DJPoLo Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 A local gunsmith reported the following: BATF is milling around gunsmiths trying to charge them 11% sales tax. BATF is calling gunsmiths "gun manufacturers" and therefore they are responsible for 11% sales tax. This means if he does any changes to your gun, even changing your grips. Anyone else experiencing this problem? -Chet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I would think that since the part with the serial number is the "gun" part, that only the creation of a new serial number would be gun manufacturing. But then that's logic which is probably out of line here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 http://michaelbane.blogspot.com/2006/03/ba...m-gunsmths.html I'm not saying this isn't the case, but until someone produces some type of physical documentation... If people are receiving/signing notices or letters, you'd think that someone, somewhere would have the presence of mind to photograph or scan them and put them up for the world to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bountyhunter Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 A local gunsmith reported the following:BATF is milling around gunsmiths trying to charge them 11% sales tax. BATF is calling gunsmiths "gun manufacturers" and therefore they are responsible for 11% sales tax. This means if he does any changes to your gun, even changing your grips. Anyone else experiencing this problem? -Chet Only way I could see this happening is if they are buying "raw stock" 1911 frames and building up guns around them. I would not be at all surprised if the government was trying to figure out new ways to squeeze taxes out of us considering the size of the deficit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 duplicate thread. And yes, Caylor Custom (Mike Caylor) was tellimg me about the 11% last month. So far he hasn't had an agent show up wanting to review his logs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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