Jeff Bezos Reportedly Owes Los Angeles County $244,000 for His Private Jet. It Comes Down to 1 Rule
State officials are starting to increase their enforcement of a decades-old law. Some of the state’s most prominent figures now owe thousands of dollars in fees.
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Tech entrepreneur Jeff Bezos allegedly owes Los Angeles County several thousand dollars over unpaid taxes.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the billionaire faced a notice of about $244,000 in overdue fees tied to his luxury jet.
Bezos currently owns four different private jets,
Bezos currently owns four different private jets, but the aircraft collecting tickets is most likely his Gulfstream G700, the new flagship upgrade he purchased in 2024 for $80 million. According to the Times, the L.A. County Assessor has flagged the vehicle as “habitually situated,” resulting in Bezos needing to pay an annual 1 percent property tax on the plane.
A a notice in 2022 but never a formal bill from the L.A. County Assessor’s office due to a “missed deadline.”
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“My responsibility is to make sure every piece of taxable property is assessed accurately, so no one pays more than their fair share, and so our communities receive the revenue they are entitled to,” said L.A. County Assessor Jeffrey Prang in a statement shared with Inc.
This year, in an effort to hold property
This year, in an effort to hold property owners accountable, the L.A. County Assessor’s Office invested in an advanced aircraft discovery software that analyzes multiple dataology enables the County to locate and assess aircraft that previously escaped taxation
Since its induction in January, the new system has identified nearly 1,000 aircraft that were not previously assessed. These discoveries are projected to generate nearly $2.5 billion in assessed value from prior-year escaped assessments and more than $1 billion in new assessments for the 2026 tax year.
Source: www.inc.com
