The Engineered Tax Services founder introduces a private aviation division that helps qualifying buyers acquire, depreciate, charter, and professionally manage aircraft — with potential 100% first-year bonus depreciation under current federal law
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Julio Gonzalez, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Engineered Tax Services (ETS), has launched Engineered Jet Tax, a private aviation advisory division built around a direct brief: own the asset. Offset the tax.
Gonzalez built ETS in 2001 to take sophisticated tax strategy out of Fortune 500 planning rooms and put it in front of businesses, investors, and family offices that were never supposed to have that kind of counsel. Engineered Jet Tax is the next extension of that work. The practice is designed for qualifying buyers facing a meaningful tax event — founders after a liquidity sale, high-income professionals, recipients of large bonuses, and owners sitting on appreciated, taxable gains.
Instead of treating a private aircraft as a luxury purchase, Gonzalez is positioning aircraft ownership as a structured financial decision. Engineered Jet Tax advises on acquisition, ownership structure, bonus depreciation, charter placement, and ongoing asset management. Under current federal law, qualifying new and pre-owned aircraft may be eligible for 100% first-year bonus depreciation when placed in service correctly and used in a qualifying business.
“Private aviation can be more than a luxury,” Gonzalez said. “With the right structure, it can become a productive, revenue-generating asset. The jet is not the strategy. The structure is the strategy.”
Why Gonzalez Built a Jet Division
For more than two decades, Gonzalez has argued that the tax code already contains tools designed to reward investment, business use, and productive assets. The breakdown has been access and execution. ETS grew into a national specialty tax firm with 26 offices and more than $2 billion in client tax savings by applying engineering-led analysis to cost segregation, research and development credits, energy incentives, grants, and bonus depreciation.
Engineered Jet Tax applies that same discipline to aviation. A high-income year, a liquidity event, or a concentrated capital gain can create a tax bill large enough to distort the next set of decisions. Gonzalez’s position is that those moments should not be handled after the purchase. If an aircraft is going to be acquired, the tax timing, business-use test, charter economics, and management structure should be modeled first.
The division sits inside Engineered Advisory and Engineered Tax Services, which already serve as a resource to thousands of CPA and accounting firms nationwide. That matters in aviation because the transaction is only half the work. The other half is documentation, qualified use, placed-in-service timing, and a structure that can stand up after the first-year deduction is taken.
How Engineered Jet Tax Works
Every engagement begins with a transparent, customized financial analysis. Before a buyer is pointed toward a specific aircraft, the team models:
potential first-year depreciation benefit
projected charter revenue
operating costs
net position after structure and management
Assumptions are disclosed. Illustrative examples are not sold as guarantees. The process is designed to answer a harder question than “Can this person buy a jet?” The question is whether the asset can be acquired, placed in service, and managed in a way that changes the after-tax outcome.
The operating model is built in four steps:
Acquire the right aircraft
Offset eligible tax liability
Generate charter revenue
Professionally manage the asset
On acquisition, the team uses suitability analysis and charter-demand modeling rather than prestige shopping. On tax, the structure is built around current-law bonus depreciation where the aircraft qualifies. On operations, vetted Part 135 charter management is used to put the aircraft into service so fixed and variable costs are not carried as dead weight. The ownership thesis is simple: if the plane only flies the owner, it is a luxury. If the plane is structured and worked, it can become an asset.
Three Program Paths
Engineered Jet Tax is launching with three core structures:
Flagship Jet Tax Investment. Built for buyers with a substantial capital-gains or tax-year budget. The path is to acquire high-demand charter aircraft, pursue full first-year depreciation on a qualifying asset, and hold a professionally managed, revenue-generating plane. Transaction management is designed to be turnkey.
Managed Charter Program. The aircraft is dedicated to a national charter fleet and professionally placed. Charter terms are reviewed against market offers on a recurring cycle so the revenue side of the asset is not left on autopilot.
Triple-Net Structure (NNN Leaseback). The owner retains the depreciation position over a multi-year term while the operator assumes day-to-day operating costs under a triple-net leaseback. The point is to separate the tax position from the burden of running the aircraft.
In each path, Gonzalez’s standard is the same. Analyze first. Structure second. Acquire third. Manage after that.
Who the Launch Is For
Engineered Jet Tax is not an entry product and is not being marketed as a lifestyle add-on. It is built for people already managing wealth and facing a tax event large enough to justify institutional structure. Typical profiles include:
founders after an exit or liquidity event
executives receiving a significant bonus or concentrated compensation year
owners of appreciated assets facing a taxable gain
high-income professionals who can support qualified business use
Gonzalez is explicit that 100% first-year bonus depreciation is not automatic. Eligibility depends on individual facts, including the more-than-50-percent qualified-business-use requirement, placed-in-service timing, aircraft type, and compliance designed to avoid depreciation recapture. Charter revenue, operating costs, and net position vary by airframe and market. A $6 million aircraft used in public materials is an illustration of scale, not a promised result.
The Standard Behind the Launch
The launch keeps Gonzalez’s original thesis intact. Sophisticated tools should not stay locked inside a closed circle. For 25 years that thesis lived in cost segregation studies, credits, incentives, and grant strategy. Engineered Jet Tax moves it into private aviation.
The public invitation is narrow on purpose. Request the analysis. See the pro forma. Decide whether the asset works before the purchase becomes a story.
Consultations and pro forma requests are being directed to engineeredjettax.com.
Tax benefits depend on individual circumstances, business use, eligibility, and compliance with applicable tax laws. This release is educational and does not constitute tax, legal, or investment advice. Prospective buyers should consult their own CPA, tax counsel, and legal advisors before making any acquisition decision.
About Julio Gonzalez
Julio Gonzalez is Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Engineered Tax Services and the force behind Engineered Jet Tax. A national tax reform expert, he founded ETS in 2001 to bring engineering-based tax strategies to mainstream America and has since expanded that model across incentives, grants, and now private aviation structure.
About Engineered Jet Tax
Engineered Jet Tax is the private aviation division of Engineered Advisory and Engineered Tax Services. The practice helps qualifying buyers acquire, structure, and manage aircraft ownership while modeling bonus depreciation, charter revenue, operating cost, and projected net position.
About Engineered Tax Services
Engineered Tax Services is a national specialty tax advisory firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. ETS provides cost segregation, research and development tax credits, energy incentives, grant advisory services, and related engineering-based tax solutions.
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