Second-hand kit purchase issues FL-TX

I'm buying a second-hand GlaStar kit from Florida and I'm in Texas.

1. Does anyone know if there are sales tax or property tax implications
regarding the purchase? I am picking it up myself and hauling it to Texas.

2. Is there a standard "bill of sale" I can use for the purchase? EAA or
AOPA? - I'm a member of both.

Cheers

"Tex"

reader wrote:
I'm buying a second-hand GlaStar kit from Florida and I'm in Texas.

1. Does anyone know if there are sales tax or property tax implications
regarding the purchase? I am picking it up myself and hauling it to Texas.

2. Is there a standard "bill of sale" I can use for the purchase? EAA or
AOPA? - I'm a member of both.

Cheers

"Tex"


I can't be specific, but when I lived in Fl we used to get around sales
tax for car sales by having the seller right out a receipt for $50. No
one ever asked for the sales tax until it was time to transfer the
title. I'm going to guess that there is no title for the kit, but to be
on the safe side get the reciept. Also, when someone would transfer a
car title from a Fl owner to anywhere, it had to have a notary stamp.
Lou

"Lou" wrote
I'm going to guess that there is no title for the kit,


That's correct. It's just a pile of parts at this point.

The School District where I hangered my plane years ago here in
Housston came around and looked through the door cracks (or openmed
the doors if unlocked) and got the tail number and went and got the
registered owner from OK City and sent them a tax bll for schools.

If they don't get you one way they'll get you another (

Big John
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:12:20 GMT, "reader" wrote:

I'm buying a second-hand GlaStar kit from Florida and I'm in Texas.

1. Does anyone know if there are sales tax or property tax implications
regarding the purchase? I am picking it up myself and hauling it to Texas.

2. Is there a standard "bill of sale" I can use for the purchase? EAA or
AOPA? - I'm a member of both.

Cheers

"Tex"

"reader" wrote in message
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I'm buying a second-hand GlaStar kit from Florida and I'm in Texas.

1. Does anyone know if there are sales tax or property tax implications
regarding the purchase? I am picking it up myself and hauling it to Texas.

2. Is there a standard "bill of sale" I can use for the purchase? EAA or
AOPA? - I'm a member of both.

Cheers

"Tex"


I suspect I would use the FAA standard Bill of Sale. You will need it when
you apply to the FAA to register the aircraft. You will need something to
show that you purchased a kit to license a kitplane with the FAA. We just
went through that here with a gentleman in the chapter who built a kit. The
kit company was going to send him the "bill of sale" but went bellyup before
doing so. Not only did he not get a bill of sale, but he didn't get all of
the kit either. When it was finally finished and ready to fly, the FAA
wouldn't issue him a Certificate of Registration, without which they
wouldn't issue a Certificate of Airworthiness, without which they wouldn't
let him fly the durn thing!

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )

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10th annual RAH flyin at PJY. Be sure to send Mary an email at
if you are coming or you may not get any food! She is
ordering tight this year! :-)

How would this work for a plans built?
Would they use the tax paid for the materials?

I've read on the Cozy mailing list or the Canard Flyers list that in Texas
it was sufficient to state that all applicable taxes have been paid for a
plans-built. On the same list, it was mentioned that Massacusets wanted a
sales tax on all materials purchased from out of state.

I called the state comptrollers office and was told no taxes were due
because this was an "occasional sale" which means neither the seller nor I
are in the business of selling stuff. I did explain the stuff in question
was going to be used for an airplane. Since I wanted something in writing,
they directed me to write an email to the comptroller's office, and I'm
awaiting their response.

So I suppose it depends on whom you buy stuff from... a retail outfit-taxes
due, individual seller-no taxes. I'll post the 'official' response when I
get it.

reader wrote:
I've read on the Cozy mailing list or the Canard Flyers list that in Texas
it was sufficient to state that all applicable taxes have been paid for a
plans-built. On the same list, it was mentioned that Massacusets wanted a
sales tax on all materials purchased from out of state.

I have a buddy here in Texas (he lives just north of Houston) who just
ordered a quick-build kit for an RV-8 and everyone is suddenly now
advising him he's going to have to pay "use tax" on the out-of-state
purchase of the kit and parts themselves. Seems that Texas is starting
to ramp up on trying to collect "use tax" on any out-of state
mail-order, online, and phonecall purchases of *any kind of
merchandise* for which the purchase price is on their radar screens. At
nearly $27K for the whole RV-8 quickbuild kit bought all at once, I can
imagine that amount is certainly going to be on someone's radar screen.
Now just how the state is going to track a sale of parts bought in
Oregon (home of Vans) I don't know.

Now just how the state is going to track a sale of parts bought in
Oregon (home of Vans) I don't know.

When he applies for a N number the state money collectors will be alerted