No Sales Tax on a Vehicle or Adaptive Equipment Bought with VA Assistance
A disabled veteran who buys a highway-licensed motor vehicle, or adaptive equipment, with VA financial assistance under 38 U.S.C. 1901-1905 pays no Arkansas gross receipts tax on it. Proof is an official VA letter verifying the assisted purchase. On a vehicle this is one of the larger single-transaction savings available in the state.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
A disabled veteran who buys a highway-licensed motor vehicle, or adaptive equipment, with VA financial assistance under 38 U.S.C. 1901-1905 pays no Arkansas gross receipts tax on it. Proof is an official VA letter verifying the assisted purchase. On a vehicle this is one of the larger single-transaction savings available in the state.
What it's worth: Gross receipts (sales) tax exempt on the vehicle and its adaptive equipment
- The route is VA financial assistance under 38 U.S.C. 1901-1905 — the automobile and adaptive equipment grants.
- It covers the vehicle, the adaptive equipment, or both.
- The vehicle must be a highway-licensed motor vehicle.
- Proof is an official VA letter verifying the assisted purchase. A rating letter alone is not what is asked for.
- The saving is the sales tax on the purchase price, so it scales with the vehicle — which is why no figure is published.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- The VA helped pay for the vehicle or the adaptive equipment.
- You are buying in Arkansas.
Not sure whether that describes you?
Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.
How to claim it
- 1Get the official VA letter verifying the assisted purchase BEFORE you buy. It is what the exemption turns on and it takes time to obtain.
- 2Present it at the point of sale or at registration, and ask for the gross receipts tax exemption specifically.
- 3The exemption reaches adaptive equipment as well as the vehicle. If you are buying equipment separately, claim it there too.
- 4A disability rating letter is not the document asked for. Do not go with that alone.
- 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 — disabled veteran vehicle exemptions
- operating · published policyArkansas DFA — sales and use tax
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