Connecticut Statutes
§ 12-407 — Definitions.
Connecticut § 12-407
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(a)Whenever used in this chapter:
(1)“Person” means and includes any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, association of persons however formed, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, limited liability company, foreign municipal electric utility as defined in section 12-59 , estate, trust, fiduciary, receiver, trustee, syndicate, the United States, this state or any political subdivision thereof or any group or combination acting as a unit, and any other individual or officer acting under the authority of any court in this state.
(2)“Sale” and “selling” mean and include:
(A)Any transfer of title, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, of tangible personal property for a consideration;
(B)Any withdrawal
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Legislative History
(1949 Rev., S. 2091; June, 1955, S. 1162d; 1957, P.A. 472; September, 1957, P.A. 17, S. 1; March, 1958, P.A. 27, S. 19; 1959, P.A. 578, S. 1–9; February, 1965, P.A. 381, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 205; June, 1971, P.A. 8, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 267; P.A. 73-442, S. 6; P.A. 75-213, S. 15–22, 53; 75-567, S. 46, 67, 80; P.A. 76-114, S. 2, 21; 76-372, S. 1–3; P.A. 77-395, S. 1, 3; 77-604, S. 74, 75, 84; 77-614, S. 139, 610; P.A. 79-584, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-48, S. 1, 2; P.A. 83-541, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-507, S. 2, 4; P.A. 85-240, S. 1, 2, 6; 85-513, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-397, S. 7, 10; P.A. 87-1, S. 5, 7; 87-340, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-6, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-41, S. 1, 2, 6; 89-123, S. 1–3; 89-251, S. 1, 2, 203; P.A. 90-148, S. 31, 34; 90-186, S. 1, 3; 90-295, S. 1, 2, 5; P.A. 91-132, S. 1, 2, 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 103–108, 168; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14, S. 26, 30; P.A. 92-184, S. 9–13, 19; 92-202, S. 4; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 17–24, 59; P.A. 93-44, S. 1, 2, 20, 21, 24; 93-74, S. 17–21, 23, 24, 67; 93-332, S. 1, 7, 25, 26, 28; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 94-9, S. 14, 15, 20, 41; 94-175, S. 22, 23, 25, 32; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 13–15, 80, 85; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 126, 127, 130; P.A. 95-79, S. 31, 189; 95-160, S. 48, 49, 64, 69; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-104, S. 2–4; 96-139, S. 12, 13; 96-165, S. 1, 2, 9; 96-222, S. 7, 41; 96-271, S. 159, 254; P.A. 97-2, S. 3, 8; 97-112, S. 2, 4; 97-243, S. 12–16, 67; 97-316, S. 6, 7, 11; P.A. 98-28, S. 116, 117; 98-110, S. 5, 27; 98-244, S. 15, 16, 35; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 29, 43; P.A. 99-173, S. 10–12, 65; 99-285, S. 10, 12; P.A. 00-170, S. 17, 18, 42; 00-174, S. 1–3, 69, 71–73, 83; 00-196, S. 3, 66; 00-227, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1, S. 27, 46; P.A. 01-109, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6, S. 1, 85; P.A. 02-3, S. 1; 02-103, S. 1; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 65–68; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-4, S. 13–16; P.A. 03-2, S. 27; 03-278, S. 28, 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 97; P.A. 04-136, S. 44; P.A. 05-109, S. 45, 46; 05-260, S. 5; P.A. 06-187, S. 81; P.A. 07-236, S. 7–9; 07-253, S. 30–32; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5, S. 8; P.A. 11-6, S. 88–92, 128; 11-48, S. 285; 11-61, S. 40, 41, 46, 47, 185; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-156, S. 52; P.A. 13-118, S. 19; 13-151, S. 1; P.A. 15-179, S. 1; 15-244, S. 75; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 133–136; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1, S. 45; P.A. 16-72, S. 1; 16-146, S. 6, 11; 16-193, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 180; P.A. 17-147, S. 14; P.A. 18-152, S. 2, 3; P.A. 19-117, S. 319, 320, 322, 325, 327, 328, 330; P.A. 22-123, S. 9.) History: 1959 act added Subdiv. (2)(h), added provisions for transferring room occupancy in Subsecs. (3), (7) and (15), included rent received in “sales price” and “gross receipts,” included operators as “sellers” and “retailers” and added Subsecs. (16) to (21); 1965 act included in definition of “retailer” persons soliciting orders through catalogs or advertising circulars; 1971 acts substituted “or” for “and” between Subsec. (15)(a) and (b) and redefined “sale” and “selling” in Subsec. (2) by removing exception in Subdiv. (g) for tangible personal property consisting of original visualization or design and by adding Subdiv. (i) re sales of utilities; 1972 act redefined “purchase” in Subsec. (7) by removing exception in Subdiv. (c) for tangible personal property consisting of original visualization or design; P.A. 73-442 redefined “person” in Subsec. (1) to include foreign municipal electric utilities; P.A. 75-213 amended Subsec. (2)(i) to delete telephone, telegraph, community antenna television and cable services and water, gas or electricity sales and to add Subdivs. (j) and (k) and amended Subsecs. (3), (7), (8), (9), (11), (12) and (15) to reflect amendments in Subsec. (2); P.A. 75-567 clarified Subsec. (8) by specifying applicability to services “rendered on or after July 1, 1975,” and including total amount of payment or periodic payments “received for leasing or rental of tangible personal property for the term of any such lease or rental occurring on or after July 1, 1975” and amended Subsec. (9) to specify services, leases or rentals occurring on July 1, 1975, as well as after that date; P.A. 76-114 amended Subsec. (2)(j)(K) to specify applicability to real property and to specifically exclude renovation services if cost is capitalized for federal income tax purposes; P.A. 76-372 added Subdivs. (e) in both Subsecs. (8) and (9) including charges for labor “in installing or applying the property sold” in definitions of “sales price” and “gross receipts”; P.A. 77-395 deleted Subdiv. (i) re sale of steam, coolants and atomic power in Subsec. (2), relettering remaining Subdivs. accordingly, effective June 20, 1977, and applicable to any sale or furnishing of steam on or after March 1, 1974; P.A. 77-604 made technical changes in Subsecs. (8) and (9); P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of revenue services for tax commissioner, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-584 included as tangible personal property in Subdivs. (c) and (g) of Subsec. (2) computer programming, sign construction, photofinishing, duplicating and copying and deleted references to those services in Subdiv. (i) relettering Subparas. as necessary; P.A. 82-48 amended Subsec. (12) to provide that “retailer” includes anyone from whom a sales representative obtains property sold or anyone assisting a sales representative in solicitation of orders and that such “retailer” and sales representative shall be deemed to be principal and agent, respectively, for purposes of sales tax, deleting former Subsecs. (d) and (e); P.A. 83-541 amended Subsecs. (8) and (9) to provide that “sales price” and “gross receipts” as used therein do not include any portion of the amount charged which is refunded upon rescission of sale, and accordingly, the refund includes tax collected on the amount refunded, effective July 1, 1983, and applicable to any refund of the amount charged upon rescission on or after said date; P.A. 84-507 amended Subsec. (2)(i) to exempt from the definition of “sale” or “selling” services rendered for the voluntary containing or removing of hazardous waste; P.A. 85-240 added Subsec. (2)(M) re flight instruction and chartering services by a certificated air carrier to the list of services subject to sales tax under Subsec. (2)(i) and added editorially Subsec. (22) defining “certificated air carrier”; P.A. 85-513 amended Subsec. (2)(j) to provide that the lease or rental of any motion picture film by the owner of a theater shall not constitute a sale subject to tax as in the case of other tangible personal property so leased or rented, effective July 1, 1985, and applicable to contracts of lease or rental of motion picture films becoming effective on or after July 1, 1985; P.A. 86-397 amended Subsec. (2) by eliminating “commercial and industrial marketing, development, testing and research services” under Subdiv. (i), subject to sales tax under Sec. 12-408(1), effective June 11, 1986, and applicable to sales of certain services occurring on or after July 1, 1986; P.A. 87-1 made technical corrections; P.A. 87-340 amended Subsec. (2) to delete collection agencies from the list of taxable services, effective July 1, 1987, and applicable to services performed by collection agencies on or after that date; P.A. 88-6 amended Subsec. (2) by substituting “aircraft” for “airplane” wherever the latter word appears, and added Subsec. (23) defining “aircraft”; P.A. 89-41 amended Subsec. (12)(e) by deleting description of every dealer, distributor or employer in any sale as the principal and any salesman, representative, peddler or canvasser operating under such dealer, distributor or employer in such sale as the agent and the related reference to their joint and several liability for payment of the tax, and by adding Subdivs. (f) and (g) describing the conditions under which a person making sales from outside the state to within the state, and not maintaining a place of business in this state, shall be considered a retailer and liable for tax and added Subsec. (15)(e) providing that retail sales from outside this state, when the seller does not maintain a place of business in this state and when such sales are effected by the methods described, shall be considered as engaging in business in this state, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to sales from outside this state to destinations in this state on or after that date; P.A. 89-123 amended Subsecs. (8) and (9) by changing the reference to Subpara. (K) to Subpara. (I) under Subdiv. (e) in both cases, which is the correct reference under the meaning of said Subdiv. (e), and added new Subsecs. defining “vessel” and “licensed marine dealer”, respectively, as they are used in provisions related to sales and use taxes; P.A. 89-251 amended Subsec. (2)(i) as follows: (1) Added architectural, building engineering and planning or design as services subject to tax, (2) under services to income-producing real property in Subpara. (I), removed maintenance, janitorial and landscaping services because of their inclusion as services subject to tax when rendered with respect to any real property under Subparas. (Z), (AA) and (X) respectively, and removed the exclusion from tax for services rendered in a renovation when the cost is capitalized for federal income tax purposes, (3) in Subpara. (J), added consulting and public relations services and (4) added the services listed in Subparas. (M) to (DD), inclusive, as services to be considered as sales and subject to tax, added Subsec. (2)(k) providing that telecommunications service shall be considered a sale and subject to sales tax when rendered on or after January 1, 1990, and (2)(l) providing that community antenna television service shall be considered a sale and subject to sales tax when rendered on or after January 1, 1990 and added new Subsecs. defining “telecommunications service” and “community antenna television service”, respectively; P.A. 90-148 amended Subsec. (2) by changing the description of the service under Subdiv. (i)(J) so that “consulting and public relations services” are described as “management consulting and public relations services”, which accordingly constitute a sale subject to tax and by providing that the services of an agent described under Subdiv. (i)(U), as constituting a sale and accordingly subject to tax, shall not include services of a consignee selling works of art or articles of clothing, except certain athletic or protective clothing or handbags, luggage, jewelry and similar items, effective July 1, 1990, and applicable to sales of services on or after that date; P.A. 90-186 added Subsec. (17)(f) describing lodging accommodations at any facility operated by a nonprofit charitable organization as a facility with respect to which charges for occupancy are not subject to sales tax; P.A. 90-295 added Subsec. (12)(h) and (i) defining as a retailer for purposes of sales tax, any person owned or controlled by a retailer in Connecticut engaged in the same line of business, or owned or controlled by the same interests that own or control such a retailer in Connecticut, and added Subsec. (15)(f) and (g) defining “engaged in business in this state” as including a retailer owned or controlled by a retailer in the same line of business and engaged in business in Connecticut or a retailer owned or controlled by the same interests that own or control a retailer in the same line of business and engaged in business in Connecticut, effective July 1, 1990, and applicable to retail sales from outside Connecticut to a destination within the state occurring on or after that date; P.A. 91-132 redefined “retailer” and “engaged in business in the state” to include Subdivs. (j) and (h), respectively, concerning assignees of persons engaged in the business of leasing tangible personal property, effective July 1, 1991, and applicable to all assignments occurring on or after that date; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 redefined “sale” and “selling” as follows: (1) Deleted architectural, building engineering and planning or design services, including interior design and decorating services, (2) expanded motor vehicle repair services to all repairs, (3) clarified the scope of motor vehicle parking and car wash services, (4) excluded cooperative direct mail advertising from advertising and public relations services, (5) excluded landscape services provided by a licensed landscape architect, (6) extended repair and maintenance services to include contracts of warranty or service, and (7) included photographic studio services, certain renovation and repair services, amusement and recreation services, miscellaneous personal services and tax preparation services, added Subdivs. (m), re the rendering of transportation services, and (n), re the storage or mooring of vessels, to Subsec. (2) redefined “sales price” and “gross receipts” to exclude a portion of the payments made for the services of leased employees, redefined “occupancy” to include the first period of not exceeding 30 consecutive calendar days, redefined “telecommunications service” to remove the exclusion for charges specifically related to a service or the sale of a product that is not a telecommunications service and added Subsec. (28) defining “transportation services”, effective August 22, 1991, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 1991; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-14 amended Subsec. (2)(n), defining “sale” and “selling” to limit its application to noncommercial vessels; P.A. 92-184 inserted “or space in a campground” in Subsecs. (2)(h), (3), (7)(a), (15)(b) and (19) and inserted “or a campground” in Subsec. (18), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 92-202 amended Subsec. (2)(i)(FF) to exempt services of licensed massage therapists; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 (1) in Sec. 17 amended Subsec. (2)(i)(W) to delete exception re media advertising subject to taxation under Subdiv. (N) and amended Subsec. (2)(i)(EE) to exclude services rendered in a facility owned or managed by governmental entity from the definition of amusement and recreation services, effective June 19, 1992, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 1991; (2) in Sec. 18 amended Subsec. (2)(i)(N) to exclude certain parking services rendered to employees, amended Subsec. (2)(i)(S) to replace land surveying services with tax preparation services which was previously numbered Subsec. (2)(i)(GG), amended Subsec. (2)(i)(W) by deleting exception for media advertising subject to taxation under Subdiv. (n), amended Subsec. (2)(i)(X) to include landscaping services provided by a licensed landscape architect, amended Subsec. (2)(i)(EE) to make the following changes with regard to amusement and recreation services: (1) Exclude dance lessons, (2) include services offered by a governmental entity which entitle the patron to participate in an athletic or sporting activity, other than swimming, which is not organized exclusively for patrons under the age of 19, and (3) exclude any service provided without additional charge for which a charge subject to the admissions or dues tax is paid, amended Subsec. (2)(i)(FF) to exclude services rendered by licensed massage therapist, effective June 19, 1992, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1992; (3) in Sec. 19 further amended Subdiv. (2)(i)(EE) to remove exclusion for swimming, effective June 19, 1992, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1993, (4) in Secs. 20, 21, 22 and 23 amended Subsecs. (8) and (9) to provide for the total exclusion of separately stated compensation under Subdiv. (f) and to remove the limitation with regard to the performance of only repair, maintenance and other routine services to real property, applicable to sales occurring on or after January 1, 1986, and to provide for the specific inclusion of compensation and employment related expenses, applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1992, and (5) in Sec. 24 amended Subsec. (28) to set forth as a test for inclusion that the person must be required to be licensed by the department of transportation or the Interstate Commerce Commission and to exclude any person causing to be operated a commercial motor vehicle, effective June 19, 1992, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1992; P.A. 93-44 added Subsec. (2)(o) re hospital charges and added Subsec. (29) defining “hospital”, effective April 23, 1993; P.A. 93-74 amended Subdivs. (2), (3), (7), (15), (18) and (19) to exclude space in a campground, effective May 19, 1993, and applicable to sales occurring on and after July 1, 1993, and further amended Subdiv. (2)(h) to delete reference to campground spaces, amended Subdiv. (2)(i)(N) to remove exclusion for car-washing services and to add exclusion for valet parking provided at any airport, Subdiv. (2)(i)(U) to include motor vehicles sold at auction to wholesalers, deleted Subdiv. (2)(i)(EE) re amusements and recreation services and relettered the remaining Subdiv. accordingly and Subsec. (2)(n) excluding certain dry or wet storage or mooring of noncommercial vessels, effective May 19, 1993, and applicable to sales occurring on and after January 1, 1994, and amended Subdiv. (2)(i)(S) excluding tax preparation services provided for a business, corporation, partnership and business schedules, effective May 19, 1993, and applicable to sales occurring on and after January 1, 1995; P.A. 93-332 amended Subsec. (2) defining “sale” or “selling” to include business analysis, management or managing consulting services rendered by a general partner to a limited partnership, effective June 25, 1993, and applicable to sales occurring on or after January 1, 1994, and amended Subsec. (8) and (9) defining “sale price” and “gross receipts” to provide for the inclusion of shipping and delivery charges, deleting prior provisions which had distinguished between transportation costs before and after purchase of property, and to provide for the exclusion of separately stated compensation, fringe benefits, workers' compensation and payroll taxes under Subdiv. (f), effective June 25, 1993, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1993, and amended Subsec. (19) defining “occupancy” to exclude space in a campground, effective June 25, 1993, and applicable to sales occurring on and after July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 and 93-435 authorized substitution of department of public health and addiction services for department of health services in Subsec. (29), effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-9 added Subsec. (2)(i)(HH) re patient care services by a hospital and deleted Subsec. (2)(o) re hospital charges for patient care services, effective January 1, 1994, and applicable to sales on and after that date and also added new Subsec. (30) re patient care services, effective April 1, 1994; P.A. 94-175 amended Subsec. (2)(i)(HH) to add exception re Sec. 12-412(86) and redefined “patient care services” in Subsec. (30) to include tangible personal property, effective June 2, 1994, and applicable to sales on and after April 1, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 13, in Subsec. (2)(i)(I) excluded the evaluation, prevention, treatment, containment or removal of hazardous waste or other contaminants of air, water or soil and in Subsec. (2)(i)(J) excluded environmental consulting services, effective June 9, 1994, and applicable to income years occurring on or after July 1, 1989; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 14 deleted Subsec. (2)(i)(R) re tax on health and athletic club services and relettered remaining Subparas. accordingly, and in Subsec. (2)(i)(EE) excluded certain compensation to general partners or affiliates thereof, effective January 1, 1995, and applicable to sales occurring on or after said date; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 15, deleted Subsec. (2)(i)(S) re tax on tax preparation services and relettered the remaining Subparas. accordingly, and in Subsec. (2)(i)(R)(ii) expanded exclusion to include all services provided by an auctioneer, effective July 1, 1996, and applicable to sales occurring on or after said date, and relettered remaining Subparas. accordingly; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 80 changed effective date of P.A. 94-175, S. 23 from June 2, 1994, to January 1, 1995, effective June 9, 1994; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 126 and 127 in Subdiv. (2) made technical changes, effective January 1, 1995, and July 1, 1996, respectively, and applicable to sales occurring on or after said dates; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 95-160, S. 48 added new Subdiv. (2)(R) re tax preparation services, relettered the remaining Subparas., deleted exclusive of services provided by an auctioneer, and made technical correction to change reference to Subsec. (86) to (87) of Sec. 12-412, effective July 1, 1996, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; P.A. 95-160, S. 49 amended Subpara. (D) to exclude services of off-duty police officers at construction sites, added new Subpara. (N)(iv) re space in municipally-operated railroad parking facilities in severe nonattainment areas for ozone, deleted Subpara. (R) re tax preparation services and relettered the remaining Subparas., added exclusion re services of an auctioneer, added new Subpara. (CC)(ii) re services of a hypertrichologist, effective July 1, 1997, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date (Revisor's note: P.A. 95-160 also revised effective date of May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 but without affecting this section); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-104 made existing Subdiv. (6), Subpara. (A) and added Subpara. (B) re property acquired by a customer of a commercial printer and amended Subdiv. (15) by adding exclusion re retailers who contract with a commercial printer and made technical corrections, effective July 1, 1996, and applicable to sales occurring on or after said date; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A. 95-160 but without affecting this section; P.A. 96-165 removed from the definition of “sale” and “selling” in Subsec. (2) the provisions of Subdiv. (m) re the rendering of transportation service, relettering the remaining Subdiv. accordingly and eliminated the definition of “transportation service” in Subsec. (28), renumbering the remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-222 amended definition of “transportation service” to insert “or its successor agency” after “Interstate Commerce Commission”, effective July 1, 1996, but failed to take effect, that definition having been deleted by P.A. 96-165; P.A. 96-271 amended definition of “telecommunications service” in Subsec. (26) to replace reference to Sec. 33-374a with Sec. 33-840, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-2 amended Subdiv. (28) to exclude children's general hospitals effective January 30, 1997, and applicable to sales occurring on or after February 1, 1997; P.A. 97-112 amended Subdiv. (17) to replace “homes for the aged” with “residential care homes”; P.A. 97-243 amended Subsec. (2) to provide that services to industrial commercial or income-producing property are not taxable when provided to a housing facility owned or operated by a nonprofit housing organization and deleted obsolete reference to computer programming, amended Subsecs. (8) and (9) to delete obsolete dates, to reword portions of Subsecs. to clarify that a retailer is liable for sales tax whether or not payment is received by the retailer and to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (12) to include any service described in Subsec. (2) instead of Subsec. (2)(i), and to make technical changes, amended Subsec. (27) to add cable, fiber optics, satellite and microwave as means by which service provided, and added new Subsec. (30) defining “another state” or “other state”, effective June 24, 1997, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 1997; P.A. 97-316 amended Subsec. (2) to exclude all services of off-duty police officers and firefighters and services related to creation, development, hosting or maintenance of a web site, and amended Subsecs. (8) and (9) to delete existing definitions of and add new provisions re when an employee is considered a leased employee for purposes of subsection, effective July 10, 1997, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-28 redefined “tangible personal property” to include distribution, generation or transmission of electricity, effective April 29, 1998; P.A. 98-110 amended Subsecs. (8) and (9) to add new Subdivs. (B)(v) and (vi) re coupons and new Subdiv. (B)(ix) re deposits and relettered and made technical changes to existing text, effective May 19, 1998, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (9)(B)(ix) the word “the” was added editorially by the Revisors immediately following the “(ix)” designator); P.A. 98-244 redefined “retailer” to include persons from outside the state who make retail sales to destinations within the state and who provide repair or service, under warranty, either directly or through an agent, independent contractor or subsidiary, on items sold by such persons, and amended Subsec. (15) to specify that making regular repairs in or making regular deliveries into Connecticut is engaging in business in this state, effective June 8, 1998; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 added new Subdiv. (2)(n) re sale of naming rights, effective January 12, 1999; P.A. 99-173 amended Subdiv. (2) to exclude training services provided by higher education institutions, amended Subdiv. (3) to make technical changes and to provide that sale-leaseback transactions be treated as a single transaction for sales tax purposes, and amended Subdiv. (28) to exempt short-term acute care hospitals run by the state from the sales tax on hospital patient care services, effective June 23, 1999, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1999; P.A. 99-285 amended Subdiv. (2) in language identical to that used in P.A. 99-173, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-170 added Subdivs. (8)(B)(viii)(II) and (9)(B)(viii)(II) to exclude from the definition of “sales price” and “gross receipts” amounts paid to worksite employees of professional employer organizations and added Subdivs. (31) to (33), inclusive, to define “professional employer agreement”, “professional employer organization” and “worksite employee”, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 00-174 amended Subdiv. (2) to specify programming, code writing and similar services, including such services related to canned or custom software, within the scope of computer and data processing services for purposes of the definition of “sale” or “selling”, amended Subdiv. (13) to include canned or prewritten computer software in the definition of “tangible personal property”, amended Subdiv. (29) to include tangible personal property transferred in connection with patient care services in the definition of such services, and added new Subdivs. designated as (35) and (36) defining “canned or prewritten software” and “custom software”, respectively, effective May 26, 2000, and applicable to all tax periods open on said date, and further amended section to add new Subdiv. (2)(o) re prepaid telephone calling services, revising the standard industrial classification codes used in the definition of “sale” and “selling” and make technical changes, to add Subdiv. (26)(b)(3) re prepaid telephone calling service, and to add new Subdiv. designated as (34) to define prepaid telephone calling services, effective October 1, 2000, and applicable to sales made on or after that date; P.A. 00-196 made technical changes in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 00-227 amended Subdiv. (15) by designating existing provisions as Subparas. (A) and (B), making conforming technical changes thereto, and by adding Subpara. (C) re treatment of fulfillment services under this section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-1 amended new Subdiv. (35) to add provision that software subsequently sold, licensed or leased to unrelated third parties shall be considered canned or prewritten software, and amended new Subdiv. (36) to delete provision that the combining of two or more prewritten programs or modification of prewritten software to accommodate the individual hardware requirements of a customer does not constitute custom software, effective June 21, 2000, and applicable to all open tax periods; P.A. 01-109 amended Subdiv. (2)(i)(CC)(ii) by changing “a hypertrichologist” to “an electrologist”; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-6 amended Subdiv. (2) to exempt from the definition of “sale” and “selling” parking services in certain state railroad parking facilities in Subpara. (i)(N)(iv), to suspend the sales tax on patient care services for the biennium commencing July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2003, in Subpara. (i)(FF) and to make technical changes in Subparas. (c) and (i)(EE), effective July 1, 2001, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; P.A. 02-3 amended Subdiv. (2) to provide that patient care services are those for which payment is received by the hospital, effective February 28, 2002; P.A. 02-103 made technical changes, deleted obsolete references and added new Subdiv. (37) defining “services” as the enumerated services which were formerly contained in the definition of “sale” and “selling” in Subdiv. (2), effective January 1, 2003; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subsec. (a)(2) and replacement provisions in Subsec. (a)(37) to provide an exclusion for certain business services after January 1, 1994, in connection with certain aircraft, effective July 1, 2002, and amended Subsec. (a)(2) to add Subpara. (P) re the furnishing of space for storage, effective January 1, 2003, and applicable to sales occurring on or after said date; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-4 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to delete the tax on self-storage units (Subpara. (P)) which was to commence July 1, 2002, effective July 1, 2002, reimposed said tax, effective October 1, 2002, and further amended provisions to specify that said tax pertains to storage of tangible property and to define “space for storage”, effective January 1, 2003, and amended Subsec. (a)(27) to exclude certain noncable communications service from the definition of community antenna television service, effective August 15, 2002; P.A. 03-2 amended Subsec. (a)(37) to modify scope of advertising and public relations services in Subpara. (U) and to add Subpara. (FF) re health and athletic club services, effective April 1, 2003, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subdivs. (8)(B) and (9)(B) of Subsec. (a), effective July 9, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(U) to restore language deleted by P.A. 03-2, effective August 16, 2003, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 2003; P.A. 04-136 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(D) to designate existing provision re off-duty police officers and firefighters as clause (i) and add clause (ii) re coin and currency services provided to a financial services company by or through another financial services company, effective May 12, 2004, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference to “financial service company” in Subsec. (a)(37)(D)(ii) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “financial services company” for consistency); P.A. 05-109 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing references to Sec. 42a-1-201(37) with references to Sec. 42a-1-201(b)(35) in Subdivs. (12) and (15)(A); P.A. 05-260 added Subsec. (a)(15)(D) re retailer participation in trade shows at the convention center, effective July 13, 2005, and applicable to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2005; P.A. 06-187 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(FF) by adding clause (iii) re exemption for yoga instruction, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-236 amended Subsecs. (a)(8)(B) and (a)(9)(B) to add new Subpara. (x) in both excluding certain amounts charged for or paid to a media payroll services company from definition of “sales price” and “gross receipts” and, in Subsec. (a), added Subdiv. (38) defining “media payroll services company”, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 07-253 amended Subsec. (a)(2)(L) to designate existing provisions as clause (i) and define “community antenna television service” therein and to add clause (ii) re certified competitive video service, amended Subsec. (a)(26) to redefine “telecommunications service” and, in Subsec. (a), added Subdivs. (39) to (41), defining “certified competitive video service”, “directory assistance” and “vertical service”, respectively; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-5 amended Subsec. (a)(2)(L)(i) to add provision re service provided by a community antenna television company issued a certificate of video franchise authority for any service area in which it was not certified to provide service on or before October 1, 2007; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (a), in Subdiv. (12), by adding Subpara. (L) re retailer as person who contracts with state resident to refer customers through Internet web site and, in Subdiv. (37), by deleting exemption for hazardous waste removal in Subpara. (I), deleting exemption for valet parking at airports in Subpara. (N), deleting provisions re articles of clothing or footwear in Subpara. (S), deleting exemption for yoga instruction in Subpara. (FF), and adding Subparas. (GG) to (NN) re services subject to tax, effective July 1, 2011, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (a)(37)(J), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-61 changed effective date of P.A. 11-6, S. 128, from July 1, 2011, and applicable to sales occurring on and after that date, to May 4, 2011, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date, effective June 21, 2011, amended Subsec. (a)(12)(L) by rewording provision re agreement, changing “residents” to “such persons” and deleting provision re rebuttable presumption that retailer is soliciting business in this state, and amended Subsec. (a)(15)(A) by adding clause (x) re in-state sales through commission-based referrals, effective June 21, 2011, and applicable to sales occurring on or after May 4, 2011, and amended Subsec. (a)(37)(S) to restore provisions re articles of clothing or footwear and reword provision re tax on consignment services and amended Subsec. (a)(37)(JJ) to provide exemption for certain medical transportation, paratransit services and dial-a-ride services, effective July 1, 2011, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a)(25), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(J) by adding references to State Board of Education and Sec. 10a-35a, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-118 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(J) to replace “State Board of Education” with “Office of Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-151 amended Subsec. (a)(2)(M) to extend period for tax-exempt storage from November 1 until April 30 to October 1 until May 31, effective June 25, 2013; P.A. 15-179 amended Subsec. (a)(19) to make a technical change, effective July 2, 2015; P.A. 15-244 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(A) to delete exemption for creation, development hosting or maintenance of World Wide Web, amended Subsec. (a)(37)(N) to delete exemption for space in seasonal parking lot provided by tax exempt person or space operated by employer for exclusive use of its employees, and added Subsec. (a)(37)(OO) re car wash services, excluding coin-operated car washes, effective July 1, 2015, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date, and to sales of services that are billed to customers for a period that includes said July 1, 2015, date; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 added exemption for creation, development, hosting or maintenance of World Wide Web in Subsec. (a)(37)(A), effective July 1, 2015, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date, and deleted same exemption, effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date, and amended Subsec. (a)(37)(N) to add exemption re parking space operated by employer for exclusive use of its employees, and amended Subsec. (a)(37)(OO) to include coin-operated car washes, effective July 1, 2015, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; Dec. Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-1 amended Subsec. (a)(27) to replace reference to Sec. 12-218(l) with reference to Sec. 12-218(k), effective January 1, 2016; P.A. 16-72 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(N) to add exclusions re parking space in seasonal parking lot provided by entity subject to exemption set forth in Sec. 12-412(1) and parking space in municipally owned parking lot, effective May 27, 2016, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; P.A. 16-146 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(26)(A) and (37)(LL), effective June 9, 2016; P.A. 16-193 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(26)(A); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 made identical changes as P.A. 16-72, effective June 2, 2016, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; P.A. 17-147 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (42) defining “bed and breakfast establishment”, add references to bed and breakfast establishment in Subdivs. (2)(H), (3)(A), (7)(A), (15)(A)(ii) and (16) to (21), add “furnished residence” in Subdiv. (17), add “and any meals included with such occupancy” in Subdiv. (21), and make technical and conforming changes, effective October 1, 2017, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 2017; P.A. 18-152 amended Subsec. (a)(12) to delete “and not maintaining a place of business in this state”, add references to Internet and gross receipts of at least $250,000, and replace “one hundred” with “two hundred” in Subpara. (G), delete “and not maintaining a place of business in this state” in Subpara. (K), replace “two thousand dollars” with “two hundred fifty thousand dollars” in Subpara. (L), add Subpara. (M) re marketplace facilitator, and make technical changes, and amended Subsec. (a)(15) to add “, to the extent not prohibited by the Constitution of the United States,” delete “and that a place of business is not maintained in this state”, add references to Internet and gross receipts of at least $250,000, replace “one hundred” with “two hundred” and “two thousand dollars” with “two hundred fifty thousand dollars” in Subpara. (A), replace “A retailer not otherwise a retailer engaged in business in the state” with “A retailer not otherwise engaged in business in the state”, add reference to marketplace facilitator, add clause designators (i) and (ii), and add “outside this state” re shipment of orders in Subpara. (C), replace “A retailer not otherwise a retailer engaged in business in this state” with “A retailer not otherwise engaged in business in this state” in Subpara. (D), and make technical changes, effective December 1, 2018; P.A. 19-117 amended Subsec. (a)(12) to add “of tangible personal property or services”, delete provision re regular or systematic solicitation of sales of tangible personal property in this state, and replace $250,000 with $100,000 re gross receipts threshold in Subpara. (G), replace $250,000 with $100,000 re gross receipts threshold in Subpara. (L), and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2019, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 2019, further amended Subsec. (a)(12) to add Subpara. (N) re short-term rental facilitator, and make technical changes, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 2019, amended Subsec. (a)(13) to redefine “tangible personal property”, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 2019, amended Subsec. (a)(15) to replace “notwithstanding the fact that retail sales are made” with “selling tangible personal property or services”, delete provision re regular or systematic solicitation of sales of personal property in this state, replace $250,000 with $100,000 re gross receipts threshold in Subpara. (A)(v), replace $250,000 with $100,000 re gross receipts threshold in Subpara. (A)(x), and make technical changes, effective July 1, 2019, and applicable to sales occurring on or after July 1, 2019, amended Subsec. (a)(37) to add “, but excluding digital goods” in Subpara. (A), effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 2019, further amended Subsec. (a)(37) to substantially revise provisions re motor vehicle parking in Subpara. (N), add Subpara. (PP) re dry cleaning and laundry services, add Subpara. (QQ) re interior design services, and make technical changes, effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2020, further amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. (43) defining “digital goods”, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to sales occurring on or after October 1, 2019; P.A. 22-123 amended Subsec. (a)(37)(J) by adding “authorized by the”, effective July 1, 2022. Cited. 135 C. 245; 170 C. 556; 174 C. 51; 176 C. 604; 183 C. 566; 187 C. 581; 206 C. 253; 210 C. 401; Id., 413; Id., 567; 216 C. 17; 222 C. 49; 235 C. 393; Id., 737; 238 C. 571; Id., 761. Cited. 2 CA 303; 6 CA 261; 18 CA 434. Cited. 30 CS 309; 39 CS 234; 43 CS 5; 44 CS 133. Entity created by owner to manage and operate owner's mall for a 20-year period is not providing “personnel services” and is excluded from tax. 46 CS 401. Management fees paid to property manager, related to reimbursement for separately stated payroll overhead expenses paid on behalf of 8 separate apartment complexes, do not fall into the exemptions to definition. 48 CS 221. Subsec. (a): Subdiv. (2): Under definition of “sale”, party to whom title is transferred is party to whom sale is made even though others may participate in transaction. 145 C. 161. If real objective is procuring of skilled engineering services, then not a “sale” under section. Id., 176. Cited. 168 C. 597; 171 C. 172; 183 C. 194; 198 C. 413. Transaction essentially the conveyance of intangible right to free meals, the membership fees involved are not subject to sales tax. Id., 567. Determining when title passes for sales tax purposes discussed. Id., 624. Cited. 211 C. 246; 212 C. 639. Exclusion provided for by statute not applicable to services rendered to dog track which were of a private nature and thus subject to sales tax. 213 C. 269. Cited. 220 C. 749. “Management services” includes day-to-day operational management as well as services of a consultative nature. 221 C. 751. For purposes of sales and use tax under section, term “services” does not include tangible personal property purchased and consumed by asbestos removal contractors. 231 C. 315. Scrap tires are not “hazardous waste” or “contaminants of air, water or soil”. 253 C. 683. P.A. 00-174, Sec. 71 had retroactive effect and clarified definition of computer and data processing services to include development, creation or production of software; time period in question is an “open tax period” within the meaning of P.A. 00-174 and therefore act is applicable. 255 C. 498. Cited. 6 CA 661; 24 CA 72; 35 CA 72. Cited. 41 CS 175. Service of collecting scrap tires falls within the hazardous waste removal exemption from the sales and use tax. 45 CS 508. “Hazardous waste” should be given its ordinary, commonly understood meaning and the exemption for hazardous waste includes radwaste. 46 CS 509. Subdiv. (3): If plaintiff cannot prove the purchase is for resale in the regular course of business, then sale to plaintiff is “sale at retail.” 145 C. 176. Facilities purchased to be turned over to federal government were not sold in regular course of business for purposes of Subdiv. 19 CS 333. Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 403. Subdiv. (5): Plaintiff procured property for government but held title during transportation, held taxable use. 145 C. 176. Cited. 236 C. 613; 240 C. 531. Cited. 42 CA 310. Subdiv. (9): Tax applied to payments for the use of personal property occurring after effective date of amendment although prepayment made before effective date. 183 C. 194. Vehicle registration renewal fees paid directly to Department of Motor Vehicles by lessees are “gross receipts” on which sales tax must be paid by lessors. 300 C. 623. Cited. 5 CA 532. Cited. 31 CS 373. Subdiv. (15): Cited. 217 C. 220. Sales of books through in-state school teachers are taxable because teachers are the seller's “representatives” under Subpara. (A) in performing activities directly related to the seller's business purpose of selling, delivering or taking orders for the seller's products; the term “representative” does not require a formal legal or agency relationship between the in-state teacher and the seller. 304 C. 204. Subdiv. (37): The phrase “in connection with” in Subpara. (J)(iii) should be construed according to its plain meaning, and includes any factual, contextual or causal relationship; pilot training services provided by out-of-state vendors are not subject to tax, as such services are business management services inextricably linked to the provision of qualified pilots for clients' aircraft; Subpara. (J)(iii) does not involve the application of a tax exemption, but is a definition of what is taxable, and creates an exclusion from the definition of taxable business management services, not an exemption from an otherwise taxable service. 294 C. 225.
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