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Every closing has a tax bill hiding in it.

Resale exemptions, fly-away documentation, inventory aircraft, cross-border buyers — the tax side of the deal desk.

Who this is for

You know the feeling.

The buyer's out-of-state, the seller's an LLC, the aircraft's in a hangar in a third state — and closing is Friday.
Your resale exemption paperwork is "somewhere."
A foreign buyer asked about withholding and the room went quiet.
You're holding an inventory aircraft and can't say what it's costing you to sit.
Commission hit the account; nobody planned the tax on it.

What generalists miss

Deal tax mechanics.

Sales tax, use tax, fly-away affidavits — sequenced with escrow so closing doesn't slip.

Dealer status done right.

Resale exemptions registered, documented, and defensible in every state you transact.

Inventory aircraft accounting.

Carrying cost, floor-plan interest, and the tax treatment of demo use.

Cross-border closings.

Withholding, 1042s, treaty positions, non-citizen trusts — before the wire, not after.

Your own comp.

Commission income structured so April isn't a heart attack.

Proof

The closing checklistDeal by deal

Sales/use tax positionConfirmed

Fly-away affidavitsExecuted

Resale exemptionDocumented

WithholdingCleared

The tax documents that clear escrow — sequenced so closing never slips on tax.