11/19/2025
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ PAINE FIELD@ 9AM
The Washington legislature recently passed a 10% luxury tax on aircraft valued in excess of $500,000 at the time of purchase or lease (RCW 82.48A.010 and .020). This applies to all such aircraft brought into Washington even once for Washington taxpayers. Non-residents are subject to the tax upon the aircraft spending 90 days in the state. The effective date is April 1, 2026.
The Pacific Northwest Business Aviation Association (PNBAA.org), with the support of the NBAA, invites you to attend our first live luxury tax coalition meeting from 9:00 am to 10:00 at the Fortive hangar on Paine Field. We will cover the following topics:
1) Overview of the luxury tax and Q&A by aviation tax expert Alan Burnett, Director of Legislative Affairs for the PNBAA and managing partner of Centerpoint Aviation Law.
2) Panel discussion on what we have accomplished, what we are doing now, and our goals.
3) Hear the perspective of Representative Tom Dent, tireless champion of aviation in the Washington legislature.
4) Explanation of what we ask from you to further our efforts towards eliminating or mitigating the effects of this tax.
The luxury tax has already caused a shocking amount of existing Washington aircraft to leave the state, manufacturers to lose sales of aircraft otherwise coming to Washington, and buyers to base aircraft that were coming here elsewhere. This hurts the bottom line of all of us. There is hope though.
The PNBAA has hired an excellent lobbyist, Mike Ennis. We are also working with a growing coalition of interested parties who want to help, and we look forward to telling you more in person about our other accomplishments. While we have made good progress, we have a lot of work left to do and we need your help.
In the meantime, for those of you who are willing to contribute to our lobbying efforts, please donate to the PNBAA Legislative and Advocacy Fund by sending checks addressed and payable to PNBAA, PO Box 80765, Seattle, WA 98101-1022; requesting ACH information via email to Maddie DuBray at [email protected].