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Mich. Comp. Laws § 205.73

Advertisement; amounts added to sales prices for reimbursement purposes; brackets; tax imposed under tobacco products tax act

Known as the General Sales Tax Act

The act spans §§ 205.51 to 205.78 (59 sections).

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Sims v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (1976)

Most recently applied in Andrie Inc v. Department of Treasury (June 2014)

1933, Act 167, Imd

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Sec. 23. (1) A person engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property at retail shall not advertise or hold out to the public in any manner, directly or indirectly, that the tax imposed under this act is not considered as an element in the price to the consumer. This act does not prohibit any taxpayer from reimbursing himself or herself by adding to the sale price any tax levied by this act. (2) Subject to subsection (3), in determining amounts to be added to the sales prices for reimbursement purposes, the seller shall compute the tax to the third decimal place and round up to a whole cent when the third decimal place is greater than 4 or round down to a whole cent when the third decimal place is 4 or less. (3) The following brackets may be used through December 31, 2005 by retailers in determining amounts to be added to sales prices for reimbursement purposes: Amount of Sale Tax 1 cent to 10 cents 0 11 cents to 24 cents 1 cent 25 cents to 41 cents 2 cents 42 cents to 58 cents 3 cents 59 cents to 74 cents 4 cents 75 cents to 91 cents 5 cents 92 cents to 99 cents 6 cents For $1.00 and each multiple of $1.00, 6% of the sale price. (4) A person other than this state may not enrich himself or herself or gain any benefit from the collection or payment of the tax. (5) A person subject to tax under this act shall not separately state on an invoice, bill of sale, or other similar document given to the purchaser the tax imposed under the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.421 to 205.436.

Official source: Michigan Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Michigan statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.