On Mar 1, 9:11 am, wrote:
On Feb 28, 5:43 pm, wrote: would get a bill from the state of NJ months from now?

At least until a couple of years ago, the "casual" sale of an airplane
was exempt from NJ Sales Tax. Casual being defined as between
individuals with no "dealer" involve. But with the new tax, tax, tax
administration, that may have changed.

Sorry, that's not the case. I had a skylane tied down at Essex, I am a
new york resident and the NJ tax officials tried to get me to pay
sales tax on the plane because it was tied down there and they wanted
to assess me the tax with penalties. How they found me? I guess they
must walk around the airports taking tail numbers. I am a new york
resident and the plane is registered to a delaware corporation. They
couldn't care less, as the NJ law states that they are owed the tax,
even if the plane was registered and owned from an out of state
individual or corporation.
The only way I got out of if it was thru a loophole in their law, that
stated that if the plane was brought to NJ after being in another
state for over 12 months, it would be exempt. I did have in in NY for
the previous 12 months, and had to prove it with cancelled checks for
the tie down in another state which I fortunately had.
If you buy a plane and register in NJ or NY you will owe the tax on
the purchase amount, if you don't pay right away they will assess you
the tax, with penalties and interest.
If you want to avoid the tax, you must register the plane in a
delaware corporation. This cost some money and annual fees. If the
plane is a lower cost plane, I would say $25,000 or less it just might
not be worth the hassle, but as I said earlier, in NJ they don't care
if it's in a delaware corp, they want the tax, unless you are willing
to keep the plane in NY for 12 months first and if it is in a delaware
corp.
Hope this helps, sorry it was so long, but I have been stung.
My last plane was a C150, and I paid the ny tax.
contact the tax officials and they will explain it to you and send you
the forms.
Dave