REFLECTOR:State taxes on aircraft? (in PA)

[Dave Black]

Bob,

> For what it is worth, here in PA, the tax is a one time fee of 6% (sales
> tax).  If you already paid the tax in another state and you are moving in,
> you do not need to pay it again.
> 
> As far as experimental, it's based on the price paid for the plane.  In my
> case, I plan to register the plane before I get the engine and bells and
> whistles (avionics) so that I can simply justify the cost as what I paid for
> the plane at the time of registering it.
> 
> On a side note, a friend of mine (here in PA) built some single seater plane
> from scrap, registered it and got a tax bill a few months later.  He called
> and told them that he bought the wood for his plane at Home Depot (where he
> paid the 6% tax) and is using a lawn mower engine (which he also paid the 6%
> tax on) and everything else was over the counter stuff which he paid tax on
> at the time of purchase.  (he also had copies of some receipts ready).  The
> state bought the story and left it at that..  That was two years ago without
> hearing from them again.

Good work! 

We have much the same situation here in VA. I paid tax on the kit and most of
the stuff used to build it, so the state is happy.

Thanks,
Dave