Can I avoid FET by buying a vehicle directly from a foreign manufacturer?

March 13, 2023
Rose-Michele Nardi
Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC
If an individual end-user rather than a dealership imports a new, Canadian-manufactured taxable truck chassis to the U.S., is the individual able to avoid paying FET under Internal Revenue Code 4051?
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