pilot skill.  Due to rather tall 
trees one end, even then folks land to the south even if a modest 
tailwind.  There is decent community hangar space available at a 
good price.  But you open/close the big doors yourself if need 
be.  Helped someone do that once; never again at my age now.
September 5th 06, 11:36 PM
TxSrv,
Thanks.  I have not accepted the position up there yet.  Last offewr
was good but not enough to cover the higher taxes and living cost.  I
am supposed to hear something this week.  Of course a home for my
Bonanza is a given.  I am based at a great place now an a very
affordable hangar rent.  NE ohio is quite a sticker shock, from every
aspect.
Bob
> Concord Airpark is a quiet place, no services except for
> self-serve fuel on the honor system.
~^ beancounter ~^
September 6th 06, 12:32 AM
"self-serve fuel on the honor system"
whats that? and how does it work?
TxSrv wrote:
>  wrote:
> >> Where would you be based ?
> >>
> > I might be at KCGF (Cuyahoga County) or LNN (Lost Nation, Willoughby).
> > LNN has no space right now.  Anyone know much about Concord Air Park?
> >
>
> Concord Airpark is a quiet place, no services except for
> self-serve fuel on the honor system.  Narrow rwy is short
> depending upon airplane and pilot skill.  Due to rather tall
> trees one end, even then folks land to the south even if a modest
> tailwind.  There is decent community hangar space available at a
> good price.  But you open/close the big doors yourself if need
> be.  Helped someone do that once; never again at my age now.
TxSrv
September 6th 06, 01:32 AM
 wrote:
> TxSrv,
> Thanks.  I have not accepted the position up there yet.  Last offer
> was good but not enough to cover the higher taxes and living cost....
 > NE Ohio is quite a sticker shock, from every aspect.
Excuse me??  This is "the rust" belt up here, ya' know.  Where 
all is a Bonanza owner comin' from where there'll be sticker 
shock, re COL other big midwest cities.  Just kidding, but 
there's other intangibles here.  Freeways to get to work are 
still reasonably uncongested, more so NE, E, and SE of Cleveland. 
  Fellow drivers are reasonably courteous, if not more so than 
avg.  Retail workers are rather friendly if you engage a little 
bit. Schools are variable but good in the burbs.  Crime rates 
low; overall taxes avg for big metro areas.
As to flying, the sight of Lake Erie, post-frontal passage in 
viz-20 partial clouds/sun is a sight for sore eyes no matter how 
long you've been flying!  But if you do IFR, and need the Bo for 
"must trips," you learn how to evaluate WX forecasts to deal with 
it.  Have an out above and below.
If the concern is the costs/intangibles of hangaring one's 
Bonanza, I do caution.  Cuyahoga County (CGF) has long gone 
really upscale with bizjets.  Lost Nation (LNN) may/may not have 
[affordable] community hangar space, but the FBO managing that 
operation [my field in tie-down] I'd personally elect not.  And 
anybody who intends to fly hard IFR out of Concord Airpark needs 
counseling.  By whom, I really don't know, but a cool place 
otherwise.  The elderly lady who owns the place is still an 
active CFI, an elected Concord Township Trustee, and she 
effectively runs an aviation nonprofit, International Womens Air 
& Space Museum at Cleveland downtown, KBKL.  See www.iwasm.org.
Just thought I'd pass along the nuances here at least of living, 
working, raising family, flying, and basing one's Bonanza. ;-) Or 
any plane, or any place in the US, for that matter.  Best of luck.
Fred F.
TxSrv
September 6th 06, 02:01 AM
~^ beancounter ~^ wrote:
> "self-serve fuel on the honor system"
> 
> whats that? and how does it work?
This is a very small field, though rather near the Big City. 
Everybody based there -- plus any local friends of the airport 
owner based elsewhere -- gets a key to the little FBO house.  You 
unlock the door, turn the pump on, gas your plane.  Back in the 
FBO, note the gallons you took in the log, turn pump off, lock 
the door, and go fly.  Given this woman's [apt owner] 
respectable/potentially stern personality, I never heard of a 
tale from her in 20 years the system didn't work.  Just what's 
wrong with Norman Rockwell's America and small airports, and 
selected users thereof which is inconsistent?  :-)
Fred F.
Drew Dalgleish
September 6th 06, 02:24 AM
On 5 Sep 2006 15:32:08 -0700, "~^ beancounter ~^"
> wrote:
>"self-serve fuel on the honor system"
>
>whats that? and how does it work?
>
>
At the airport where I get my fuel I have a key to the pump and to a
cabinet in the closest hangar. I pump my fuel then write down the
amount in a book in the cabinet that has a special page for my use
only. There's also a box I can put my cheque in when I buy fuel or
before the end of the month if I'm filling up several times. It's a
great system and I'm able to buy gas there for at least $0.25 per
litre less than anywhere else around here.
David Lesher
September 6th 06, 03:26 AM
 writes:
>TxSrv,
>Thanks.  I have not accepted the position up there yet.  Last offewr
>was good but not enough to cover the higher taxes and living cost.  I
>am supposed to hear something this week.  Of course a home for my
>Bonanza is a given.  I am based at a great place now an a very
>affordable hangar rent.  NE ohio is quite a sticker shock, from every
>aspect.
Wait until you get a snowstorm or two..... no sticker needed for a shock.
And the cost of living there is a fraction of anywhere I've been since...
-- 
A host is a host from coast to 
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
~^ beancounter ~^
September 6th 06, 03:47 AM
Drew....got it....thanx.....
Drew Dalgleish wrote:
> On 5 Sep 2006 15:32:08 -0700, "~^ beancounter ~^"
> > wrote:
>
> >"self-serve fuel on the honor system"
> >
> >whats that? and how does it work?
> >
> >
> At the airport where I get my fuel I have a key to the pump and to a
> cabinet in the closest hangar. I pump my fuel then write down the
> amount in a book in the cabinet that has a special page for my use
> only. There's also a box I can put my cheque in when I buy fuel or
> before the end of the month if I'm filling up several times. It's a
> great system and I'm able to buy gas there for at least $0.25 per
> litre less than anywhere else around here.
TxSrv
September 6th 06, 08:58 AM
David Lesher wrote:
> 
> Wait until you get a snowstorm or two..... no sticker needed for a shock.
> And the cost of living there is a fraction of anywhere I've been since...
On the snowstorms part here, I don't agree.  For 10 years we've 
have mostly "wussy" winters. It is true that the "snow capital" 
of Ohio, or about anywhere else in the region, is higher terrain 
around Chardon, OH, dead east of Cleveland.  Who lives there 
anyway.  Where I live, adjacent to Lost Nation Airport, too near 
Lake Erie for serious lake-effect snows.  Untypical of much of 
Mentor, OH except for pricey parts, an idyllic, great neighbors, 
quiet cul-de-sac street, homes about nestled in the woods.  New 
3-BDR split $73K in 1983, maybe $150K today if lucky.  It's like 
about anywhere else in moderate cost areas you choose to live. 
Locally shop.
Happenstance home purchase location in 1983, what with the annual 
warbird airshow lately at KLNN.  This year a B-17, B-24, a 
Lancaster, and assorted old cargo aircraft flying short final in 
low fly-bys for Rwy 23 atop my house.  Neighbors find it cool too.
Fred F.
David Lesher
September 6th 06, 04:04 PM
TxSrv > writes:
>On the snowstorms part here, I don't agree.  For 10 years we've 
>have mostly "wussy" winters. It is true that the "snow capital" 
>of Ohio, or about anywhere else in the region, is higher terrain 
>around Chardon, OH, dead east of Cleveland.  Who lives there 
>anyway.  
Some guy with his own B-36, but that does not count.....
(Actually; it's in Newbury, but.....)
-- 
A host is a host from coast to 
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
September 8th 06, 03:26 PM
Great replies guys.  I grew up in the area but have been gone for the
last 20 years.  I had a house in Chardon and really liked that area.  I
was back for a short visit to that area and it has changed with the new
Wall mart and Home Depot and all the houses.  Saw that they finally
tore down the old Broadlawn place on Rt 20 next to Ed Pike.  I could
tell some stories about that place.
My Dad ran a power equipment shop on Rt 20 close to the
Mentor-Painesville line for 55 years until I lost him 3 1/2 years ago.
I grew up in that shop.  Learned some great lessons from my dad.
There have been periodic returns to the area but not for a relocation
investigation.  Last trip was for that purpose.
Still no final decision.
Bob
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