Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 233

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 6-2.5-5-38.2.

Synopsis: Sales tax treatment of car purchase discounts. Provides that a rebate or employee discount on the sale of a motor vehicle is not part of the gross retail income received by the seller when determining the sales and use tax amount.

Effective: July 1, 2009.





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    January 7, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy.







Introduced

First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)


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SENATE BILL No. 233



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning taxation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 6-2.5-5-38.2; (09)IN0233.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 6-2.5-5-38.2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009]: Sec. 38.2. (a) The value of an owned vehicle is exempt from the Indiana gross retail tax in a vehicle lease transaction if the owned vehicle is exchanged for a like kind vehicle.
     (b) The value of a third party's payment or credit, including an employee discount, on the sale or lease of a motor vehicle is exempt from the gross retail tax if the customer's purchase agreement shows:
        (1) the payment or credit is directly related to a price reduction or discount on the sale or lease;
        (2) the seller has an obligation to pass the price reduction or discount through to the purchaser;
        (3) the amount of the price reduction or discount is fixed and determinable by the seller at the time of the sale or lease to the purchaser; and
        (4) the price reduction or discount is identified as a third

party price reduction or discount.