Property Tax on gliders in California?

(Thomas F. Dixon) wrote in message . com...
I think all of you are pretty lucky. In Idaho we pay a one time sales
tax of 6% and it only takes the state about 2 weeks from FAA
registration date to send a tax notice.
The big part is the annual fee, it is a killer. $0.01 per LB of max
all up weight, $11.02 for my ASW 27. This fee is used for
search/rescue, airport maint and payroll at the State Aviation Dept.
If one neglects to pay this little thing, then they get a notice for
personal property tax which would be about $1,000 a year on my ship.
Once one gets on the personal property tax roll it takes an act of
someone who stays anonomous so one never can get it off. Needless to
say, my check for the #11.02 is paid early in January.

Tom

I can see my Nimbus needs to move up the road about 20 miles to Preston ID.

Look forward to running with the ID group in a few months,

Tim

When I bought 1-26 #309 in Riverside County, it took a couple of years
for the previous owner to report the sale to them, then I got a bill,
then I started keeping it in L.A. County (hangar).

Mark, pay attention, there's a huge penalty for not paying, but if you
point out that you bought a GLIDER from a PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL (not an
aircraft dealer, or a business), the "sales tax & penalty" are waived
or do not apply (whatever the proper legalese is for this). You'll
get a questionaire from the assessor each and every year, in case you
overhaul the engine, add radios, "restore" something... I don't know
if you can claim depreciation for damage or repairs -- I commented on
the last questionaire that my ship needed recovering and paint...

Over the last three years, my bill has been $51.44, $51.41 and $40.01
-- go figure on the drop. I keep copies of the questionaire for
reference as it always asks when purchased and for how much. On the
stated value of $5500.00, that works out to about 1% tax. Another
good reason to fly a 1-26? (As if _I_ needed one!). I remarked on
the questionaire that "1-26 values have been falling..." I have NO
idea if this helped, but ten bucks is ten bucks (a pattern tow?).

ALSO: keep the TRAILER out of the equation!!! You're already paying
exobitant California "property" tax on your vehicles through DMV. For
those not familiar with CA politics, the recalled governor raised my
Honda Odyssey "propety tax" (DMV registration fees, etc.) from $229.00
per year to $497.00 on a 3 year old $33,000.00 minivan. That is only
one of the reasons I voted for Arnold despite wanting to see Davis
stew in his political juices for the full term, then really get run
out of Sacramento on a rail. Oops, that's bordering on politics --
really guys, I'm just trying to explain the taxes...

And you thought soaring avoided taxes because we use nature, don't
make noise and have pretty ships...

-Pete
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126Flyr wrote:
For those not familiar with CA politics, the recalled governor raised my
Honda Odyssey "propety tax" (DMV registration fees, etc.) from $229.00
per year to $497.00 on a 3 year old $33,000.00 minivan. That is only
one of the reasons I voted for Arnold despite wanting to see Davis
stew in his political juices for the full term, then really get run
out of Sacramento on a rail. Oops, that's bordering on politics --
really guys, I'm just trying to explain the taxes...

I know many Californians like to forget this, but Davis did not *raise*
the auto "property tax", it was *lowered* a few years back when
California had a huge tax surplus, then Davis *restored* it to its
former levels when the surplus went away. But, why let reality get in
the way of electing Arnold...

Marc

In article ,
Marc Ramsey wrote:

126Flyr wrote:
For those not familiar with CA politics, the recalled governor raised my
Honda Odyssey "propety tax" (DMV registration fees, etc.) from $229.00
per year to $497.00 on a 3 year old $33,000.00 minivan. That is only
one of the reasons I voted for Arnold despite wanting to see Davis
stew in his political juices for the full term, then really get run
out of Sacramento on a rail. Oops, that's bordering on politics --
really guys, I'm just trying to explain the taxes...

I know many Californians like to forget this, but Davis did not *raise*
the auto "property tax", it was *lowered* a few years back when
California had a huge tax surplus, then Davis *restored* it to its
former levels when the surplus went away. But, why let reality get in
the way of electing Arnold...

Marc

And don't forget the new Permanent Trailer Identification (PTI) stickers
or plates that CA registered trailers now carry. I haven't gotten a
registration fee invoice since that sticker arrived, which saves me
about $20 each year.

Hmmm, I wonder how much money it saves someone who owns a tractor
trailer?

Ken