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139.781 Definitions for KRS 139.780 to 139.795.
As used in KRS 139.780 to 139.795:
(1) "SSUTA agreement" means the streamlined sales and use tax agreement;
(2) "Certified automated system" means software certified jointly by the states that
are signatories to the SSUTA agreement to calculate the tax imposed by each
jurisdiction on a transaction, determine the amount of tax to remit to the
appropriate state, and maintain a record of the transaction;
(3) "Certified service provider" means an agent certified jointly by the states that
are signatories to the SSUTA agreement to perform all of the seller's sales tax
functions;
(4) "Governing board" means a group of representatives from each member state
that has the authority and responsibility for the administration and operation of
the SSUTA agreement;
(5) "Member state" means a state that is found to be in compliance with the
SSUTA agreement and that has made the necessary changes to statutes,
rules, regulations, or other authorities necessary to bring the state into
compliance and those changes are currently in effect;
(6) "Model 1 seller" means a seller that has selected a certified service provider as
its agent to perform all the seller's sales and use tax functions, other than the
seller's obligation to remit the tax on its own purchases;
(7) "Model 2 seller" means a seller that has selected a certified service provider to
perform a part of its sales and use tax functions, but retains responsibility for
remitting the tax;
(8) "Model 3 seller" means a seller that:
(a) Has sales in at least five (5) member states;
(b) Has total annual sales of at least five hundred million dollars
($500,000,000);
(c) Has a proprietary system that calculates the amount of tax due each
jurisdiction; and
(d) Has entered into a performance agreement with the member states that
establishes a tax performance standard for the seller.
For purposes of this subsection, a seller shall include an affiliated group of
sellers using the same proprietary system;
(9) "Person" means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, or any other legal
entity;
(10) "Product-based exemption" means an exemption based on the description of
the product, and not based on who purchases the product or how the
purchaser intends to use the product;
(11) "Sales tax" means the tax levied under KRS 139.200;
(12) "Seller" means any person making sales, leases, or rentals of personal
property or services;
(13) "State" means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;
(14) "Taxability matrix" means a downloadable preformatted table approved by the
governing board that contains the member state's interpretation as to the
taxability of the terms found in the SSUTA agreement Appendix C, Library of
Definitions and made available electronically on the member state's Web site;
(15) "Use-based exemption" means an exemption based on a specific use of the
product by the purchaser; and
(16) "Use tax" means the tax levied under KRS 139.310.
Effective:August 1, 2008
History: Amended 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 95, sec. 2, effective August 1, 2008. -Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 141, sec. 11, effective July 1, 2007. -- Created 2001
Ky. Acts ch. 6, sec. 3, effective June 21, 2001.
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