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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 11.15.33.06" title_num="11" subtitle_num="15" chapter_num="33" heading="Applying the Trade-in Allowance.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>When applying a trade-in allowance to the certified selling price to determine the taxable price of the vehicle purchased, the dealer shall complete one of the following forms:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Application for Certificate of Title (VR-5);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Maryland Dealers Reassignment (VR-182);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Dealers Reassignment on the reverse side of the Maryland Certificate of Title (VR-2);</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The Dealer's or Auto Wreckers Re-Assignment on the reverse side of the Maryland Salvage Certificate (VR-108); or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Dealer's Reassignment on the reverse side of the Maryland Notice of Security Interest Filing (VR-2), if the dealer is selling a repossessed vehicle.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>When applying a trade-in allowance, a dealer shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Complete the Maryland Dealer's Certification portion of the application for title; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Provide an original bill of sale showing the certified selling price and amount of the trade-in allowance.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The dealer shall determine and enter on the Maryland Dealer's Certification portion of the application for title:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The certified selling price;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The trade-in allowance;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The taxable price of the vehicle by deducting the amount of the trade-in allowance from the certified selling price;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The gross tax remitted by calculating the applicable excise tax rate times the taxable price; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>For licensed Maryland dealers, the net tax remitted by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Multiplying 0.6 percent times the gross tax remitted up to $12; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Subtracting the result from the gross tax collected.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>When the trade-in allowance is equal to, or higher than, the total purchase price, the excise tax shall be $0.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>When the excise tax is exempt under Transportation Article, §13-810, Annotated Code of Maryland, or calculated as $0 as set forth in §D of this regulation, no additional allowance or refund shall be given to the purchaser of the vehicle.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>When a certificate of title or a dealer reassignment is submitted without the required Maryland Dealer's Certification showing the trade-in allowance information on the form, a dealer shall submit with the certificate of title or a dealer reassignment:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A completed Application for Certificate of Title (VR-5) containing the required certification; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An original bill of sale showing the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Purchase price and the amount of trade-in allowance;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Vehicle identification number of the trade-in vehicle; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>State in which the trade-in vehicle was last titled.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>