We are a truck body distributor that sells new taxable bodies at retail. We do not sell used bodies. When we sell a new body, we also often sell and install one or more body parts or accessories. In addition, some of our...
NTEA has been fielding inquiries regarding the proper body mounting process for a given body. Confusion can stem from the fact that there is no single body mounting technique for all chassis and body configurations. Some...
NTEA fields questions on FET as related to parts and accessories rulings. Internal Revenue Service breaks FET into specific categories, including taxable articles (i.e., truck chassis, truck bodies, trailer chassis...
One of our customers is a fleet that operates and maintains work trucks. This fleet is buying new, incomplete chassis cabs from a local dealer and mounts their used truck bodies and/or equipment onto them. They also have...
As a new upfitter, we need to better understand how to ensure the vehicles we build meet brake system requirements. Please help us navigate Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 105 hydraulic brake requirements.
We sell truck chassis with permanently mounted snowplow equipment. The truck chassis have a GVWR greater than 33,000 pounds. Is an otherwise taxable chassis exempt from the Internal Revenue Service Internal Revenue Code...
When we install a new taxable body on a customer-owned chassis, we sometimes also install one or more chassis parts or accessories. The customer-owned chassis are more than a year old and were taxable when new. We...