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S.D. Codified Laws § 10-45-6.1

Tax on intrastate, interstate, or international telecommunications service--Exemptions

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re the Appeal of the Sales Tax Refund Applications of Black Hills Power & Light Co. (1980)

Most recently applied in Qwest Corp. v. State Ex Rel. Wyoming Department of Revenue (March 2006)

Source: SL 1974, ch 97, § 2; SL 1980, ch 325, § 17; SL 1987, ch 98, § 7; SL 1988, ch 106, § 1; SL 2002, ch 61, § 5; SL 2003, ch 63, § 1, eff

Except as provided in § 10-45-6.2, there is hereby imposed a tax of four and two-tenths percent upon the gross receipts from providing any intrastate, interstate, or international telecommunications service that originates or terminates in this state and that is billed or charged to a service address in this state, or that both originates and terminates in this state. However, the tax imposed by this section does not apply to:

(1) Any eight hundred or eight hundred-type service, unless the service both originates and terminates in this state;

(2) Any sale of a telecommunication service to a provider of telecommunication services, including access service, for use in providing any telecommunication service; or

(3) Any sale of interstate telecommunication service provided to a call center that has been certified by the secretary of revenue to meet the criterion established in § 10-45-6.3 and the call center has provided to the telecommunications service provider an exemption certificate issued by the secretary indicating that it meets the criterion.

If a call center uses an exemption certificate to purchase services not meeting the criterion established in § 10-45-6.3, the call center is liable for the applicable tax, penalty, and interest.

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