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 following procedures are associated with requesting and acquiring a tax exemption on purchases or leases of official or personal motor vehicles by eligible foreign missions and their members during the Usa. A “motor vehicle” is defined as any self-propelled car, together with but not constrained to vehicles, motorcycles, boats, and aircraft.
The exemption of product sales and use taxes imposed on purchases or leases of motor vehicles within the United states of america over the basis from the diplomatic or consular status or accreditation within the purchasing foreign mission or accredited mission member and their dependents is solely authorized through the issuance of the Motor Motor vehicle Tax-Exemption Letter from the Department’s Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) to the vendor or lessor of this kind of motor motor vehicle. Note that Diplomatic Tax Exemption Cards aren't valid for exemption from taxes imposed on purchases of motor automobiles.
For this reason, before finalizing a obtain or lease of a motor automobile, all foreign missions and their accredited members must instruct the seller/lessor to right get in touch with OFM while in regular enterprise hrs to request the issuance of the Motor Automobile Tax-Exemption Letter.
Motor motor vehicle sellers/lessors could make such requests by electronic mail or phone.
Sellers/lessors in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia should direct requests to [email protected] or (202) 895-3500, x2. Sellers/lessors outside this area will need to direct requests to the nearest OFM Regional Workplace:
• 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 will have to give the next facts to OFM:
1. The seller/lessor’s title, mailing handle, and phone and fax numbers;
two. The shade, year, make, and model with the motor car the mission or accredited mission member is planning to get; and
three. For official motor cars: the title within the foreign mission which is getting or leasing a motor automobile; or
4. For private motor motor vehicles: the name (because it appears on their present “A or G series” visa) with the accredited mission member or their dependent who's acquiring or leasing a motor automobile, the identify within the foreign mission to which the individual is assigned, as well as individual’s Department-issued Private Identification Amount (PID). (Note that men and women ought to existing proof of accreditation towards the seller/lessor - i.e., valid passport which incorporates their current “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 Automobile Tax-Exemption Letters for the requesting seller/lessor by either electronic mail or facsimile within two hours of acquiring the request.
Sellers/lessors are essential to send all unique ownership documents directly to OFM in order that the motor motor vehicle may be thoroughly registered and titled. Car dealerships and state motor car administrations will need to treat this transaction as an from state registration. OFM will situation a registration card and federal license plates as soon as correct documentation is received. Also, a title shall be sent for the indicated lien holder to safeguard the interest with the lender.
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