Here's a scary one that us pilots have had to endure:
Effective July 1, 2010, a nonresident of Florida will be exempt from use tax on his/her aircraft if the aircraft enters and remains in the state for no more than a total of 20 days during the 6-month period after the date of purchase.
That was NOT the case prior! Net effect was, take your new plane into the state for a long vacation, and have a nice tax bill! And they were not the only state with goofy laws trying to cash in on the bizjets and high dollar corp rides....
Talk about a nightmare....
Big ticket items are big ticket (pick a name) tax targets.....to another poster's point, we do have to stay vigilant as a group....