View Single Post
  #62  
Old April 3rd 07, 08:24 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
xyzzy
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 193
Default Speaking of Fuel Ripoffs...

On Mar 27, 8:22 pm, Roger wrote:
On 27 Mar 2007 09:31:23 -0700, "xyzzy" wrote:

On Mar 27, 8:00 am, Jon Kraus wrote:
Got a fuel bill from our FBO (KUMP Indianapolis Metro) the other day.
Not only do they charge one of the highest fuel prices around, they also
charge 6% Indiana sales tax on top of the 1% Indianapolis Airport
Authority surcharge (because they can).


When I called to inquire about charging 6% sales tax on the fuel they
just said "that is how we've done it for 20 years and everyone else does
it like that too." I've never had a sales tax added on top of the fuel
price before.


I thought that all the taxes we included in the price of the fuel?
Anyone else ever experience this?


I know at my airport (KTTA in NC) my flying club rents planes wet but


Your club rents planes?


Yeah, it's structured as a nonprofit corporation with the members as
the shareholders. The corporation owns the planes and rents them to
the members.