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No more autogas tax refund in VA
I just received my official denial letter of my request for a refund of the
road tax on the autogas I run in my plane. In Virginia, highway fuel taxes amount to $0.175/gal and aviation fuel is subject to $0.05/gal. Previously, the difference of $0.125 was refunded. I believe they are taking the "58.1-2259. Fuel uses eligible for refund" literally, which specifies *full* refunds (and a few special cases otherwise). Has anyone else run into this? -Cory -- ************************************************** *********************** * Cory Papenfuss * * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************** *********************** |
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The applicable part of the virginia statute states:
14. Used for a purpose other than in operating or propelling highway vehicles, watercraft or aircraft;. Sounds like you have been getting an unexpected bonus from the state of virginia for quite a while. Hope they dont decide to come get their money back. Now.. TEXAS offers a full refund on state fuel taxes used in aircraft. Dave wrote: I just received my official denial letter of my request for a refund of the road tax on the autogas I run in my plane. In Virginia, highway fuel taxes amount to $0.175/gal and aviation fuel is subject to $0.05/gal. Previously, the difference of $0.125 was refunded. I believe they are taking the "58.1-2259. Fuel uses eligible for refund" literally, which specifies *full* refunds (and a few special cases otherwise). Has anyone else run into this? -Cory |
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Dave S wrote:
: The applicable part of the virginia statute states: : 14. Used for a purpose other than in operating or propelling highway : vehicles, watercraft or aircraft;. : Sounds like you have been getting an unexpected bonus from the state of : virginia for quite a while. Hope they dont decide to come get their : money back. : Now.. TEXAS offers a full refund on state fuel taxes used in aircraft. It's actually more complicated than that as I've read into it. The statute is written to enumerate the conditions under which the taxes can be fully refunded. The reason the statutes state it that way is that for all three types, there are situations where taxes *should* be paid. In the case of watercraft, commercial operators should receive a refund less a little bit. For aircraft, aviation fuel has a $0.05/gal tax... so motor fuel used for aviation should have to pay that. Anyway, I'm not quite done yet. It's really a matter of interpretation. -Cory -- ************************************************** *********************** * Cory Papenfuss * * Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student * * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * ************************************************** *********************** |
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wrote in message ... Dave S wrote: : The applicable part of the virginia statute states: : 14. Used for a purpose other than in operating or propelling highway : vehicles, watercraft or aircraft;. : Sounds like you have been getting an unexpected bonus from the state of : virginia for quite a while. Hope they dont decide to come get their : money back. : Now.. TEXAS offers a full refund on state fuel taxes used in aircraft. It's actually more complicated than that as I've read into it. The statute is written to enumerate the conditions under which the taxes can be fully refunded. The reason the statutes state it that way is that for all three types, there are situations where taxes *should* be paid. In the case of watercraft, commercial operators should receive a refund less a little bit. For aircraft, aviation fuel has a $0.05/gal tax... so motor fuel used for aviation should have to pay that. Anyway, I'm not quite done yet. It's really a matter of interpretation. Yeh, but they have your money and you don't! |
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