How to fill out Vermont VT-014

Four different tax exemptions on one sheet, and only one of them concerns a person handing over a car: the gift. The claim belongs to whoever is registering the vehicle, but the form takes the donor's signature, which makes this the one Vermont document where a seller signs somebody else's tax claim. It replaced three older forms - VT-013, VT-029 and VD-050 - in July 2022, so an old download is not just stale but a form number the department no longer recognises.

Written against VT-014 (06/26), issued under 32 V.S.A. s. 8911, declared under penalties of 23 V.S.A. s. 202, s. 203 and 32 V.S.A. s. 8910. This PDF carries two different revision stamps: page 1 is footed VT-014 06/26 IL and page 2 VT-014 08/2025 ISL. The department has updated the front sheet without reprinting the notes behind it. Read both pages of whatever copy you download rather than assuming they match.

Two documents, and they are not the same thing. Take the blank VT-014 from the dmv.vermont.gov copy so you get the revision that is current today, then print our VT-014 guide and keep it beside you while you fill theirs in.

Step 1 · the form itself Blank VT-014 — Certification of Tax Exemption PDF at dmv.vermont.gov · new tab Step 2 · how to fill it in Our filled-in VT-014 guide PDF · print and keep beside you

Filled in

What a completed one looks like

This is the actual VT-014, rendered from the PDF the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Agency of Transportation publishes and completed end to end: letterhead, every field, and the blocks at the foot.

Amber — you write it
Grey — not yours to fill
Numbered — explained below

A completed Vermont Certification of Tax Exemption, form VT-014, claiming the gift exemption on a 2012 Ford Escape XLT: the make, model and model year, the applicant's Vermont licence number, the vehicle identification number 1FMCU9DG6CKA37152, the last four digits of the applicant's social security number, the last registered owner named as Wentworth, Hester P. with her signature beside it, the relationship written as mother, the donor's plate number, Vermont as the state last registered in and a gift date of 08/10/2026. — Rendered from the department's own PDF. The four exemption boxes down the left of the form are printed squares with no fillable widget behind them, so nothing is ticked here - the claim is identified by the block that is completed rather than by a mark. The donor's signature is a real field on this form, which is the point of showing it: a Vermont gift is the one transfer where the person handing over the car signs the recipient's tax paperwork. Nobody in this sample exists.

Field by field

Every line, in the order you meet it

1
Somebody else fills this in
Make, Model, Model Year
The vehicle, described as the certificate describes it. Filled in by whoever is registering the car.
Watch out: If this does not match the title application word for word, the two are treated as different vehicles and both come back.
2
Somebody else fills this in
Applicant's Vermont License or Permit #
The recipient's credential number, and a plate number if they are moving an existing plate onto the car.
Watch out: The plate box is a genuine offer, not a formality. Moving a plate across costs the transfer fee on the department's registration fee schedule and carries the unexpired registration time with it.
3
Somebody else fills this in
Serial Number (VIN)
Seventeen characters, tying the exemption claim to a specific vehicle.
Watch out: Copy it from the title being assigned. A VIN that does not match the application is the fastest way to lose an exemption on a technicality.
4
You fill this in
Name of Last Registered Owner(s)
You, as the donor, named on somebody else's tax form.
Watch out: Use the name exactly as it is printed on the registration or the title. The department is matching this against its own record of who owned the car.
5
You fill this in
Donor's Signature
Your signature, standing behind the certification that no payment of any kind passed.
Watch out: Read the sentence above it before you sign. It rules out cash, a trade of personal property, an exchange of another vehicle and the recipient taking over your loan - and the last of those catches more people than the other three.
6
Somebody else fills this in
The vehicle was gifted to me by my ___
The relationship in one word, from the department's published list.
Watch out: Cousin, niece, nephew, friend and partner are not on the list. Neither is a person you married after the car was bought unless they are your spouse at the date of the gift.
7
Somebody else fills this in
Donor's Plate Number, State Last Registered in, Date of gift
Three boxes locating the gift in time and jurisdiction.
Watch out: The date of gift should match the date on the assignment and the bill of sale. Where they differ the department reads the earliest one.
8
Somebody else fills this in
Signature of Applicant, and Date Signed
The recipient's affirmation under penalty of perjury, with a phone number and email underneath.
Watch out: This form travels with the VD-119 and the assigned title, not on its own. Posted separately it arrives at the department attached to nothing and does nothing.

At a glance

What goes where

On the form	What to put in it
Make, Model, Model Year	The vehicle being given away, described the same way it is described on the certificate.
Applicant's Vermont License or Permit #, and Vermont Plate # (if applicable)	The recipient's credential. The plate box is for a plate they already hold and are moving onto this car.
Serial Number (VIN)	Seventeen characters. It is what ties this claim to the title application it travels with.
Last 4 digits of Applicant's SSN or FEIN	Four digits, not nine. The department asks for no more than that on this form.
The gift certification	A paragraph rather than a box: that the vehicle was a gift and there was NO payment in any form - including a cash payment, a trade of any personal property, an exchange of another vehicle, or assuming the donor's lien on the vehicle.
Name of Last Registered Owner(s), and Donor's Signature	You, and your signature, on a form the recipient is submitting. The department is asking the person giving the car away to stand behind the claim.
The vehicle was gifted to me by my ___	The relationship, in the recipient's words - mother, father, spouse, sibling, stepson and so on, from the list on the second page.
Donor's Plate Number, State Last Registered in, Date of gift	Three boxes that place the gift in time and in a jurisdiction, and that tell the department which registration record to look at.
The tax-paid-elsewhere claim	A separate exemption for a vehicle registered to the applicant in a jurisdiction that imposes a sales or use tax, with a note that Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon do not collect one.
The disability claim, with Physician's Name and Signature	For a vehicle with altered controls or a mechanical lifting device. It needs a statement of eligibility from an automotive dealer as well as the physician's signature.
The controlling-interest claim	A transfer to a business the transferor controls, requiring a controlling interest of at least 80% and certification that the transaction is exempt under section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Signature of Applicant, Date Signed, Phone Number(s), Email Address	The recipient's affirmation under 23 V.S.A. s. 202 and s. 203 and 32 V.S.A. s. 8910.

What gets this one rejected

•Any payment at all. The form's own words rule out cash, a trade of personal property, the exchange of another vehicle and the recipient assuming the donor's lien.
•A gift claim submitted with a lienholder named on the registration or title application. The department's gifts page says the exemption will be denied in that case, flatly.
•A relationship that is not on the list. The exemption reaches a spouse or ex-spouse, parent or parent-in-law, child or child-in-law, sibling or stepsibling, step-parent or stepchild, grandparent or grandchild, and a trust established for the benefit of any of them.
•An ex-spouse claim without the court document. A divorce transfer needs a copy of a court document identifying the individuals and the date of the final decree, the donor must have owned the vehicle on that date, and the transfer has to happen within one year of it.
•A donor's signature missing on a gift claim. The recipient cannot certify the absence of payment on their own.
•A copy of a will used as proof of authority where the donor has died. The department says plainly that a copy of the will is unacceptable and wants court documentation appointing the administrator or executor.

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

•A $1 sale is not a gift. A gift is a transfer with no consideration of any kind. A nominal price is a sale, and a sale is taxed on the J.D. Power clean trade-in value regardless of what the bill of sale says - so the dollar buys nothing and forfeits the exemption.
•The car has to be in the donor's name first. The gifts page requires the vehicle to be registered and/or titled in the name of the original donor, and asks for the original title in the donor's name - or, where the previous jurisdiction did not title it, the original or a certified copy of the registration certificate.
•It can be claimed late. A refund request for tax paid at registration can be made within one year if proof of eligibility is obtained after the fact.
•A gifted car keeps its trade-in value. If a vehicle received under the gift exemption is later traded in, it does not need to have been registered by the purchaser of the new vehicle to qualify for the credit.

Every line here was read off VT-014 (06/26) itself — the PDF is here — and off the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, Agency of Transportation pages. This is plain-language help with a form, not legal advice, and where our wording and the agency's differ, theirs governs.

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How to fill out Vermont VT-014

What a completed one looks like

Every line, in the order you meet it

Make, Model, Model Year

Applicant's Vermont License or Permit #

Serial Number (VIN)

Name of Last Registered Owner(s)

Donor's Signature

The vehicle was gifted to me by my ___

Donor's Plate Number, State Last Registered in, Date of gift

Signature of Applicant, and Date Signed

What goes where

What gets this one rejected

Rules that decide whether it is accepted

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