Years of determined advocacy for general aviation have been rewarded in Pennsylvania, where a bill to exempt the retail sale or use of aircraft parts, services to aircraft, and aircraft components from a 6-percent sales tax has passed and been signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett. The bill's passage means major cost savings for aircraft owners. In a region where neighboring states with exemptions have siphoned off jobs and attracted aviation investment dollars, it should boost Pennsylvania's aviation business competitiveness, said AOPA Director of State Government Affairs Mark Kimberling.
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