(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Certificated air carrier” means an air carrier that is listed on the United States Department of Transportation certificated air carrier list or a foreign indirect air carrier registered with the United States Department of Transportation;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 144.132

  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(b) “Department” means the Department of Revenue; and
(c) “Person” has the same meaning as in KRS § 139.010.
(2) (a) Any certificated air carrier which is engaged in the air transportation of persons or property for hire shall be entitled to a credit against the Kentucky sales and use tax paid on aircraft fuel, including jet fuel, as determined by this section.
(b) Certificated air carriers shall pay the first one million dollars ($1,000,000) in Kentucky sales and use tax due on the purchase of aircraft fuel, including jet fuel. The one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be increased to reflect the sales and use tax on aviation fuel attributable to operations of any other company when such company is purchased, merged, acquired, or otherwise combined with the certificated air carrier after the base period. The increase shall be based on the tax applicable to aircraft fuel purchased during the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the purchase, merger, or other acquisition by or in combination with the certificated air carrier. The sales and use tax credit shall be an amount equal to the Kentucky sales and use tax otherwise applicable to the purchase of aircraft fuel, including jet fuel, purchased by the certificated air carrier during each fiscal year, in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(3) On and after June 29, 2017, any person that:
(a) Contracts with one (1) or more certificated air carriers for the transportation by air of persons, property, or mail; and
(b) Is responsible for the purchase and payment of aircraft fuel, including jet fuel to transport the persons, property, or mail;
shall be entitled to a credit against the Kentucky sales and use tax paid on aircraft fuel, including jet fuel, during the fiscal year in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000).
(4) Each certificated air carrier that qualifies for the credit authorized in subsection (2) of this section and every person that qualifies for the credit authorized in subsection (3) of this section purchasing aircraft fuel, including jet fuel, on which Kentucky sales and use tax for the fiscal year is reasonably expected to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) shall report and pay directly to the department the tax applicable to the purchase of aircraft fuel, including jet fuel, purchased for storage use or other consumption during the fiscal year.
(5) Each certificated air carrier that qualifies for the credit authorized in subsection (2) of this section and every person that qualifies for the credit authorized in subsection (3) of this section that claims the sales and use tax credit shall file an annual sales and use tax reconciliation report with the department on or
before October 15 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the credit is claimed. The report shall be in a form and contain information and documentation as the department may reasonably require to verify the computation of the tax credit against the tax imposed under KRS § 139.200 and
139.310.
Effective:June 29, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 71, sec. 1, effective June 29, 2017. — Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 558, effective June 20, 2005; and ch. 168, sec. 75, effective June 1, 2005. — Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 400, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998.