October 29, 2025

Sales Tax & Retail Delivery Fee

Taxes

Minnesota Sales Tax & Retail Delivery Fee

MADA Material
  • Leases (Coming Soon)
  • Dealer Owned Vehicles (Coming Soon)
  • Optional Maintenance Contracts (Coming Soon)
Minnesota Department of Revenue Materials

The Minnesota Revenue site offers much valuable guidance for new car dealers. However, its organization isn’t entirely intuitive. The top of the hierarchy is HERE with an alphabetical index.

Two guides specifically designed for our industry sit one step below. Each has a helpful table of contents on the left frame:

Some issues of interest to MADA members also impact other industries and business groups. They have a separate entry in the index and aren’t always cross referenced within the auto dealer sales and repair guides. Here are a few:

Internal Revenue Service

Cash Reporting $10,000 or More
Demonstrator Vehicles
IRS Other

Automotive insurance and protection programs

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