Is FET due on the installation of a winch?

December 10, 2011

Rose-Michele Nardi

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC

A customer purchased a new chassis three months ago and now wants us to install a winch on it. Unmodified, the chassis has a GVWR in excess of 33,000 pounds Is it correct that the installation of a winch on a used chassis is not taxable?

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