DO YOU HAVE TO TAX A VEHICLE SOLD FOR EXPORT?

There have been a lot of questions lately regarding the sale of a motor vehicle to a customer who resides outside of the United States. After receiving many different answers, even from the Department of Revenue, I have received written clarification as to how a dealer can sell a motor vehicle to a customer who resides outside of the United States. Please review the following information which was received from Mr. Keith Wilson of the Ohio Department of Revenue.

If the dealer arranges and pays for the shipping of the vehicle out of Ohio, it is considered interstate commerce and exempt from Ohio sales tax. See tax commissioner’s rule #5703-9-39 at this link:

http://www.tax.ohio.gov/divisions/legal/rules/final/5703_09/5703_9_39.stm

If the customer takes possession of the vehicle or arranges the shipping (the shipping company becomes an agent of the buyer at this point), the buyer is considered to have taken possession in Ohio and Ohio sales tax would be due at the county of the dealer location.

Here is a great video from the OIADA 11th Annual Golf Outing at the Little Turtle Country Club in Columbus, Ohio on August 13, 2010. This video shows almost a thousand golf balls being dropped from a helicopter. The numbered ball that is closest to the pin is the winner!

OIADA Helicopter Ball Drop – From the OIADA Golf Outing 8/13/10

Overall weekly U.S. auction prices decreased 3 percentage points in July vs. prior month, continuing to indicate emerging pricing weakness, Openlane Inc. reported.

Truck prices experienced the greatest drop in July, decreasing 17 percentage points from the prior month.

SUV prices also trended down in July, dropping four percentage points from June. SUV interest was essentially flat, increasing by one percentage point last month, ending 11 percentage points below July 2009 levels. 
Dealer interest in minivans spiked 31 percentage points last month, exceeding July 2009 levels by 61 percentage points.

This is the final week of preparation for the Annual OIADA Golf Tournament and the weather for Friday looks like it is going to be a great day. I guess all of our prayers were heard and Friday should be a beautiful day for the 11th annual event. Everything is in place, our sponsors have once again made this event possible and all of the events for the day are prepared.

This year we have added a new event, The Helicopter Golf Ball Drop and I for one, can’t wait to see this happen. We will be selling numbered balls all week and on Friday, at approximately 2:30 PM a helicopter will land in the middle of the driving range at the Little Turtle Golf Club. We will then load up all of the numbered balls which were sold into the helicopter and it will lift off. Up, up and away………..and a short time after take off it will drop all of the numbered balls onto a green below. The owner of the numbered ball that lands closest to the flag stick after the drop will win $1,000.00. In the event of any ties the winnings will be split among the winners.

Tickets are being sold in our office, you don’t have to be present to win and yes, we do accept credit cards. Call our office this week and take a chance on winning $1,000.00 in CASH. This is the last week to be a part of the very first ever, OIADA Golf Ball Drop.

Call Christine at 614-863-5800 before it’s too late.

DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE ON YOUR OHIO WORKERS COMPENSATION PREMIUM

Join other OIADA Members who are already participating to control and reduce the workers compensation premium.

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You may also contact CompManagement, our group plan administrator, today 800-825-6755 select option 3 and speak to one of our member representatives.

Our office has received recent inquires regarding OSHA regulations on First Aid Kits in the workplace. Some dealers are concerned if there is a certain type of kit or certain instruments that must be present in the First Aid Kit. Well obviously you should and are required to have more than a box of bandaids in your dealership. The US Department of Labor lists the following information regarding this issue and, when in doubt, consult your company lawyer for additional advice regarding this issue.

• Part Number: 1910
• Part Title: Occupational Safety and Health Standards
• Subpart: R
• Subpart Title: Special Industries
• Standard Number: 1910.266 App A
• Title: First-aid Kits (Mandatory).

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OIADA IS GIVING AWAY $1,000.00

At our recent Board Meeting which was held on July 7th we announced the addition of a new contest being added to the upcoming OIADA Golf Tournament. The new event is the “Golf Ball Drop”. This contest is open to everyone and you don’t have to be present to win. This is how it works:

The tickets are $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00. For every ticket purchased we will assign a numbered golf ball and after the golf portion of the event has concluded we will load all of the numbered golf balls onto a helicopter that will take off from the driving range and after a few passes, the pilot will hover above a designated green on the driving range and drop all of the balls onto the green. The owner of the numbered ball that comes to rest closest to the pin will win $1,000.00. If two or more balls are tied or come to rest in the cup, the prize money will be spilt among the winners. Read the rest of this entry →

Information just released lits the safest cars on the road by size and model.

Top Safety Picks 2010 from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

LARGE CARS

Buick LaCrosse
Ford Taurus
Hyundai Genesis (built after 1/2010)
Lincoln MKS
Mercedes E class (built after 1/2010)
Volvo S80 Read the rest of this entry →

I HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY KNEES MANY TIMES,
BECAUSE I HAD NOWHERE ELSE TO GO

(Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States)

Finally, someone has taken the time in writing to explain why you don’t forward chain mail and why you delete previous email addresses

The man that sent this information is a computer tech. He spends a lot of time clearing the junk off computers for people and listens to complaints about speed. All forwards are not bad, just some.

1) Any time you see an email that says “forward this on to ’10′ (or however many) of your friends”, “sign this petition”, or “you’ll get bad luck” or “you’ll get good luck” or “you’ll see something funny on your screen after you send it” or whatever — it almost always has an email tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and emails of those folks you forward to.

The host sender is getting a copy each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of ‘active’ email addresses to use in SPAM emails or sell to other spammers. Even when you get emails that demand you send the email on if you’re not ashamed of God/Jesus — that is email tracking, and they are playing on our conscience. These people don’t care how they get your email addresses – just as long as they get them. Also, emails that talk about a missing child or a child with an incurable disease “how would you feel if that was your child” —email tracking. Ignore them and don’t participate! Read the rest of this entry →