- Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang used aircraft-tracking data to locate 1,000 additional planes in the county, uncovering about $3.5 billion worth of aircraft in unpaid local taxes.
A newly resurfaced tax dispute is sparking outrage online after Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang said aircraft-tracking data helped his office locate roughly 1,000 additional planes in the county — even as House Republicans moved to block that same data from being used to collect taxes.
Critics of the Republican push say the proposal would make it even easier for some of the wealthiest people in the country to avoid paying into the communities they rely on.
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