MCL 205.182 — Sale of motor vehicle to group designated by automobile manufacturer; calculation of credit; refund; conditions; reduction in sales tax

(1) For a transaction occurring after December 31, 1999, a taxpayer may calculate a credit and seek a refund from the department under this act in an amount equal to 6% of the consideration received by that taxpayer from an automobile manufacturer to reimburse that taxpayer for a discount or price reduction given on the sale of a motor vehicle to a member of a group designated by an automobile manufacturer as entitled to a price identified on the automobile manufacturer’s invoice to the automobile dealer that the automobile manufacturer requires the automobile dealer to charge that vehicle purchaser, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The motor vehicle purchaser was not employed by that automobile manufacturer at the time the discount or price reduction was given.
(b) The taxpayer calculating the credit and seeking the refund did not reimburse himself or herself by adding sales tax on that portion of the sales price received from an automobile manufacturer.
(c) The amount of the credit or refund does not exceed the actual amount of sales tax paid on that portion of the sales price received from an automobile manufacturer by the taxpayer calculating the credit and seeking the refund.
(2) At the option of the taxpayer, the credit and refund provided in this section may be applied to reduce the sales tax due and the procedures implementing those sales tax payment obligations.