DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVENUE
Information Bulletin #74
Sales Tax
July 2014
(Replaces Bulletin #74 issued May 2012)
Effective Date: July 1, 2014
SUBJECT: Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Aircraft Being Repaired or Remanufactured
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Eliminates the requirement that an aircraft be registered in another country; weigh at least 5,000 pounds; and be equipped with a turboprop or turbojet engine to qualify for the sales tax exemption for the repair, maintenance, or refurbishing of an aircraft.
P.L.211-2007 was passed by the Indiana General Assembly effective July 1, 2007, to provide a sales and use tax exemption for aircraft brought into Indiana to be repaired, refurbished, or remanufactured or for a prepurchase evaluation. Effective January 1, 2009, the exemption applies to aircraft brought to Indiana for completion work.
IC 6-2.5-3-2 provides an exemption from the use tax for an aircraft that meets the following requirements:
1. The aircraft is titled, registered, or based in another state or country;
2. The aircraft is delivered to Indiana by or for a nonresident owner or purchaser of the aircraft;
3. The aircraft is delivered to Indiana for the sole purpose of being repaired, being refurbished, being remanufactured, having completion work performed, or being subject to a prepurchase evaluation; and
4. Within 30 days after completion of the repair, refurbishment, remanufacture, or prepurchase evaluation, the aircraft is transported to a destination outside Indiana.
IC 6-2.5-5-42 provides that a transaction involving an aircraft including completion work performed is exempt from the sales tax if:
1. The purchaser is a nonresident;
2. The purchaser transports the aircraft to a destination outside Indiana within 30 days after:
A. Accepting delivery of the aircraft;
B. A repair, refurbishment, or remanufacture of the aircraft is completed, if the aircraft remains in Indiana after the purchaser accepts delivery for the purpose of accomplishing the repair, refurbishment, or remanufacture of the aircraft; or
C. Accepting delivery of the aircraft following completion work or a prepurchase evaluation.
3. The aircraft will be:
A. Titled or registered in another state or country; or
B. Based in another state or country, if the state or country does not require a title or registration for aircraft; and
4. The aircraft will not be titled or registered in Indiana.
Within 60 days after a purchaser accepts delivery of an aircraft and claims an exemption for an aircraft to be registered outside Indiana, the purchaser shall provide the seller with a copy of the purchaser's title or registration of the aircraft outside Indiana.
Within 60 days after a repair, refurbishment, or completion or remanufacture of the aircraft is completed, and if the aircraft remains in Indiana after the purchaser accepts delivery of the aircraft for the purpose of accomplishing the repair, refurbishment, or completion or remanufacture of the aircraft, the purchaser shall provide the seller with a copy of the purchaser's title or registration of the aircraft outside Indiana.
IC 6-2.5-5-46, effective July 1, 2013, provides a sales tax exemption for parts, materials, equipment, and engines used, consumed, or installed in the repair, maintenance, refurbishing, remodeling, or remanufacturing of an aircraft or an avionics system of an aircraft. The exemption applies only if the work is performed by a retail merchant who possesses a valid repair station certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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Posted: 07/30/2014 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20140730-IR-045140282NRA
Composed: May 01,2024 5:21:03PM EDT
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