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Old 05-17-2009, 02:29 PM
dav1111 dav1111 is offline
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Default Tax on Van's Aircraft Kit Planes

The following is my two cents worth. Dick, Scott, and the other top hands at Van's need to me an appointment and go down personally and visit with the state representatives who have sponsored and are pushing the bill.

I would think that the following would be a good game plan.

Ask the state representatives how they would feel if Van's Aircraft relocated their facility, and _____ employees to another state that might offer them not only no tax on the sale of their kits, except sales taxes to the residents of that single state and such other state would offer Van's Aircraft economic incentives to move their facility to such friendly state?

While I enjoy living in Lubbock, Texas I suspect it would take a lot to entice Van's Aircraft to relocate to Lubbock but the following website:

http://www.lubbockhospitality.com/in...r_business.htm

would provide a lot of ammunition to use against an Oregon state representative that if you push the proposed bill through we (Van's Aircraft) might need to look at the following incentives being offered:

1. Advantages of a Foreign Trade Zone; and

2. Industrial tax abatement, limited sales tax refund, and building permit refunds for new development within the Zone; and

3. Job Creation Incentive Grants; and

4. Other federal, state and local incentive programs; and

5. Located at Lubbock International Airport; and

6. Adjacent to Interstate 27 and near four US Highways; and

7. Home of EAA Chapter 19 (19th Chapter chartered by the EAA); and

8. Home to at least 11 flying RV's and 6 RV's currently under construction (probably more but all I can remember off the top of head.

9. Home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders!!! (Well maybe that wouldn't mean anything to an Oregon State Representative.
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Old 05-17-2009, 03:27 PM
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The following is my two cents worth. Dick, Scott, and the other top hands at Van's need to me an appointment and go down personally and visit with the state representatives who have sponsored and are pushing the bill.

I would think that the following would be a good game plan.

Ask the state representatives how they would feel if Van's Aircraft relocated their facility, and _____ employees to another state that might offer them not only no tax on the sale of their kits, except sales taxes to the residents of that single state and such other state would offer Van's Aircraft economic incentives to move their facility to such friendly state?

While I enjoy living in Lubbock, Texas I suspect it would take a lot to entice Van's Aircraft to relocate to Lubbock but the following website:

http://www.lubbockhospitality.com/in...r_business.htm

would provide a lot of ammunition to use against an Oregon state representative that if you push the proposed bill through we (Van's Aircraft) might need to look at the following incentives being offered:

1. Advantages of a Foreign Trade Zone; and

2. Industrial tax abatement, limited sales tax refund, and building permit refunds for new development within the Zone; and

3. Job Creation Incentive Grants; and

4. Other federal, state and local incentive programs; and

5. Located at Lubbock International Airport; and

6. Adjacent to Interstate 27 and near four US Highways; and

7. Home of EAA Chapter 19 (19th Chapter chartered by the EAA); and

8. Home to at least 11 flying RV's and 6 RV's currently under construction (probably more but all I can remember off the top of head.

9. Home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders!!! (Well maybe that wouldn't mean anything to an Oregon State Representative.
10. Ability to constantly test various wind and dust tolerance levels. Just kidding, I almost miss Lubbock some days. It is nice to have that LONG 35L/17R.
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Old 05-20-2009, 04:46 PM
1915flyer 1915flyer is offline
 
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Default HB 3146 doesn't seem to be going anywhere

The bill was referred to the Oregon House Revenue Committee on March 12, with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. It has not yet had a hearing at all as of May 20 by either committee, let alone being sent to the House floor for a vote. Then it has to go through the same process in the Senate. Time is running short for any bill that has not at least had an initial hearing, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. it's pretty crazy. The legislature begins in January and usually adjorns sometime in June, or July if they're late.

This does not preclude a "gut and stuff" bill near the end of the session wherein bills that have not made it get put into a bill or bills of similar issue. The contents of a bill are removed and related issues inserted. In Oregon, a bill can address only one issue - revenue, for example, but when the individual pet bills related to, in this case, revenue, can't make it through the regular committee process, they are sometimes put into a bill addressing similar topics as an end-run.

You can find the current status of the bill by going to http://www.leg.state.or.us/searchmeas.html, click on House Bill, and in the box enter 3146. [corrected link]

If you want to find out about any possible hearings go to http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/agenda/webagendas.htm. They keep the schedules for the current week and the next full week. Bills sometimes come up with only a couple of days or even hours notice, so keep watching.

Tyler

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