To request a time-of-sale report for a clean vehicle purchase, follow these steps:
- Contact the dealership directly using the phone/email provided during your purchase. The report contains the dealer’s name, EIN, and address, which should be verifiable through your sales documents.
- Confirm the dealer’s registration status: Dealers must be registered with the IRS Energy Credits Online (ECO) portal prior to the sale date to submit reports. Ask if they’ve properly registered and filed reports for your transaction.
- Request documentation:
- A copy of your signed attestations regarding income eligibility and vehicle use
- The buyer’s credit transfer election form (if applicable)
- Modified AGI limitation disclosures
These documents are required to be retained by the dealer as part of the time-of-sale reporting process.
- If unresolved, check if the dealer has submitted the report via the IRS ECO portal. While you cannot access the portal directly, the dealer can confirm submission and provide proof. Recent IRS updates (March 2025) allow late submissions for 2024 transactions, so dealers may still file retroactively if they missed the original 3-day window.
No IRS-specific contact method is required – this is handled directly through the selling dealership. If the dealer cannot provide proof of filing, they should immediately submit the report through the ECO portal, as the IRS now accepts corrected/late submissions with review.
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