---------------------------------------------------------- Commander-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 12/06/07: 16 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:03 AM - Matronics List Fund Raiser - 2007 List of Contributors (Matt Dralle) 2. 12:09 AM - New Email Address (jjohnson@iworks.com) 3. 08:35 AM - Pin Drop... (David Owens) 4. 10:13 AM - Maine Aviation Use Tax (Don) 5. 02:19 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (Bruce Campbell) 6. 03:09 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (Don) 7. 03:50 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (Robert S. Randazzo) 8. 04:14 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (Matthew J. Hawkins) 9. 04:48 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax [bcc][faked-from][html-rem] (Brock Lorber) 10. 04:55 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax () 11. 04:56 PM - Re: Pin Drop... (W J R HAMILTON) 12. 05:11 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (Matthew J. Hawkins) 13. 05:13 PM - Negative Gs and Barf Bags Don't Mix (Brock Lorber) 14. 06:18 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (Robert S. Randazzo) 15. 08:55 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax () 16. 10:04 PM - Re: Maine Aviation Use Tax (JTAddington) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:03:04 AM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: Commander-List: Matronics List Fund Raiser - 2007 List of Contributors Dear Listers, I would like to thank everyone that made a Contribution in support of the Lists this year! It was really nice to hear all great comments people had regarding the Lists! As I have said many times before, running these Lists is a labor of love. Your generosity during the List Fund Raiser underscores the great sentiments people have made regarding the Lists. If you haven't yet made a Contribution in support of this year's Fund Raiser please feel free to do so. The great List Fund Raiser gifts will be available on the Contribution site for just a little while longer, so hurry and make your Contribution and get your great gift! Once again, the URL for the Contribution web site is: http://www.matronics.com/contribution I would like to thank Andy Gold of the Builder's Bookstore ( http://www.buildersbooks.com ), Jon Croke of Homebuilt HELP ( http://www.homebuilthelp.com ) and Bob Nuckolls of AeroElectric ( http://www.aeroelectric.com ) for their extremely generous support during this year's Fund Raiser through the contribution of discounted merchandise. These are great guys that support the aviation industry and I encourage each and every Lister to have a look at their products. Thank you Andy, Jon and Bob!! Your support is very much appreciated! And finally, below you will find a web link to the 2007 List of Contributors current as of 12/6/07! Have a look at this list of names as these are the people that make all of these List services possible! I can't thank each of you enough for your support and great feedback during this year's Fund Raiser! THANK YOU! http://www.matronics.com/loc/2007.html I will be shipping out all of the gifts in the next few weeks and hope to have everything out by the end of the month. In most cases, gifts will be shipped via US Postal Service. Once again, thank you for making this year's List Fund Raiser successful! Best regards, Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:09:04 AM PST US From: jjohnson@iworks.com Subject: Commander-List: New Email Address Sorry, this email address receives too much spam. Please email me at my new email address, jeremyjohnson@iworks.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:35:31 AM PST US From: "David Owens" Subject: Commander-List: Pin Drop... When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building' by George Bush. He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.' It became very quiet in the room. Then there was a conference in France where a number of International engineers were taking part, including French and American. during a break one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?' A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?' Once again, dead silence. A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?' Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it s because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans Arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.' You could have heard a pin drop David Owens Aerial Viewpoint N14AV AC-500A-Colemill ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:13:57 AM PST US From: "Don" Subject: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax This was in an AVweb Flash email I got. I am interested as to what it is about and how they figure out the tax bill. Anyone else know anything about this? MUST GA PILOTS STAY OUT OF MAINE? That's the question that Steve Kahn and dozens of other pilots are wondering about, after being hit by the state of Maine with tax bills in the thousands of dollars for flying into the state. Kahn, an investment advisor who lives in Boston, flies his Cirrus SR-22 frequently into Maine to visit a summer home and other destinations, and as a volunteer with Angel Flight. He's been doing that since 2003, but this year, he got a tax bill from the state of Maine saying he owes them a "use tax" that totals over $26,000 with interest. Kahn says he had no way of knowing that flying in Maine would trigger the tax until he got the bill. "It's so unreasonable and unfair," he says. Don ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 02:19:30 PM PST US From: Bruce Campbell Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/ c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory , as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be gre at for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. Bruce From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-lis t-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:55 AM Subject: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax This was in an AVweb Flash email I got. I am interested as to what it is a bout and how they figure out the tax bill. Anyone else know anything about this? MUST GA PILOTS STAY OUT OF MAINE? That's the question that Steve Kahn and dozens of other pilots are wonderin g about, after being hit by the state of Maine with tax bills in the thousa nds of dollars for flying into the state. Kahn, an investment advisor who l ives in Boston, flies his Cirrus SR-22 frequently into Maine to visit a sum mer home and other destinations, and as a volunteer with Angel Flight. He's been doing that since 2003, but this year, he got a tax bill from the stat e of Maine saying he owes them a "use tax" that totals over $26,000 with in terest. Kahn says he had no way of knowing that flying in Maine would trigg er the tax until he got the bill. "It's so unreasonable and unfair," he say s. Don ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 03:09:50 PM PST US From: "Don" Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I wondered if they did this to everyone that flies into Maine or only because he owns a Summer home there? Any ideas. Just curious in case I would fly into Maine sometime. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Campbell To: commander-list@matronics.com Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory, as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be great for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. Bruce From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:55 AM To: Commander-list@matronics.com Subject: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax This was in an AVweb Flash email I got. I am interested as to what it is about and how they figure out the tax bill. Anyone else know anything about this? MUST GA PILOTS STAY OUT OF MAINE? That's the question that Steve Kahn and dozens of other pilots are wondering about, after being hit by the state of Maine with tax bills in the thousands of dollars for flying into the state. Kahn, an investment advisor who lives in Boston, flies his Cirrus SR-22 frequently into Maine to visit a summer home and other destinations, and as a volunteer with Angel Flight. He's been doing that since 2003, but this year, he got a tax bill from the state of Maine saying he owes them a "use tax" that totals over $26,000 with interest. Kahn says he had no way of knowing that flying in Maine would trigger the tax until he got the bill. "It's so unreasonable and unfair," he says. Don http://www.matronics.com/contributionhttp://www.matronics.com/Navigator?C ommander-Listhttp://forums.matronics.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 12/6/2007 10:11 AM ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 03:50:44 PM PST US From: "Robert S. Randazzo" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Isn't Maine one of those states we could just give back to Canada and nobody would notice? Robert Randazzo From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Campbell Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:59 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory, as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be great for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. Bruce From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:55 AM Subject: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax This was in an AVweb Flash email I got. I am interested as to what it is about and how they figure out the tax bill. Anyone else know anything about this? MUST GA PILOTS STAY OUT OF MAINE? That's the question that Steve Kahn and dozens of other pilots are wondering about, after being hit by the state of Maine with tax bills in the thousands of dollars for flying into the state. Kahn, an investment advisor who lives in Boston, flies his Cirrus SR-22 frequently into Maine to visit a summer home and other destinations, and as a volunteer with Angel Flight. He's been doing that since 2003, but this year, he got a tax bill from the state of Maine saying he owes them a "use tax" that totals over $26,000 with interest. Kahn says he had no way of knowing that flying in Maine would trigger the tax until he got the bill. "It's so unreasonable and unfair," he says. Don http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Commander-List http://forums.matronics.com __________ NOD32 2707 (20071206) Information __________ ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 04:14:01 PM PST US From: "Matthew J. Hawkins" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I was thinking the same thing. I'm from Maine originally and my brother/family still lives there. I'm going to forward this note to see if he can find out the "skinny" on this. There must be some connection with the "residence" issue. Pretty shocking. Maine is pretty brutal on property taxes though (especially compared to Delaware), so wouldn't be at all surprised. When my father was living with us, he quickly changed his address (and registration on N2760B) to Delaware for this very reason. Matt ________________________________ From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don [dongirod@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:45 PM Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I wondered if they did this to everyone that flies into Maine or only because he owns a Summer home there? Any ideas. Just curious in case I would fly into Maine sometime. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Campbell Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory, as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be great for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. Bruce ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 04:48:04 PM PST US Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax [bcc][faked-from][html-rem] From: "Brock Lorber" There was an NBAA article on this a couple of years ago. From what I recall, this is a common thing to happen to jet owners, however, the initial bill is for the entire use tax. The actual tax owed is a percentage of that tax equal to the fraction of time the plane actually spends in the state in question. For example, if the guy spends a month a year in Maine, then the tax bill would be 1/12 of the $26,000 bill. Then, that amount is reduced by 1/12 of the sales or use tax he paid in his home state, so he may end up owing nothing. It's not surprising that governments would actively seek things they haven't taxed and go all-out to tax them (even at the detriment of the state). Brock -----Original Message----- From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com on behalf of Bruce Campbell Sent: Thu 12/6/2007 12:58 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax [bcc][faked-from][html-rem] Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory, as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be great for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. Bruce From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:55 AM Subject: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax This was in an AVweb Flash email I got. I am interested as to what it is about and how they figure out the tax bill. Anyone else know anything about this? MUST GA PILOTS STAY OUT OF MAINE? That's the question that Steve Kahn and dozens of other pilots are wondering about, after being hit by the state of Maine with tax bills in the thousands of dollars for flying into the state. Kahn, an investment advisor who lives in Boston, flies his Cirrus SR-22 frequently into Maine to visit a summer home and other destinations, and as a volunteer with Angel Flight. He's been doing that since 2003, but this year, he got a tax bill from the state of Maine saying he owes them a "use tax" that totals over $26,000 with interest. Kahn says he had no way of knowing that flying in Maine would trigger the tax until he got the bill. "It's so unreasonable and unfair," he says. Don ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 04:55:23 PM PST US From: Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I don't think we'd want it... Blessings, Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert S. Randazzo To: commander-list@matronics.com Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:21 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Isn't Maine one of those states we could just give back to Canada and nobody would notice? Robert Randazzo From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Campbell Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:59 PM To: commander-list@matronics.com Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory, as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be great for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. Bruce From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:55 AM To: Commander-list@matronics.com Subject: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax This was in an AVweb Flash email I got. I am interested as to what it is about and how they figure out the tax bill. Anyone else know anything about this? MUST GA PILOTS STAY OUT OF MAINE? That's the question that Steve Kahn and dozens of other pilots are wondering about, after being hit by the state of Maine with tax bills in the thousands of dollars for flying into the state. Kahn, an investment advisor who lives in Boston, flies his Cirrus SR-22 frequently into Maine to visit a summer home and other destinations, and as a volunteer with Angel Flight. He's been doing that since 2003, but this year, he got a tax bill from the state of Maine saying he owes them a "use tax" that totals over $26,000 with interest. Kahn says he had no way of knowing that flying in Maine would trigger the tax until he got the bill. "It's so unreasonable and unfair," he says. Don http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Commander-List http://forums.matronics.com http://www.matronics.com/contributionhttp://www.matronics.com/Navigator?C ommander-Listhttp://forums.matronics.com __________ NOD32 2707 (20071206) Information __________ ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 04:56:32 PM PST US From: W J R HAMILTON Subject: Re: Commander-List: Pin Drop... David, Good one, David, I'm going to use that. Cheers, Bill Hamilton At 03:30 7/12/2007, you wrote: > > > When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by >the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of >empire building' by George Bush. He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the >United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril >to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have >ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.' It >became very quiet in the room. Then there was a conference in France where a >number of International engineers were taking part, including French and >American. during a break one of the French engineers came back into the room >saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an >aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he >intended to do, bomb them?' A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: >'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred >people; they are nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power >to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed >3,000 people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of >fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters >for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck.. >We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?' Once again, dead >silence. A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included >Admirals from the U.S., English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At >a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of >Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was >chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral >suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans >learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak >English in these conferences rather than speaking French?' Without >hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it s because the Brits, >Canadians, Aussies and Americans Arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak >German.' You could have heard a pin drop > > >David Owens >Aerial Viewpoint >N14AV >AC-500A-Colemill > > CONFIDENTIALITY & PRIVILEGE NOTICE W.J.R.Hamilton,Glenalmond Group Companies,Fighter Flights Internet Services and Warbirds.Net. & This message is intended for and should only be used by the addressee. It is confidential and may contain legally privileged information.If you are not the intended recipient any use distribution,disclosure or copying of this message is strictly prohibited.Confidentiality and legal privilege attached to this communication are not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately to: Australia 61 (0)408 876 526 Dolores capitis non fero. Eos do. ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 05:11:08 PM PST US From: "Matthew J. Hawkins" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Careful, now! There's folks from Maine on this list! :) Matt ________________________________ From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of andrew.bridget@telus.net [andrew.bridget@telus.net] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:16 PM Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I don't think we'd want it... Blessings, Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert S. Randazzo Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:21 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Isnt Maine one of those states we could just give back to Canada and nobody would notice? Robert Randazzo ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 05:13:13 PM PST US Subject: Commander-List: Negative Gs and Barf Bags Don't Mix From: "Brock Lorber" It's not as bad as it could be, but it's pretty bad (and yet, still funny): http://www.shoutfile.com/v/jrmLh49P/Barf_Bags_Dont_Work_at_0_Gs ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 06:18:02 PM PST US From: "Robert S. Randazzo" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax If any of them run into my mom in law- it wasn't me that suggested it. :-p Robert Randazzo -----Original Message----- From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Matthew J. Hawkins Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:02 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Careful, now! There's folks from Maine on this list! :) Matt ________________________________ From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of andrew.bridget@telus.net [andrew.bridget@telus.net] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:16 PM Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I don't think we'd want it... Blessings, Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert S. Randazzo Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:21 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Isn't Maine one of those states we could just give back to Canada and nobody would notice? Robert Randazzo __________ NOD32 2707 (20071206) Information __________ ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 08:55:53 PM PST US From: Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew J. Hawkins" Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:02 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax > > > Careful, now! There's folks from Maine on this list! :) > > Matt > ________________________________ > From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com > [owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of > andrew.bridget@telus.net [andrew.bridget@telus.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:16 PM > To: commander-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax > > I don't think we'd want it... > > Blessings, > Andrew > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Robert S. Randazzo > To: commander-list@matronics.com > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:21 PM > Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax > > Isnt Maine one of those states we could just give back to Canada and > nobody would notice? > > Robert Randazzo > > > ________________________________ Message 16 ____________________________________ Time: 10:04:03 PM PST US From: "JTAddington" Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax When I was based in NH, either NH or Maine had it so that you had to have a state pilot's license or they would fine you heavily. Jim Addington N444BD -----Original Message----- From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Matthew J. Hawkins Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:37 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I was thinking the same thing. I'm from Maine originally and my brother/family still lives there. I'm going to forward this note to see if he can find out the "skinny" on this. There must be some connection with the "residence" issue. Pretty shocking. Maine is pretty brutal on property taxes though (especially compared to Delaware), so wouldn't be at all surprised. When my father was living with us, he quickly changed his address (and registration on N2760B) to Delaware for this very reason. Matt ________________________________ From: owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com [owner-commander-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Don [dongirod@bellsouth.net] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:45 PM Subject: Re: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax I wondered if they did this to everyone that flies into Maine or only because he owns a Summer home there? Any ideas. Just curious in case I would fly into Maine sometime. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Campbell Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 3:58 PM Subject: RE: Commander-List: Maine Aviation Use Tax Seems to me that would be a good one to litigate. The $26,000 is what he would have paid as sales tax if he had bought the a/c in Maine. What they are saying is that they can levy use tax (sales tax) on *anyone* who flys an a/c into maine. I presume this is discriminatory, as I doubt they enfore the same policy on, say, cars. (That would be great for the tourist industry in maine if they charged each car owner $3-10k to cross the border. 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