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TITLE 34PUBLIC FINANCE
PART 1COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
CHAPTER 3TAX ADMINISTRATION
SUBCHAPTER FMOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX
RULE §3.74Seller Responsibility

comptroller.texas.gov. See §3.95 of this title (relating to Motor Vehicle Sales Tax Resale Certificate; Sales for Resale).

  (2) A seller may accept a properly completed Texas Motor Vehicle Sales Tax Exemption Certificate--For Vehicles Taken Out of State, Form 14-312, its electronic equivalent, or its successor, promulgated by the comptroller, in lieu of collecting tax on motor vehicles that will be removed from this state without being operated other than to remove the motor vehicle from this state. The exemption certificate is available at comptroller.texas.gov. See §3.90 of this title (relating to Motor Vehicles Purchased for Use Outside of Texas).

  (3) A purchaser claiming an exemption on the purchase of a motor vehicle that qualifies for an exemption under Tax Code, Chapter 152, Subchapter E, must indicate the exemption claimed on the Application for Texas Title and/or Registration at the time of purchase. The Application for Texas Title and/or Registration noting the exemption claimed is submitted to the county tax assessor-collector in lieu of tax.

(h) Unremitted tax paid to seller, transfer of certificate of title.

  (1) A county tax assessor-collector may accept an Application for Texas Title and/or Registration without the payment of motor vehicle tax from a purchaser who paid the motor vehicle tax to a dealer who failed to remit the motor vehicle tax as described in subsection (c) of this section.

  (2) The purchaser must present acceptable evidence of motor vehicle tax payment at the time an Application for Texas Title and/or Registration is submitted to the county tax assessor-collector. Acceptable evidence includes, but is not limited to, a sales contract or bill of sale that identifies the dealer and the amount of motor vehicle tax paid.

  (3) The Application for Texas Title and/or Registration must contain the dealer's Motor Vehicle Seller-Financed Sales Tax Permit number (if applicable and available) and must indicate that motor vehicle tax has been paid to the dealer and no additional motor vehicle tax is due from the purchaser.

  (4) The county tax assessor-collector shall notify the comptroller of the dealer's failure to remit the motor vehicle tax through the automated Registration-Title System (RTS) and include the document indicating motor vehicle tax paid to the dealer in the title application material.

(i) Prohibited advertising. A dealer may not directly or indirectly advertise, hold out or state to a customer or the public that he will assume, absorb or refund a part of the motor vehicle tax imposed on the sale of a motor vehicle, or will not add tax to the sales price.


Source Note: The provisions of this §3.74 adopted to be effective December 9, 1998, 23 TexReg 12449; amended to be effective April 17, 2000, 25 TexReg 3289; amended to be effective April 2, 2002, 27 TexReg 2535; amended to be effective May 1, 2005, 30 TexReg 2401; amended to be effective May 18, 2017, 42 TexReg 2564; amended to be effective April 19, 2020, 45 TexReg 2420

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