Services · Sales & Use Tax

Florida gave boats a tax cap. Your aircraft didn't get one.

Six percent of a jet is real money. Planning around Florida's exemptions — and every other state's rules — is the job.

Who this is for

You know the feeling.

You're buying in Florida and just did the math on 6% of the purchase price.
You bought out of state and brought the aircraft home within six months. Florida noticed.
You lease your aircraft to a related company and the Department of Revenue has questions.
You're a nonresident buying from a Florida dealer and someone mentioned a "fly-away exemption" without explaining the deadlines.
You operate in four states and can't say where you owe use tax. Neither can your accountant.

What generalists miss

Purchase planning.

Fly-away exemption mechanics, common-carrier exemption for heavy aircraft, dealer resale documentation — executed to the day and the affidavit.

Use-tax exposure mapping.

Where the aircraft lives, where it flies, what each state claims, what credits apply.

Lease structuring.

Related-party leases registered and documented so FDOR scrutiny finds paperwork, not problems.

The MRO advantage.

Florida exempts parts and labor on aircraft over 2,000 pounds — if you're not using it, you're donating.

Assessment defense.

When the notice arrives, we've usually seen the argument before.

Proof

Purchase-tax decision treeOne page

Resident / nonresidentMapped

Dealer / private saleMapped

Exemption pathIdentified

DeadlineTo the day

Resident or not, dealer or private, exempt or taxable — decided before the wire transfer.