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IN SB0257

Bill

Status

Passed

3/23/2018

Primary Sponsor

Travis Holdman

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Defines a retail merchant transaction to include selling, renting, leasing, or licensing prewritten computer software delivered electronically for consideration.

  • Excludes remote access transactions from sales tax by specifying that purchasing, renting, leasing, or licensing remote access to prewritten computer software over the Internet, private/public networks, or wireless media is not considered electronic delivery and does not constitute a retail transaction.

  • Effective July 1, 2018 for transactions occurring after June 30, 2018.

  • Provision expires July 1, 2024.

Legislative Description

Sales tax on software. Provides that for purposes of the sales tax, a person is a retail merchant making a retail transaction when the person sells, rents, leases, licenses for consideration the right to use prewritten computer software delivered electronically. Specifies, however, that a transaction in which a user purchases, rents, leases, or licenses the right to remotely access prewritten computer software: (1) is not considered to be a transaction in which prewritten computer software is delivered electronically; and (2) does not constitute a retail transaction (and is therefore not subject to sales tax).

Last Action

Public Law 200

3/23/2018

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means2/6/2018
Tax and Fiscal Policy1/3/2018

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