4 wheelers

[GMN]

If a person purchased a 4 wheeler new to be used only for farm use on their own farm, and is not going to license it, could the assumption be made that it should be like purchasing a tractor or manure spreader, and sales tax could not be paid? If the dealer sends out a form to the buyer, do they also send it to the license bureau in the county in which you live? Exempt or not?

 

[denvermartinfarms]

There is no farm use sales tax exemption in mo for atv's. you can just not go to the license office and pay it if you want, the maximum penalty is 200$ plus the tax, so that's all it is if you ever want to sell it to someone that cares about it or you decide you want the title. Use to we never registered any of ours, but now you have to so you can ride on government land.

 

[GMN]

You have 30 days from the date of purchase to title and pay sales tax on your newly purchased ATV. If you do not title the ATV within 30 days, there is a title penalty of $25 on the 31st day after purchase. The penalty increases another $25 for every 30 days you are late with a maximum penalty of $200. Our online sales tax calculator may help you calculate the taxes and fees you will pay.

No sales tax is due on a used ATV purchased from an individual for less than $3,000.
There is no exemption from paying sales tax on an ATV purchased for “farm use”

 

[GMN]

Off-Road Utility Vehicles

A “Utility vehicle” is “any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use which is sixty-three inches or less in width, with an unladen dry weight of 1,850 pounds or less, traveling on four or six wheels, to be used primarily for landscaping, lawn care, or maintenance purposes.”

Utility vehicles do not meet the definition of a motor vehicle or ATV, and will not be titled and registered. Examples of off-road utility vehicles include, but are not limited to:
Minicab,
Mule,
Gator,
Max/Buffalo, Etc.
Utility vehicles cannot be operated upon the highways of this state unless they are:
Owned and operated by governmental entity for official use,
Operated for agricultural or industrial on-premise purposes, or
Operated by handicapped persons for short distances on secondary roads.
The operator must have a valid driver license, but does not have to be motorcycle qualified.
Cities/counties are allowed to issue special permits for utility vehicles to be used on county roads within the county or on highways within the city to licensed drivers for a fee of $15. The fee is to be kept by such city/county.
The seller of a utility vehicle is responsible for collecting and remitting all applicable state and local tax on new utility vehicles.
Utility vehicle owners may qualify for a “farm use” tax exemption.

Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles

A “Recreational Off-Highway Vehicle" is "any motorized vehicle manufactured and used exclusively for off-highway use which is sixty-four inches or less in width, with an unladen dry weight of two thousand pounds or less, traveling on four or more nonhighway tires, with a nonstraddle seat, and steering wheel, which may have access to ATV trails."

Recreational off-highway vehicles do not meet the definition of a motor vehicle or ATV, and will not be titled and registered.


I know alot of people who have gators and use them just like we do our atv's and yet they do not have to pay sales tax?? Something is messed up with this-A ATv in my eyes is a off road vehicle, I use mine only for farm use, and only on my land and I think if you can prove it it should be exempt just like a gator or a mule-doesn't seem fair to me one bit-

 

[denvermartinfarms]

Life ain't fair, and the DOR doesn't really apply common sense.

 

[skyhightree1]

Virginia Code Section 58.1-609.2(1) says that the Virginia retail sales and use tax shall not apply to purchases of certain items necessary for use in agricultural production for market. Included in this list of sales tax exempt items are farm supplies, livestock, farm machinery, and all other tangible personal property that is to be attached to farm real estate except for structural construction materials. The Virginia Tax Administrative Code (23VAC10-210-50) specifically declares that the following are "structural construction materials" and therefore subject to sales taxes: silos, barns, sheds, storage bins (not portable), greenhouses (including plastic covered houses), permanent fencing, fuel oil storage tanks, electrical wiring (except for wiring running from special purpose equipment to an on-off switch), plumbing (except as part of special purpose equipment), cattleguards, farrowing houses, and bulk tobacco curing barns.

 

[Calhoun Farm]

My dad has bought several atv's and side x sides and used our farm tax number and never paid sales tax. I guess each state is different.

 

[bigbull338]

now anytime we buy anything for the farm we give them our tax exempt # an they put it on file.

 

[jedstivers]

Each state is different, we don't pay sales tax on a 4 wheeler if its going on the farm but we pay sales taxes on parts where in mo you don't.
I never title mine either.

 

[skyhightree1]

now anytime we buy anything for the farm we give them our tax exempt # an they put it on file.

Exactly

 

[denvermartinfarms]

I title mine because I need them to have registration stickers or I get tickets. But if you don't want to it's only a maximum 200$ fine, if you ever sell it you pay it.

 

[jedstivers]

I title mine because I need them to have registration stickers or I get tickets. But if you don't want to it's only a maximum 200$ fine, if you ever sell it you pay it.

We can sell ours without a fine but if its going out of state the dealer has to get all the paperwork done. That's if we trade them in.

 

[skyhightree1]

all that sounds like a pita

 

[snake67]

I suspect every state has a different set of rules and folks need to use their accountant as the final answer.

Here in Canada - I never register or insure my quad as it stays on the farm - I pay whatever the going fees and taxes and federal and provincial penalty costs (all taxes are a penalty fee to me) are and claim them all back on my taxes.

Trying to beat them at the point of purchase is not always easy as the sales guys are usually dealing with the city slicker who buys one and uses it twice a year - they give a schitte about you the farmer as you are small potatoes - more buyers from the big city. Ours starts every day to feed corn.

Bez

 

[denvermartinfarms]

I title mine because I need them to have registration stickers or I get tickets. But if you don't want to it's only a maximum 200$ fine, if you ever sell it you pay it.

We can sell ours without a fine but if its going out of state the dealer has to get all the paperwork done. That's if we trade them in.

I just meant if you sell it and the buyer wants to title it, he will probably expect you to pay the penalty for waiting, plus the tax of course. Sometimes you will find a buyer that doesn't need them licensed and not having a title is no big deal, we've done that before. It's been in about the last 10 or 12 years that the forest service has started enforcing the registration thing, before that we never titled one.