Used a/c ownership tax rates - Los Angeles, CA

[Unregistered]

Los Angeles.

Use tax upon purchase to state.

Yearly property tax to county.

Why can't I find these rates on any of the respective websites? That drives me up the wall! How the heck am I to know if I can afford this or not?

Anyone with some figures to share? Most interested in taxes on a plane that is $40k-$60k...

Do most states do this?

 

[craigvince]

You'll pay a one-time use tax to the state, equal to your county's sales tax, based on the purchase price of your plane.

You'll pay an annual property tax to your county, usually 1%, based on the tax assessor's opinion of the value of your plane.

 

[flyingron]

If it's really a corporation, then you also owe the $800 franchise fee to keep that alive.

 

[wsuffa]

If you have to ask.....

 

[comanchepilot]

If you have owned the aircraft for one year as a non-California resident after purchase you do not own the use tax.

 

[Fearless Tower]

If you have owned the aircraft for one year as a non-California resident after purchase you do not own the use tax.

ONLY if that aircraft has not entered CA Airspace within 12 months of the purchase. Lots of little gotchas in the CA tax code. You can be an out of state resident physically living out of the state of CA and hangaring the airplane out of the state of CA and STILL owe CA use tax. Lots of folks discovered that the hard way.

 

[Fearless Tower]

Los Angeles.

Use tax upon purchase to state.

Yearly property tax to county.

Why can't I find these rates on any of the respective websites? That drives me up the wall! How the heck am I to know if I can afford this or not?

Anyone with some figures to share? Most interested in taxes on a plane that is $40k-$60k...

Do most states do this?

IIRC, there are links on the Bureau of Equilization (if that isn't socialism, I don't know what is) that take you to the county rates. It has been a while since I did it, but if you hunt around on the website you should find it. IIRC, San Diego county was something like 8.75%.

Most states have use tax, but CA is generally considered hand-down the worst at both the rate AND the fact that they are perhaps the most ruthless in tracking down anyone that they think might possibly owe them money.

 

[BillTIZ]

ONLY if that aircraft has not entered CA Airspace within 12 months of the purchase. Lots of little gotchas in the CA tax code. You can be an out of state resident physically living out of the state of CA and hangaring the airplane out of the state of CA and STILL owe CA use tax. Lots of folks discovered that the hard way.

Before CA made their tax laws more strict we had new glider owners in SoCal joining our club and keeping the glider in NV at the club. They would come up to fly it to show use and not storage. After 6 months they would move the glider to CA and we would provide and invoice of they flights, tow fees, and copies of the daily operations log that showed their flights.

It was cheaper to join the club and travel to NV to fly than to pay the 8% + tax to CA on a$100k glider purchase.