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103 KAR 26:110. Motor carrier repair and replacement parts


Published: 2015

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      103

KAR 26:110. Motor carrier repair and replacement parts.

 

      RELATES

TO: KRS 131.110, 139.050, 139.100, 139.110, 139.120, 139.140, 139.200, 139.260,

139.270, 139.310, 139.330, 139.480, 139.540, 139.550, 139.560, 139.590, 139.720

      STATUTORY

AUTHORITY: KRS 131.130, 139.710

      NECESSITY,

FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 131.130 and 139.710 authorize the Revenue Cabinet

to promulgate administrative regulations for the assessment, collection,

refunding, administration, and enforcement of the Kentucky tax laws. This administrative

regulation establishes requirements and guidelines for the application of the

sales and use tax exemption for repair and replacement parts for the direct

operation or maintenance of a motor vehicle, including any towed unit, used

exclusively in interstate commerce for the conveyance of property or passengers

for hire as provided in KRS 139.480(32).

 

      Section

1. Definitions. (1) "Exclusively in interstate commerce" means the

conveyance of property or passengers by a motor vehicle in more than one (1)

state. A motor vehicle used in the conveyance of property or passengers only

within the borders of this state is not used in interstate commerce.

      (2)

"For hire" means a motor carrier receiving compensation for

transportation of property owned by others or passengers under the requirements

of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 49 C.F.R. 325 to

399.

      (3)

"Truck Part Direct Pay Authorization" or "TP DPA" means an

authorization issued by the Revenue Cabinet that permits a taxpayer to report

Kentucky sales and use tax directly to the cabinet on applicable repair and

replacement parts.

 

      Section

2. Application Process. (1) The applicant shall complete the Application for

Truck Part Direct Pay Authorization, Revenue Form 51A160 (October 2003).

      (2)

To qualify for the TP DPA, the applicant shall be:

      (a)

Designated as an interstate motor carrier with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet;

      (b)

Registered with a Kentucky sales and use tax account number or a Kentucky

consumer use tax account number; and

      (c)

Operating one (1) or more motor vehicles exclusively in interstate commerce.

      (3)

The cabinet shall issue qualifying applicants a TP DPA (Revenue Form 51A161).

 

      Section

3. Exemption Procedures. The TP DPA holder shall:

      (1)

Issue a copy of the authorization to all its truck part vendors;

      (2)

Report and remit the sales or use tax to the Revenue Cabinet on purchases of

repair and replacement parts used on nonqualifying motor vehicles that the

purchaser’s vendor would have remitted if the authorization had not been

issued;

      (3)

Report and pay all taxable purchases in accordance with KRS 139.540,

139.550,139.560, and 139.590;

      (4)

Maintain records pursuant to KRS 139.720(2); and

      (5)

File by February 15 of each year the "Truck Part Direct Pay Authorization

Purchase Report," Revenue Form 51A162 (October 2003), to report the total

tax savings from purchases of repair and replacement parts that are exempt from

sales and use tax pursuant to KRS 139.480(32).

 

      Section

4. Vendor Requirements. (1) Vendors shall be relieved of the duty to collect

and pay the sales or use tax on sales of repair and replacement parts if they:

      (a)

Accept a copy of the purchaser’s TP DPA in good faith pursuant to KRS 139.270;

and

      (b)

Retain the copy in the company records pursuant to KRS 139.720(2).

      (2)

Vendors shall:

      (a)

Report sales to a TP DPA holder on Line 1, Gross Receipts, of Revenue Form

51A102, "Sales and Use Tax Return", (July 2003); and

      (b)

Take a corresponding deduction Code 190 on the return and identify the

deduction as "TP DPA Sales".

 

      Section

5. Transfer of Authorization. (1) A TP DPA shall not be transferable upon the

sale, lease, or other transfer of the business.

      (2)

A TP DPA holder shall notify the cabinet within ten (10) days of the effective

date of the sale, lease, or other transfer of the business.

 

      Section

6. Termination. (1) The cabinet shall terminate a TP DPA if the holder:

      (a)

Fails or ceases to be an eligible taxpayer;

      (b)

Fails to timely file its sales and use tax returns and timely pay any tax due;

or

      (c)

Fails to comply with any of the provisions of this administrative regulation.

      (2)

The cabinet shall notify a TP DPA holder of the termination by certified mail

at the last known business address.

      (3)

Upon receipt of the notification of termination, a TP DPA holder shall notify

all truck repair and replacement part vendors within thirty (30) days of the

date of termination.

      (4)

The effective date of the termination shall be the date of the mailing of the

termination notice.

 

      Section

7. Protests. The denial or termination of a TP DPA may be protested pursuant to

KRS 131.110.

 

      Section

8. Incorporation by Reference. (1) The following material is incorporated by

reference:

      (a)

"Sales and Use Tax Return", Form 51A102 (July 2003);

      (b)

"Consumer’s Use Tax Return", Form 51A113 (July 2003);

      (c)

"Application for Truck Part Direct Pay Authorization", Form 51A160

(October 2003);

      (d)

"Truck Part Direct Pay Authorization", Form 51A161 (October 2003);

and

      (e)

"Truck Part Direct Pay Authorization (TP DPA) Purchase Report", Form

51A162 (October 2003).

      (2)

This material may be inspected, copied, or obtained, Subject to applicable

copyright law, at Kentucky Revenue Cabinet, 200 Fair Oaks Lane, Frankfort,

Kentucky 40620, or at a Kentucky Taxpayer Service Center, Monday through

Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (30 Ky.R. 1382; Am. 1763; eff. 1-13-2004.)