Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

Latest

Updated State Tax Guide available on CD-ROM

Want to know what your aviation state taxes are being used for, how to apply for refunds and other tax details? Then you might want to check out the 2004 S

March 16, 2007

California shuts tax law loophole

California has amended its aircraft sales and use tax law, essentially closing a loophole that allowed buyers of aircraft and other big-ticket items to esc

Regulations and Government

March 15, 2007

DOT IG Supports Current FAA Funding Method

The Inspector General of the DOT says that as long as Congress continues to mandate funding the FAA out of general tax funds, aviation taxes can fully pay

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

March 13, 2007

The inside track on acquisition planning

With so many choices available to companies and individuals contemplating alternatives to airline travel, what’s a business owner or prospective flight dep

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

February 5, 2007

Videos

IRS revisits personal use of aircraft

Although an article in The Washington Post last month implied that the Internal Revenue Service now sanctions the extensive personal use of compan

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

February 1, 2007

Editorial: FAA resource management

The FAA’s budgetary woes are but one symptom of the U.S.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

February 1, 2007

Bizav insurance rates falling?

Business aircraft and large charter operators may start seeing reduced insurance premium rates within the next few months, if they haven’t already.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

January 30, 2007

Insurer presents Jet Aviation with safety award

Jet Aviation, the aviation services company founded in Switzerland in 1967, was recently singled out for a prestigious safety award by its insurer, AIG Avi

Charter & Fractional

January 30, 2007

Rhode Island Issues Revised User Tax

The Rhode Island division of taxation issued a revised regulation regarding the application of a user tax to noncommercial aircraft in the state.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

January 29, 2007

New Rates Published for Passenger Air Tax

The Internal Revenue Service recently published Revenue Procedure 2003-85, which provides inflation-adjusted items for 2004.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

January 29, 2007

California Bank Targets Aircraft Buyers

Mission Oaks National Bank in Temecula, Calif., hopes to become the lender of choice for pilots shopping for general aviation airplanes and, in some cases,

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

December 6, 2006

How to make VAT savings

If you buy, sell or operate aircraft in Europe and have been liable to EU value added tax (VAT), a chat with Lasse Rungholm could help you to save lots of

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 29, 2006

GAO Sees User-fee Option for Funding ATC

While the debate continues over how best to fund the next-generation air transportation system, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is of the opinio

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 15, 2006

Used-jet Price Indices Introduced

Everyone in the industry knows that new and used business aircraft sales, prices and inventories generally follow the overall economy.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 3, 2006

NATCA Disputes Trust Fund Decline

In a report released early last month, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said policy decisions by the Bush Administration, not inadequate re

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 2, 2006

ATOS, CSET tax airlines and FAA to limits

By just about anyone’s reckoning the FAA audit process known as the Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) has turned into a horribly labor-intensive and ti

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 1, 2006

Skyrocketing taxes, fees hitting regionals hardest

As a percentage of a $200 airline ticket, taxes and fees more than tripled between 1972 and 2004 thanks to inflation, a decline in the real cost of airline

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 1, 2006

NBAA rallies troops for fight against user fees

The nation’s major airlines have declared war on business aviation and, as the weapon to win that war, they intend to push for ATC user fees to be levied u

Regulations and Government

October 31, 2006

Insurance rules may cut EU traffic

New European Union minimum liability insurance standards that took effect April 30 are causing some U.S.-based operators to rethink their trips to Europe.<

ATC

October 31, 2006

FAA readies for tight FY2006

With the airlines arguing that they pay for more than 90 percent of the ATC system but don’t account for 90 percent of its use, and with the FAA confirming

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

October 31, 2006

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

Latest

Updated State Tax Guide available on CD-ROM

Want to know what your aviation state taxes are being used for, how to apply for refunds and other tax details? Then you might want to check out the 2004 S

California shuts tax law loophole

California has amended its aircraft sales and use tax law, essentially closing a loophole that allowed buyers of aircraft and other big-ticket items to esc

DOT IG Supports Current FAA Funding Method

The Inspector General of the DOT says that as long as Congress continues to mandate funding the FAA out of general tax funds, aviation taxes can fully pay

The inside track on acquisition planning

With so many choices available to companies and individuals contemplating alternatives to airline travel, what’s a business owner or prospective flight dep

Videos

More Articles

IRS revisits personal use of aircraft

Although an article in The Washington Post last month implied that the Internal Revenue Service now sanctions the extensive personal use of compan

Editorial: FAA resource management

The FAA’s budgetary woes are but one symptom of the U.S.

Bizav insurance rates falling?

Business aircraft and large charter operators may start seeing reduced insurance premium rates within the next few months, if they haven’t already.

Insurer presents Jet Aviation with safety award

Jet Aviation, the aviation services company founded in Switzerland in 1967, was recently singled out for a prestigious safety award by its insurer, AIG Avi

Rhode Island Issues Revised User Tax

The Rhode Island division of taxation issued a revised regulation regarding the application of a user tax to noncommercial aircraft in the state.

New Rates Published for Passenger Air Tax

The Internal Revenue Service recently published Revenue Procedure 2003-85, which provides inflation-adjusted items for 2004.

California Bank Targets Aircraft Buyers

Mission Oaks National Bank in Temecula, Calif., hopes to become the lender of choice for pilots shopping for general aviation airplanes and, in some cases,

How to make VAT savings

If you buy, sell or operate aircraft in Europe and have been liable to EU value added tax (VAT), a chat with Lasse Rungholm could help you to save lots of

GAO Sees User-fee Option for Funding ATC

While the debate continues over how best to fund the next-generation air transportation system, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is of the opinio

Used-jet Price Indices Introduced

Everyone in the industry knows that new and used business aircraft sales, prices and inventories generally follow the overall economy.

NATCA Disputes Trust Fund Decline

In a report released early last month, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said policy decisions by the Bush Administration, not inadequate re

ATOS, CSET tax airlines and FAA to limits

By just about anyone’s reckoning the FAA audit process known as the Air Transport Oversight System (ATOS) has turned into a horribly labor-intensive and ti

Skyrocketing taxes, fees hitting regionals hardest

As a percentage of a $200 airline ticket, taxes and fees more than tripled between 1972 and 2004 thanks to inflation, a decline in the real cost of airline

NBAA rallies troops for fight against user fees

The nation’s major airlines have declared war on business aviation and, as the weapon to win that war, they intend to push for ATC user fees to be levied u

Insurance rules may cut EU traffic

New European Union minimum liability insurance standards that took effect April 30 are causing some U.S.-based operators to rethink their trips to Europe.<

FAA readies for tight FY2006

With the airlines arguing that they pay for more than 90 percent of the ATC system but don’t account for 90 percent of its use, and with the FAA confirming

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