2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 167 of 1933


GENERAL SALES TAX ACT

Act 167 of 1933

AN ACT to provide for the raising of additional public revenue by prescribing certain specific taxes, fees, and charges to be paid to the state for the privilege of engaging in certain business activities; to provide, incident to the enforcement thereof, for the issuance of licenses to engage in such occupations; to provide for the ascertainment, assessment and collection thereof; to appropriate the proceeds thereof; and to prescribe penalties for violations of the provisions of this act.


History: 1933, Act 167, Imd. Eff. June 28, 1933 ;--Am. 1949, Act 272, Eff. July 1, 1949




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 205.51Definitions; unlicensed person as agent of dealer, distributor, supervisor, or employer; regarding dealer, distributor, supervisor, or employer as making sales at retail prices.
Section 205.51aAdditional definitions.
Section 205.52Sales tax; rate; additional applicability; separate books required; penalty; tax as personal obligation of taxpayer; exemption.
Section 205.52aReduction of tax on vehicle for which special registration secured; limitation; certification.
Section 205.53License required to engage in business for which privilege tax imposed; application; fee; bond or deposit; renewal; exemptions; suspension and restoration of license; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; registration under streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
Section 205.54Deductions; filing estimated returns and annual periodic reconciliations; registration under streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
Section 205.54aSales excluded from tax; limitation.
Section 205.54bDeductible sales of gasoline; statement of transferee.
Section 205.54cRepealed. 2004, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.
Section 205.54dAdditional sales excluded from tax.
Section 205.54eSales of vehicles to members of armed forces.
Section 205.54fCommissions paid to entities exempt under MCL 205.54a; exemptions.
Section 205.54gSales exempt from tax; tax on sale of food or drink from vending machine; definitions.
Section 205.54hExemptions.
Section 205.54iBad debt; deduction; amount; payment of bad debt; liability; evidence required to support claim for deduction; change in tax rate; review; taxpayer under streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
Section 205.54jSale of tangible personal property for use in qualified business activity of purchaser; definition.
Section 205.54kDrop shipments.
Section 205.54lRepealed. 2004, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.
Section 205.54mSale of rail freight or passenger cars, locomotives or other rolling stock, roadway machines and certain work equipment; exemption.
Section 205.54nSale of electricity, natural or artificial gas, home heating fuels, or steam; exemption from sales tax at additional rate; application of additional rate.
Section 205.54oSchool, church, hospital, parent cooperative preschool, or nonprofit organization; sales of tangible personal property for fund-raising purposes; exemption; "school" defined.
Section 205.54pProperty offered to or made structural part of sanctuary; exemption; "regularly organized church or house of religious worship" and "sanctuary" defined.
Section 205.54qSales of tangible personal property not for resale; exemption; applicability; duties of transferee; evidence of exemption; limitation.
Section 205.54rQualified truck, trailer, or rolling stock; exemption; definitions.
Section 205.54sSale of investment coins and bullion; exemptions; definitions.
Section 205.54tIndustrial processing equipment; exemptions; definitions.
Section 205.54uExtractive operation; exemptions.
Section 205.54vCentral office equipment or wireless equipment; presumption.
Section 205.54wNonprofit hospital or nonprofit hospital or housing; exemption in business of constructing, altering, repairing, or improving property; exemption; definitions.
Section 205.54xSales to domestic air carrier; tax exemption; definitions.
Section 205.54yIndustrial processing; exemption; limitation.
Section 205.54zConstruction, alteration, repair, or improvement to nonprofit hospital before July 1, 1999.
Section 205.54aaTax exemption; resident tribal member.
Section 205.54bbSale of eligible automobile to qualified recipient; exclusion from gross proceeds; definitions.
Section 205.55Additional tax.
Section 205.55aRepealed. 2004, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.
Section 205.55bQualified athletic event; tax exemption; definition; repeal.
Section 205.56Sales tax returns; monthly filing; form; contents; transmitting return with remittance for amount of tax; remittance; electronic funds transfer; accrual of tax to state; filing returns and payment of tax for other than monthly periods; taxpayer as materialperson; due date.
Section 205.56aPrepayment of tax by purchaser or receiver of gasoline; rate of prepayment; claiming estimated prepayment credits; basis; bad debt deduction; actual shrinkage; election of claims; procedures; accounting for and remitting prepayments; schedule; penalties; deduction prohibited; liability; definitions.
Section 205.56bReturned goods or motor vehicle; tax credit.
Section 205.57-205.57bRepealed. 2004, Act 173, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.
Section 205.58Consolidated returns.
Section 205.59Administration of tax; conflicting provisions; rules.
Section 205.60Refund by taxpayer for returned property; written notice; refund under § 445.360a.
Section 205.61Motor vehicle used as partial payment; value.
Section 205.62Information to be obtained from purchaser; format; signature; record of exempt transactions; liability.
Section 205.63, 205.64Repealed. 1980, Act 164, Eff. Sept. 17, 1980.
Section 205.65Certificate of dissolution or withdrawal.
Section 205.66Injunction for failure to pay tax or obtain license.
Section 205.66aDuty of assessing officers.
Section 205.67Records to be kept; sale to unlicensed person; failure to file return or maintain records; assessment; exemption certificate; good faith requirement; registration; exceptions; applicability of section under streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
Section 205.68Annual inventory and purchase records; retention; tax liability; failure to file return or maintain records; tax assessment; burden of proof on taxpayer; exemption claim; blanket exemption claim; applicability of section under streamlined sales and use tax agreement.
Section 205.69Sourcing sale at retail or lease or rental property.
Section 205.70Multiple points of use exemption form.
Section 205.71Direct mail form or delivery information.
Section 205.72Repealed. 1980, Act 164, Eff. Sept. 17, 1980.
Section 205.73Advertisement; amounts added to sales prices for reimbursement purposes; brackets; tax imposed under tobacco products tax act.
Section 205.74Repealed. 1980, Act 164, Eff. Sept. 17, 1980.
Section 205.75Disposition of money received and collected.
Section 205.76Repealed. 1949, Act 272, Eff. July 1, 1949.
Section 205.78Short title; general sales tax act.

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