How does the off-highway exemption apply?

December 8, 2010

Rose-Michele Nardi

Weiner Brodsky Sidman Kider PC

If a vehicle is primarily used at job sites, but also moves over the highway, can it still be sold tax-free for FET purposes under the so-called off-highway exception?

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