indiana state tax commercial vehicle?

Do you have your interstate authority? If you do then you should not have to pay tax. IL dealers have been getting audited and THEY have pay the tax and penalty if they don't have the proper documentation on file. Even if you are exempt.

Send them a copy of your authority and the regulations from IN stating that you do not have to pay tax. That should take care of it.

 

If you have a contract signed on with a carrier, you can legally use their authority numbers for this exemption also.

 

I bought a new IH 4070A in Ottawa, IL in 1973. There was no sales tax. I drove it to Michigan and leased to a Michigan based carrier. When I bought my Michigan base plate, I paid sales tax to Michigan.

 

IL requires that the dealer charges tax on all vehicle it sells according othe state the buyer resides in. Indiana does the same thing for those who live in IL and OH.

All you need is the carriers ICC number and DOT number to be tax exempt. If u live in Indiana, you should also get a EIN for the state (seperate from your federal EIN) so u can buy things for the truck tax free as well while in Indiana (tires, batteries, parts, ect ect) I have my Indiana EIN registered with Freightliner and KW dealer near me and I never pay sales tax on anything.

 

SHC your federal number should cover that. At least mine does. I don't have an Indiana specific number even though I am based out of St.John.

 

Indiana residents can obtain an IN specific EIN for the state. I did back when I first started, it may not be required, but it doesn't cost anything and makes my tax reporting a lot easier. I know my federal EIN works, but at the dealerships where I set-up accounts, they required me to have an IN EIN to be tax exempt in the state (said so on the IN release from tax revenue form i had to fill out)