No State Sales Tax on a Vehicle Bought or Adapted With a VA Grant
O.C.G.A. 48-8-3 exempts a disabled veteran from state sales tax on a vehicle purchased and adapted with a VA grant. It applies to the ORIGINAL grant purchase only — a later replacement bought without a grant is taxed normally.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
O.C.G.A. 48-8-3 exempts a disabled veteran from state sales tax on a vehicle purchased and adapted with a VA grant. It applies to the ORIGINAL grant purchase only — a later replacement bought without a grant is taxed normally.
What it's worth: State sales tax exempt on the grant-purchased vehicle
- The route is the federal VA automobile and adaptive equipment grant. A disability rating alone is not it.
- It applies to the ORIGINAL grant purchase only. A replacement vehicle bought later without a grant is taxed normally.
- The saving is the state sales tax on the purchase price, so it scales with the vehicle.
- Ask about the separate ad valorem exemption at the same time — that one is annual and this one is once.
Who is entitled to it
- You served in the U.S. armed forces.
- The VA granted funds towards buying and adapting the vehicle.
- You are buying in Georgia.
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How to claim it
- 1Have the VA grant documentation before you buy. The exemption attaches to the grant purchase and cannot be applied retrospectively to an ordinary one.
- 2Claim it at the point of sale, citing O.C.G.A. 48-8-3.
- 3Remember it is the original grant purchase only. Plan accordingly if you expect to replace the vehicle.
- 4Ask about the annual ad valorem exemption on the same visit — a different statute and a recurring saving.
- Form
- Claimed at purchase
- File with
- Georgia Department of Revenue, at the point of sale
- Documents you will need
- va benefit summary letter
- No renewal
- Once granted it does not need renewing.
Sources
- authority · published policyGeorgia Department of Veterans Service — tax exemptions (O.C.G.A. 48-8-3)
- operating · published policyGeorgia Department of Revenue
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