No Sales Tax on a Car Every Two Years for a Service-Blinded Veteran
A veteran blind as the result of a service-connected injury pays no sales tax on one new or used passenger automobile or pickup truck, once every two years. A VA certifying statement is what establishes it. Larger trucks and trailers are outside it. This is a separate route from the VA-assisted purchase exemption and does not require the VA to have funded the vehicle.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
A veteran blind as the result of a service-connected injury pays no sales tax on one new or used passenger automobile or pickup truck, once every two years. A VA certifying statement is what establishes it. Larger trucks and trailers are outside it. This is a separate route from the VA-assisted purchase exemption and does not require the VA to have funded the vehicle.
What it's worth: Sales tax exempt on one car or pickup every two years
- The gate is blindness resulting from a service-connected injury, certified by a VA statement.
- It covers one new or used passenger automobile or pickup truck, once every TWO years.
- Larger trucks and trailers are excluded.
- It does NOT require the VA to have funded the purchase — that is the separate assisted-purchase exemption, and a veteran may qualify under either.
- The saving is the sales tax on the purchase price, so it scales with the vehicle.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- You are blind as a result of a service-connected injury.
- You are buying in Arkansas.
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How to claim it
- 1Get the VA certifying statement of service-connected blindness before buying.
- 2Claim the exemption at the point of sale or at registration.
- 3Watch the two-year clock. Buying inside two years of a previous exempt purchase does not qualify.
- 4Buy a passenger car or a pickup. Larger trucks and trailers are outside the exemption.
- 5If the VA also funded the vehicle, ask which exemption applies — the assisted-purchase route has no two-year limit.
- Form
- Claimed at the point of sale or registration
- File with
- Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, at sale or registration
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · regulationArkansas gross receipts tax rules — blind veteran automobile exemption
- operating · published policyArkansas DFA — sales and use tax
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