AutoGas question.. Jay Honeck, Jim Weir.. others..

Great question!
I decided I'd go see whether my state offered this or not. After emailing
the IL Dept of Rev through their website I got a "not to my knowledge"
answer.
That wasn't good enough. I gave them a call and got the good news!
Illinois offers the refund!
For all of you IL pilots, here's the link to the refund form:
http://www.revenue.state.il.us/taxfo...ft/Rmft11a.pdf

I just started reading this newsgroup 3 days ago, just bought my first plane
a week ago, and already I've gotten great info from all who post.
Thanks a ton everybody!


"Dave S" wrote in message
nk.net...
The folks here who are running autogas.. I have a question for you.

Preface: When I was tasked by my volunteer fire department 10 years ago to
stamp out fuel credit card abuse and fraud, I secured the services of a
certain brand's fleet card system. The sales vendor who set up our account
told me that any of our OFF ROAD engines were eligible to be billed free
of the state and federal highway fuel taxes. In the fire dept's case this
was for generators and free standing pumps.. but our "off road" gasoline
useage was so light that it wasnt even worth the hassle.

So.. Since aircraft (with the exception of Mr Moller's wannabe Skycar and
a few others) are not considered licensed motor vehicles for the purpose
of the fuel taxes, do you guys make an effort to obtain fuel with a
special account that gives credit for these taxes? In Texas the amount is
38.5 cents/gal and over a year or so that can add up to real money
(especially in light of the discounted price of autogas compared to 100LL)

I'm presuming some method of accounting would be needed in the event of an
audit.. but just wanted to see if 1) anyone else was aware of this 2) does
it still exist and 3) does anyone do it?

I figured Jay Honeck would be a perfect example of someone who could do
this, since he has his Mighty Grape (TM) fuel shuttlemobile. If the Texas
rates apply I would guess this could drop Atlas's operating costs by $4-$6
per hour (40 cents x 10-15 GPH). Fillup of the Grape's 60 gal tank would
be about $23-$24 cheaper. Every little bit helps.

I was planning on contacting Fuelman/Rushce about their fuelcard setup but
havent gotten to it just yet (many months out from flying the Velocity
with auto conversion)...

So.. anyone have input, feedback, comment?
Dave