Property Tax on gliders in California?

(Mark Navarre) wrote:

Have received a letter from the tax assessor requesting location and value info
on my glider for the purpose of property tax assessment. I am curious,

I am curious too! would you please like to specify the amount?
I understand it is related to the value of the glider (without trailer
and instruments I guess), but how is the tax calculated?

thank you very much

Aldo Cernezzi

I am curious too! would you please like to specify the amount?
I understand it is related to the value of the glider (without trailer
and instruments I guess), but how is the tax calculated?

thank you very much

Aldo Cernezzi


Aldo, I don't know the amount yet, but a friend in another county tells me that
his rate was 1.240802% of the value of the glider.
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Mark Navarre
2/5 black ace
LoCal, USA
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"Mark Navarre" wrote in message
...
Have received a letter from the tax assessor requesting location and value
info
on my glider for the purpose of property tax assessment.

There is apparently some limited exclusion for classic aircraft, according
to this missive from AOPA lifted from another newsgroup:

AOPA GETS HISTORICAL AIRCRAFT CLARIFICATION FROM BOE
At the request of AOPA, the California Board of Equalization (BOE)
has clarified recent changes to the property tax exemption for
historical aircraft. This exemption is available to an original,
restored, or replica aircraft that is 35 years or older. The
confusion arose from changes that went into effect on January 1,
requiring aircraft owners to submit certificates of attendance
from events where the aircraft were on display. Now, in a letter
to assessors, the BOE recommends waiving the requirement for 2004.
Download the letter
( http://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/lta04012.pdf ).

(Mark Navarre) wrote in message ...
Have received a letter from the tax assessor requesting location and value info
I will of course be bringing this up with my tax
accountant, but wondered if any other glider owners have experienced a similar
situation?

Is your glider registered as an Experimental? If so you might be able
to get it tax exempted in your state - as do some of the power
Ecperimental owners by claiming the "classic" exemption. It is my
understanding that age is not important and to qualify there need only
be less than 5 of that "type" registered and you need to "show or
display" it so many days a year.

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Leon McAtee
not a resident of CA - so I could be a bit off on the details.

In New Jersey, the tax collector hit us up within 2 months. The letter wasn't
exactly friendly. They wanted to know why we didn't pay the tax already....
First they didn't believe the price paid for the 1-26, and we had to show proof
of purchase, copies of checks front and back.....

Then we had to send in a check, and appeal the bill afterwards. After many
phone calls and letters, we received a Refund. It seems that the tax code is
vague.

We felt that since planes are registered at a Federal level, the question of
States being able to tax a Federal transaction comes into play. Lastly, we
purchased the glider from a club, Non Profit Org....and all that, so there was
another point in our favor.

Good luck.

Douglas

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

Can on register the plane in Idaho ($11.02 is a steal) and keep it and fly it
in CA ?

Cheers anyhow, Charles

(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
#309

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