Sec. 6.7. (a) Every owner of a passenger motor vehicle or a light truck who during a registration year regularly rents the passenger motor vehicle or light truck for periods of under thirty (30) days to others in the regular course of the owner's business is entitled to a credit against the vehicle excise tax liability owed for the passenger motor vehicle or light truck for that registration year.
(b) The maximum credit that an owner is entitled to claim under this section against the vehicle excise tax owed for all the passenger motor vehicles and light trucks to which subsection (a) applies for a registration year equals the lesser of:
(1) the total vehicle excise taxes due for those passenger motor vehicles and light trucks for that registration year, before the application of the credit allowed by this section; or
(2) the total auto rental excise taxes collected by the owner during the immediately preceding registration year.
(c) A passenger motor vehicle or light truck is regularly rented by a person in the regular course of the person's business during a registration year if the passenger motor vehicle or light truck is rented by the person to another person an average of ten (10) days each month of the registration year that the person owned the passenger motor vehicle or light truck.
As added by P.L.79-1985, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.335-1989(ss), SEC.10; P.L.2-1991, SEC.45; P.L.214-2007, SEC.1; P.L.256-2017, SEC.32.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 6. Motor Fuel and Vehicle Excise Taxes
Chapter 5. Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
6-6-5-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter
6-6-5-1. Definitions; Applicability
6-6-5-2. Vehicle Excise Tax; Imposition; Proof of Payment of Property Tax Not Required; Unpaid Tax
6-6-5-3. Valuation of Vehicles
6-6-5-3.5. Trailer Registration; Weight; Fees
6-6-5-5. Amount of Tax Credit Against Tax
6-6-5-5.2. Credit for Certain Veterans Who Are Not Eligible for a Property Tax Deduction
6-6-5-6.7. "Passenger Motor Vehicle"; Credits for Rental Vehicles; Inspection of Records
6-6-5-7.4. Refund of Taxes Paid for Vehicle Used in Other State
6-6-5-7.7. Tax Credit or Refund Claims; Inspection of Records; Improperly Allowed Claims
6-6-5-10. Collection Procedures; Duties of County Officials; Distribution
6-6-5-10.4. Verification of Taxes Collected for Each Taxing Unit
6-6-5-10.5. Municipal Corporations; Estimates of Amounts to Be Distributed
6-6-5-11. Registration of Vehicle Without Payment of Tax; Offenses
6-6-5-13. Agents for Collection of Tax
6-6-5-14. Limitations on Indebtedness of Political or Municipal Corporations; Effect
6-6-5-15. Consolidation of Taxes for Taxpayers Owning More Than One Vehicle