Trade-in Tax Credit for a New Car Lease

I live in a State that allows tax credits when you trade-in a vehicle towards the purchase of a new one. I am not a big fan of leasing my cars but recently came across a very good deal and looks like my Ruby Red GT Premium might be gone this Tuesday.

I checked with the dealer and did a little research to find out that the tax credit can not be applied towards the use portion of my new lease. Just wanted to see if anyone had to go through a similar situation and could confirm that.

Sounds about right. I traded in a leased vehicle to get my 15 GT and since I was only paying use fee tax monthly, there was no tax credit. Since you don't pay your sales tax up front on a lease, I could see why there wouldn't be a credit as well.

As far as I am aware you only get tax credit when trading in against a purchase not a lease.