California Based Aircraft in Excess of 35 Years Old Exempt from Property Tax!

Orval Fairbairn writes:

The real scam in CA is that NONE of the personal property taxes go
towards supporting the aviation infrastructure!

It all goes into the General Fund -- then the pols claim that GA
"doesn't support itself and wants to tap the General Fund."

Why should only aircraft personal property taxes be used for only
aviation? Car property taxes aren't used just for roads, they go into
the general fund.

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Bob Fry wrote:

Orval Fairbairn writes:

The real scam in CA is that NONE of the personal property taxes go
towards supporting the aviation infrastructure!

It all goes into the General Fund -- then the pols claim that GA
"doesn't support itself and wants to tap the General Fund."

Why should only aircraft personal property taxes be used for only
aviation? Car property taxes aren't used just for roads, they go into
the general fund.

That is part of the problem! The pols like to drink the milk, but they
don't want to take care of the cow!

To add insult to injury, airplane-generated taxes exceed the fees
collected for airports, with NONE of the taxes returning to airports.
Then the pols claim that we "aren't paying our 'fair share'"!

Except in Nevada County CA. When I was on the Board, I did a little math
exercise to show just how many transient pilots stayed in our local ho/motels.
I then did a little political arabesque during the budget hearings to get our
airport exactly that percentage of the TOT (transient occupancy tax). That
legislation has been in effect for over twenty years now and our airport budget
has been well in the black for all that time. Our hangar ground rentals are $40
a month. Anybody in a suburban area ready to top that?

Again I tell you...AGAIN I TELL YOU...play the political game to the point of
running for office or stand on the sidelines and bitch about it. Your choice.

We all had a great laugh at Jim running for governor. Jim is a community
college professor in his real life, and Jim pointed out in the state and
national media during the race how the community colleges in California are
taking it in the shorts.

Guess what? The GOOBERNATOR'S budget is kindlier to the community colleges than
any governor's budget in the last 40 years. Coincidence? I think not.

Politics, folks, it's aaaaaaaaall politics.

Jim



Orval Fairbairn
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-To add insult to injury, airplane-generated taxes exceed the fees
-collected for airports, with NONE of the taxes returning to airports.
-Then the pols claim that we "aren't paying our 'fair share'"!



Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com