Brooklyn Contractors Should Check the Commercial Motor Vehicle Tax

A Brooklyn contractor with a truck, pickup, or other business vehicle should not treat registration as the sole vehicle money issue. The commercial motor vehicle tax applies to non-passenger commercial vehicles used mostly in the city. That can mean 50 percent or more of annual mileage in the city, or use mainly tied to a business located in the city. The listed vehicles include trucks, light delivery cars, road-building machines, snowplows, pickup trucks, and other equipment.

The owner pays the tax. If a lessee or bailee has exclusive use for 30 days or more, that person can be treated as the owner.

Open the Finance tax route and compare the vehicle’s registration class, annual mileage, business location, and lease terms with those rules. If the city-use or ownership test fits, follow the tax route for that vehicle. Keep the mileage record, registration, lease, Finance result, filing, and payment record together.