Motor vehicle Tax Exemption
The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) enforces the exemption of eligible foreign missions and their members from payment of any taxes when paying for, leasing, registering or titling a motor vehicle. The next procedures are linked with requesting and acquiring a tax exemption on purchases or leases of official or personal motor motor vehicles by eligible foreign missions and their members during the Usa. A “motor vehicle” is defined as any self-propelled motor vehicle, as well as but not constrained to automobiles, motorcycles, boats, and aircraft.
The exemption of sales and use taxes imposed on purchases or leases of motor vehicles from the United states of america on the basis on the diplomatic or consular standing or accreditation within the obtaining foreign mission or accredited mission member and their dependents is solely authorized by means of the issuance of the Motor Automobile Tax-Exemption Letter from the Department’s Workplace of Foreign Missions (OFM) for the vendor or lessor of such motor motor vehicle. Note that Diplomatic Tax Exemption Cards aren't legitimate for exemption from taxes imposed on purchases of motor vehicles.
For that reason, just before finalizing a obtain or lease of the motor vehicle, all foreign missions and their accredited members ought to instruct the seller/lessor to right contact OFM during normal company hrs to request the issuance of a Motor Vehicle Tax-Exemption Letter.
Motor motor vehicle sellers/lessors may make this kind of requests by electronic mail or phone.
Sellers/lessors in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia ought to direct requests to [email protected] or (202) 895-3500, x2. Sellers/lessors outdoors this area will need to direct requests towards the nearest OFM Regional Office:
• Chicago: [email protected] or (312) 353-5762
• Houston: [email protected] or (713) 272-2865
• Los Angeles: [email protected] or (310) 235-6292
• Miami: [email protected] or (305) 442-4943
• New York: [email protected] or (646) 282-2825
• San Francisco: [email protected] or (415) 744-2910
Sellers/lessors need to offer the next info to OFM:
1. The seller/lessor’s identify, mailing tackle, and phone and fax numbers;
2. The color, 12 months, make, and model on the motor car that the mission or accredited mission member is setting up to acquire; and
three. For official motor motor vehicles: the identify of the foreign mission that may be buying or leasing a motor automobile; or
four. For private motor motor vehicles: the identify (as it appears on their existing “A or G series” visa) on the accredited mission member or their dependent that is acquiring or leasing a motor vehicle, the identify on the foreign mission to which the individual is assigned, along with the individual’s Department-issued Private Identification Number (PID). (Note that people must current proof of accreditation towards the seller/lessor - i.e., legitimate passport which is made up of their recent “A or G series” visa, or Department-issued protocol identification card, or Department-issued driver’s license, or Department-issued Diplomatic Tax Exemption Card.)
OFM strives to transmit Motor Motor vehicle Tax-Exemption Letters to the requesting seller/lessor by both electronic mail or facsimile within two hours of getting the request.
Sellers/lessors are demanded to send all original ownership documents immediately to OFM in order that the motor vehicle can be effectively registered and titled. Auto dealerships and state motor car administrations really should treat this transaction as an from state registration. OFM will issue a registration card and federal license plates when appropriate documentation is acquired. Also, a title will be sent on the indicated lien holder to guard the interest in the loan provider.
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