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Airport leaders, AOPA urge committee to oppose repeal of sales‑tax exemption for aircraft
Summary
Representatives of the Massachusetts Airport Management Association and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association told the committee that repealing the sales‑tax exemption for aircraft (H.3123/S.1923) would harm municipal airports, aviation jobs and the statewide economy and incentivize basing aircraft in neighboring states.
Tom Hurley, executive director of the Massachusetts Airport Management Association, told the Joint Committee on Revenue that H.3123 and S.1923 — bills to repeal the sales‑tax exemption for aircraft — would threaten the viability of the state's 37 public‑use airports and the jobs they support.
"Eliminating the sales tax would eliminate the incentive to and would create an incentive…
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