Required documentation for tax-free sale for resale

May 2, 2022

Rose-Michele Nardi

Baker & Miller PLLC

We recently sold a taxable truck to a dealer, and the dealer subsequently provided us with a copy of its sale documentation demonstrating the truck had been resold. Because we can document a taxable truck was sold to a dealer for resale, can the sale be treated as a tax-free sale?

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