I know a pilot, a national champion, who rec'd his tax bill one year and it
was several times higher than ever before. "Wait", he thought, "the tax
assessor is my buddy". So he called his tax assessor buddy and explained
the problem. The assessor asked him if there was an article in the local
newspaper on a certain date about him winning the Nationals. "Yes", he
replied. And what did you tell the reporter your glider was worth?

After the assessor stopped laughing he asked what the owner really wanted to
pay. Buddy, indeed.

True story.
-Bob Korves

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oups.com...
I'll give my tax man experiences and it may answer some questions /
devious plans to outwit the county:

+++ Sierra County sent me the fishing expedition letter and I ignored
it, they called up Truckee and asked old Les Seabold what an LS-6 was
worth. Les was a friend, so he told them 16K. I got a bill based on
that value. I then decided I would like to talk to them and called the
tax office. Errrr, that value isn't right, I only payed 6K for my LS-6
(factually true, but it was rolled up in a ball at the time) Too late,
you should have responded before our assed value was
assigned....................... I paid it.

+++ A few years later, got another letter asking about a Grob 103 I had
on lease-back at Truckee. This time I told them it was based at Minden,
NV. (somewhat true, as it left Truckee in the fall and could have been
stored at Minden) Nothing for about 6 months and then I get a letter
from Douglas County, Minden, NV. Thought I'd try ignoring them, bad
idea. They assigned a value and sent me my
tax........................... I paid it.
:) JJ