---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 12/29/11: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:33 AM - trips to Italy looking expensive (PHILLIPS I) 2. 12:52 PM - SV: trips to Italy looking expensive (Sidsel & Svein Johnsen) 3. 01:06 PM - Workshop space - off topic (Paul McAllister) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:33:22 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: trips to Italy looking expensive From: PHILLIPS I *December 23, 2011 Italy's emergency budget plan won final approval in Parliament as Italy struggles to tame surging borrowing costs.* *The emergency budget is introducing also a tax on Italian registered private aircraft and on non-Italian registered private aircraft having spent more than 48 consecutive hours on Italian territory.* *Private aircraft are defined to include all aircraft other than State aircraft; aircraft dedicated to commercial flights, air work aircraft, FTO=92s aircraft, aero clubs aircraft, newly built aircraft until sold and rescue aircraft. Non Italian corporate aircraft operated privately would - for example - be affected, with the tax escalating to over euro 300,000 annually for large corporate jets.* *The tax is to be charged at the following annual rates (by reference to MTOW): 1) up to 1.000 kg., euro 1,50 per kg; 2) up to 2.000 kg., euro 2,45 per kg; 3) up to 4.000 kg., euro 4,25 per kg; 4) up to 6.000 kg., euro 5,75 per kg; 5) up to 8.000 kg., euro 6,65 per kg; 6) up to 10.000 kg., euro 7,10 per kg; 7) above 10.000 kg., euro 7,55 per kg; For helicopters, the tax is doubled per Kg.* *The tax is due by the registered owner, the beneficiary or the lessee. The technicalities regarding actual payment are to be detailed in a separate regulation to be issued within 60 days.* *The actual legality of the tax, especially for non-Italian registered aircraft, is highly questionable and unless amendments or mitigating measures are introduced within the implementing regulation, subject to judicial challenges nationally and at EU level. *So, based aircraft avoid it if they are in an aeroclub. But visitors are hit. This will kill GA visits to Italy, of couse. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:52:53 PM PST US From: "Sidsel & Svein Johnsen" Subject: SV: Europa-List: trips to Italy looking expensive >aircraft having spent more than 48 consecutive hours on Italian territory >The tax is to be charged at the following annual rates (by reference to MTOW): 1) up to 1.000 kg., euro 1,50 per kg; >But visitors are hit. This will kill GA visits to Italy, of couse. Not a good sign, that is for certain. I appreciate that little is yet known about this possible tax, but one way to read the above quote from this evening's posting is that if the tax is assessed on an annual basis, than hopefully it will be pro-rated for part of a year. For Europas, it would in such case be Euro 2.70 per day (after the first 48 hours). Until further information is available, I will therefore keep a trip to Italy in my schedule for this coming summer. On this note: What I - and many others - really find unreasonable, is the fee charged by Belgium for flying through their airspace. Any news on this subject, David J? Happy New Year to all - may we have only sunshine and tailwinds this coming year! Regards, Svein LN-SKJ ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:06:32 PM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Workshop space - off topic From: Paul McAllister Hi All, I brought my Europa home from the airport to do some work on it over the winter. Although it fits in my workshop it was always a tight fit so I thought my solution to the problem might give folks on the forum a bit of a smile. Do not archive. 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