Car Tax Exemption
The Workplace of Foreign Missions (OFM) enforces the exemption of eligible foreign missions and their members from payment of any taxes when buying, leasing, registering or titling a vehicle. The following procedures are related with requesting and acquiring a tax exemption on purchases or leases of official or personal motor vehicles by eligible foreign missions and their members while in the U.s.. A “motor vehicle” is defined as any self-propelled motor vehicle, together with but not restricted to automobiles, motorcycles, boats, and aircraft.
The exemption of income and use taxes imposed on purchases or leases of motor automobiles within the U.s. for the basis from the diplomatic or consular status or accreditation of your getting foreign mission or accredited mission member and their dependents is solely authorized via the issuance of a Motor Car Tax-Exemption Letter from the Department’s Workplace of Foreign Missions (OFM) on the seller or lessor of such motor motor vehicle. Note that Diplomatic Tax Exemption Cards aren't valid for exemption from taxes imposed on purchases of motor cars.
Thus, before finalizing a purchase or lease of the motor automobile, all foreign missions and their accredited members should instruct the seller/lessor to straight speak to OFM for the duration of regular small business hrs to request the issuance of the Motor Vehicle Tax-Exemption Letter.
Motor vehicle sellers/lessors could possibly make such requests by electronic mail or telephone.
Sellers/lessors in Maryland, Virginia, or the District of Columbia will need to direct requests to [email protected] or (202) 895-3500, x2. Sellers/lessors outdoors this spot must direct requests on 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 provide the following data to OFM:
one. The seller/lessor’s identify, mailing deal with, and telephone and fax numbers;
two. The color, 12 months, make, and model of your motor vehicle the mission or accredited mission member is organizing to get; and
three. For official motor autos: the title from the foreign mission which is acquiring or leasing a motor automobile; or
4. For personalized motor automobiles: the identify (as it seems on their latest “A or G series” visa) in the accredited mission member or their dependent who is paying for or leasing a motor motor vehicle, the title with the foreign mission to which the personal is assigned, and also the individual’s Department-issued Individual Identification Amount (PID). (Note that men and women ought to current proof of accreditation to the seller/lessor - i.e., valid passport which incorporates their existing “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 your requesting seller/lessor by either electronic mail or facsimile inside two hrs of acquiring the request.
Sellers/lessors are necessary to send all unique ownership paperwork right to OFM in order that the motor automobile is often thoroughly registered and titled. Car dealerships and state motor car administrations need to treat this transaction as an from state registration. OFM will issue a registration card and federal license plates when adequate documentation is received. Also, a title will probably be sent to the indicated lien holder to protect the curiosity with the lender.