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2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 39 - Taxation And Revenue
Chapter 12 - Income Tax

CHAPTER 15 - SALES TAX

ARTICLE 1 - STATE SALES TAX

39-15-101. Definitions.

(a) As used in this article:

(i) "Lodging service" means the provision of sleeping accommodations to transient guests and shall include the providing of sites for the placement of tents, campers, trailers, mobile homes or other mobile sleeping accommodations for transient guests;

(ii) "Lodging tax" means the excise tax imposed on lodging services;

(iii) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 170, 2.

(iv) "Quarterly return" means a tax return for each of four (4) periods of three (3) consecutive months in a calendar year beginning with January, April, July or October;

(v) "Real property" means land and appurtenances, including structures affixed thereto. An article shall be considered real property if:

(A) It is buried or embedded; or

(B) It is physically or constructively annexed to the real property; and

(D) Considering the purpose for which the annexation was made, one can reasonably infer that it was the intent of the annexing party to make the article a permanent part of the real property.

(vi) "Retail sale" means any sale, lease or rental for any purpose other than for resale, sublease or subrent;

(vii) "Sale" means any transfer of possession in this state for a consideration including the fabrication of tangible personal property when the materials are furnished by the purchaser but excluding an exchange or transfer of tangible personal property upon which the seller has directly or indirectly paid sales or use tax incidental to:

(A) A division of partnership assets among the partners according to their interests in the partnership. As used in this subparagraph, "partnership" includes a limited partnership;

(B) The formation of a corporation by the owners of a business and the transfer of their business assets to the corporation in exchange for all the corporation's outstanding stock, except qualifying shares, in proportion to assets contributed;

(D) The dissolution and the pro rata distribution of the corporation's assets to its stockholders;

(E) The transfer of assets from a parent corporation to a subsidiary corporation which is owned at least eighty percent (80%) by the parent corporation, which transfer is solely in exchange for stock or securities of the subsidiary corporation;

(F) The transfer of assets from a subsidiary corporation which is owned at least eighty percent (80%) by the parent corporation to a parent corporation or to another subsidiary which is owned at least eighty percent (80%) by the parent corporation, which transfer is solely in exchange for stock or securities of the parent corporation or the subsidiary which received the assets;

(G) A transfer of a partnership interest;

(H) The formation of a partnership by the transfer of assets to the partnership or transfers to a partnership in exchange for proportionate interests in the partnership;

(J) The repossession of personal property by a chattel mortgage holder or foreclosure by a lienholder;

(K) The transfer of assets between parent and closely held subsidiary corporations, or between subsidiary corporations closely held by the same parent corporation, or between affiliated companies, partnerships and corporations which are owned in similar percentages by the same persons. "Closely held subsidiary corporation" means a corporation in which the parent corporation owns stock possessing at least eighty percent (80%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote and owns at least eighty percent (80%) of the total number of shares of all other classes of stock;

(M) The sale of a business entity when sold to a purchaser of all or not less than eighty percent (80%) of the value of all of the assets which are located in this state of the business entity when the purchaser continues to use the tangible personal property in the operation of an ongoing business entity in this state. As used in this subparagraph, "business entity" means and includes an individual, partnership, corporation, corporate division, joint stock company or any other association or entity, public or private, or separate business unit thereof.

(viii) "Sales price":

(A) Shall apply to the measure subject to sales tax and means the total amount or consideration, including cash, credit, property and services for which personal property or services are sold, leased or rented, valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, without any deduction for the following:

(I) The seller's cost of property sold;

(II) The cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the seller and any other expense of the seller;

(III) Charges by the seller for any services necessary to complete the sale other than delivery and installation charges;

(IV) Delivery charges;

(V) Installation charges;

(VI) Repealed by Laws 2007, Ch. 10, 2.

(B) Shall not include:

(I) Discounts, including cash, terms or coupons which are not reimbursed by a third party, which are allowed by a seller and taken by a purchaser on a sale;

(II) Interest, financing and carrying charges from credit extended on the sale of personal property or services, if the amount is separate stated on the invoice, bill of sale or similar document given to the purchaser; and

(III) Any tax legally imposed directly on the consumer which is separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale or similar document given to the purchaser.

(I) The seller actually receives consideration from a party other than the purchaser and the consideration is directly related to the price reduction or discount on the sale;

(II) The seller has an obligation to pass the price reduction or discount through to the purchaser;

(III) The amount of the consideration attributable to the sale is fixed and determinable by the seller at the time of the sale of the item to the purchaser; and

(IV) One (1) of the following criteria is met:

(1) The purchaser presents a coupon, certificate or other documentation to the seller to claim a price reduction or discount where the coupon certificate or documentation is authorized, distributed or granted by a third party with the understanding that the third party will reimburse any seller to whom the coupon, certificate or documentation is presented;

(2) The purchaser identifies himself to the seller as a member of a group or organization entitled to a price reduction or discount. A preferred customer card that is available to any patron shall not constitute membership in such a group; or

(3) The price reduction or discount is identified as a third party price reduction or discount on the invoice received by the purchaser or on a coupon, certificate or other documentation presented by the purchaser.

(ix) "Tangible personal property" means all personal property that can be seen, weighed, measured, felt or touched, or that is in any other manner perceptible to the senses. "Tangible personal property" includes electricity, water, gas, steam and prewritten computer software; and includes any controlled substances as defined by W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(iv) which are not sold pursuant to a written prescription of or through a licensed practitioner as defined by W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(xx);

(x) "Taxpayer" means the purchaser of tangible personal property, admissions or services which are subject to taxation under this article;

(xi) "Tertiary production" means the crude oil recovered from a petroleum reservoir by means of a tertiary enhanced recovery project to which one (1) or more tertiary enhanced recovery techniques meeting the certification requirements of the Wyoming oil and gas conservation commission or the United States government are being applied;

(xii) "This article" means W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-15-111;

(xiii) "Transportable home" means and includes the following as defined:

(A) "Modular home" means a residential dwelling constructed in a factory to a residential construction code other than the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards;

(B) "Prebuilt home" means any residential dwelling that is wholly, or in substantial part, made, fabricated, formed or assembled in manufacturing facilities for installation or assembly on a building site. Prebuilt home shall include, but not be limited to, a manufactured home, modular home and mobile home;

(C) "Manufactured home" means a residential dwelling built in accordance with the Federal Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards which is a unit more than eight and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width which is designed, constructed and equipped as a dwelling place or place of business to which wheels may be attached for movement upon streets or highways. Transportable homes are not included within the meanings of trailer houses or trailers.

(xiv) "Transient guest" means a guest who remains for less than thirty (30) continuous days;

(xv) "Vendor" means any person engaged in the business of selling at retail or wholesale tangible personal property, admissions or services which are subject to taxation under this article. "Vendor" includes a vehicle dealer as defined by W.S. 31-16-101(a)(xviii);

(xvi) "Wholesale sale" means a sale of tangible personal property or services to a vendor for subsequent sale;

(xvii) "Delivery charge" means a charge by the seller for preparation and delivery to a location designated by the purchaser of personal property or services including, but not limited to, transportation, shipping, handling, postage, crating and packing;

(xviii) "Well site" means an area within a two hundred fifty (250) foot radius of an oil or gas wellbore;

(xix) "Directly and predominantly in manufacturing" means an item manufactured from inventoried raw or prepared material beginning at the point at which raw or prepared material is moved from plant inventory on a contiguous plant site and ending at a point at which manufacturing has altered the raw or prepared material to its completed form, including packaging, if required. Machinery used during the manufacturing process to move material from one direct production step to another in a continuous flow and machinery used in testing during the manufacturing process shall be deemed to be used directly and predominantly in manufacturing;

(xx) "Machinery" means all tangible personal property eligible for a sales tax exemption pursuant to W.S. 39-15-105(a)(viii)(O), used to produce an article of tangible personal property. The term includes both the basic unit and any adjunct or attachment necessary for the basic unit to accomplish its intended function, the materials for the construction or repair of machinery, and machine tools;

(xxi) "Manufacturing" means the operation of producing a new product, article, substance or commodity different from and having a distinctive nature, character or use from the raw or prepared material;

(xxii) "NAICS" means the Northern American Industry Classification System manual of 2002 that organizes establishments into industries on the basis of the activity in which they are primarily engaged;

(xxiii) "Certified automated system" means software certified under the streamlined sales and use tax 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;

(xxiv) "Certified service provider" means an agent certified under the streamlined sales and use tax agreement to perform all the seller's sales and use tax functions, other than the seller's obligation to remit tax on its own purchases;

(xxv) "Computer" means an electronic device that accepts information in a digital or similar form and manipulates it for a result based on a sequence of instructions;

(xxvi) "Computer software" means a set of coded instructions designed to cause a computer or automatic data processing equipment to perform a task;

(xxvii) "Delivered electronically" means delivered to the purchaser by means other than tangible storage media;

(xxviii) "Drug" means a compound, substance or preparation, and any component of a compound, substance or preparation, other than food and food ingredients, dietary supplements or alcoholic beverages:

(A) Recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or a supplement to any of them;

(B) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease; or

(xxix) "Durable medical equipment" means equipment including its repair and replacement parts which:

(A) Can withstand repeated use;

(B) Is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose;

(D) Is not worn in or on the body;

(E) Does not include "mobility enhancing equipment".

(xxx) "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities;

(xxxi) "Intangible personal property" includes:

(A) Money and cash on hand including currency, gold, silver and other coin, bank drafts, certified checks and cashier's checks;

(B) Money on deposit;

(D) Bonds, promissory notes, debentures and other evidences of debt;

(E) Shares of stock or other written evidence of ownership;

(F) Judgments for the payment of money;

(G) Annuities and annuity contracts.

(xxxii) "Lease" or "rental" means any transfer of possession or control of tangible personal property for consideration for a fixed or indeterminate period of time. A lease or rental may include future options to purchase or extend the lease or rental. "Lease" or "rental" shall include any agreement covering a motor vehicle or trailer where the amount of consideration may be increased or decreased by reference to the amount realized upon sale or disposition of the property as defined in 26 U.S.C. 7701(h)(l). The definitions in this paragraph shall be used for sales and use tax purposes regardless of whether a transaction is characterized as a lease or rental under generally accepted accounting principles, the Internal Revenue Code, the Uniform Commercial Code, or other applicable provisions of federal, state or local law. "Lease" or "rental" shall not include:

(A) A transfer of possession or control of property under a security agreement or deferred payment plan that requires the transfer of title upon completion of the required payments;

(B) A transfer of possession or control of property under an agreement that requires the transfer of title upon completion of required payments and payment of an option price which does not exceed the greater of one hundred dollars ($100.00) or one percent (1%) of the total required payments; or

(C) Providing tangible personal property along with an operator for a fixed or indeterminate period of time, with the condition that the operator is necessary for the equipment to perform as designed. For purposes of this subparagraph, an operator shall do more than maintain, inspect or set up the tangible personal property.

(xxxiii) "Load and leave" means delivery to the purchaser by use of a tangible storage media where the tangible storage media is not physically transferred to the purchaser;

(xxxiv) "Mobility enhancing equipment" means equipment including its repair and replacement parts which:

(A) Is primarily and customarily used to provide or increase the ability to move from one (1) place to another and which is appropriate for use either in a home or a motor vehicle;

(B) Is not generally used by persons with normal mobility;

(C) Does not include any motor vehicle or equipment on a motor vehicle normally provided by a motor vehicle manufacturer;

(D) Does not include "durable medical equipment".

(xxxv) "Over-the-counter-drug" means a drug that contains a label that identifies the product as a drug as required by 21 C.F.R. 201.66. The "over-the-counter-drug" label includes:

(A) A drug facts panel; or

(B) A statement of any active ingredient with a list of the ingredient contained in the compound, substance or preparation.

(xxxvi) "Prescription" means an order, formula or recipe issued in any form of oral, written, electronic or other means of transmission by a duly licensed practitioner as defined by W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(xx);

(xxxvii) "Prewritten computer software" means computer software including any prewritten upgrade, which is not designed and developed by the author or other creator to the specifications of a specific purchaser. The combining of two (2) or more prewritten computer software programs or prewritten portions thereof does not cause the combination to be other than prewritten computer software. Prewritten computer software includes software designed and developed by the author or other creator to the specifications of a specific purchaser when it is sold to a person other than the specific purchaser. Where a person modifies or enhances computer software of which the person is not the author or creator, the person shall be deemed to be the author or creator only of the person's modifications or enhancements. Prewritten computer software or a prewritten portion thereof that is modified or enhanced to any degree, where the modification or enhancement is designed and developed to the specifications of a specific purchaser remains prewritten computer software. However, where there is a reasonable, separately stated charge or an invoice or other statement of the price given to the purchaser for the modification or enhancement, the modification or enhancement shall not constitute prewritten computer software;

(xxxviii) "Prosthetic device" means a replacement, corrective or supportive device including repair and replacement parts for the device, worn on or in the body to:

(A) Artificially replace a missing portion of the body;

(B) Prevent or correct physical deformity or malfunction; or

(xxxix) Telecommunications definitions:

(A) "800 service" means a telecommunications service that allows a caller to dial a toll-free number without incurring a charge for the call. The service is typically marketed under the name "800", "855", "866", "877" and "888" toll-free calling, and any subsequent numbers designated by the Federal Communications Commission;

(B) "900 service" means an inbound toll telecommunications service purchased by a subscriber that allows the subscriber's customers to call in to the subscriber's prerecorded announcement or live service. 900 service shall not include the charge for collection services provided by the seller of the telecommunications services to the subscriber or service or product sold by the subscriber to the subscriber's customer. The service is typically marketed under the name "900" service, and any subsequent numbers designated by the Federal Communications Commission;

(C) "Ancillary services" means services that are associated with or incidental to the provision of telecommunications services, including but not limited to detailed telecommunications billing, directory assistance, vertical service and voice mail services;

(D) "Coin-operated telephone service" means a telecommunications service paid for by inserting money into a telephone accepting direct deposits of money to operate;

(E) "Conference bridging service" means an ancillary service that links two (2) or more participants of an audio or video conference call and may include the provision of a telephone number. Conference bridging service shall not include the telecommunications services used to reach the conference bridge;

(F) "Detailed telecommunications billing service" means an ancillary service of separately stating information pertaining to individual calls on a customer's billing statement;

(G) "Directory assistance" means an ancillary service of providing telephone number information or address information;

(H) "Fixed wireless service" means a telecommunications service that provides radio communication between fixed points;

(J) "International" means a telecommunications service that originates or terminates in the United States and terminates or originates outside the United States, respectively. United States includes the District of Columbia or a United States territory or possession;

(K) "Interstate" means a telecommunications service that originates in one (1) state of the United States or a United States territory or possession, and terminates in a different state of the United States or a United States territory or possession;

(M) "Intrastate" means a telecommunications service that originates in one (1) state of the United States or a United States territory or possession and terminates in the same state of the United States or a United States territory or possession;

(N) "Mobile wireless service" means a telecommunications service that is transmitted, conveyed or routed regardless of the technology used, whereby the origination or termination points of the transmission, conveyance or routing are not fixed, including, by way of example only, telecommunications services that are provided by a commercial mobile radio service provider;

(O) "Paging service" means a telecommunications service that provides transmission of coded radio signals for the purpose of activating specific pagers, which transmissions may include messages or sounds;

(P) "Pay telephone service" means a telecommunications service provided through any pay telephone;

(Q) "Prepaid calling service" means the right to access exclusively telecommunications services, which require advance payment and which enables the origination of call using an access number or authorization code, whether manually or electronically dialed, and that is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount;

(R) "Prepaid wireless calling service" means a telecommunications service that provides the right to utilize mobile wireless service as well as other nontelecommunications services including the download of digital products delivered electronically, content and ancillary services, which require advance payment that is sold in predetermined units of dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount;

(S) "Private communications service" means a telecommunications service that entitles the customer to exclusive or priority use of a communications channel or group of channels between or among termination points, regardless of the manner in which the channel or channels are connected, and includes switching capacity, extension lines, stations and any other associated services that are provided in connection with the use of the channel or channels;

(T) "Residential telecommunications service" means a telecommunications service or ancillary services provided to an individual for personal use at a residential address, including an individual dwelling unit such as an apartment. In the case of institutions where individuals reside such as schools or nursing homes, telecommunications service is considered residential if it is provided to and paid for by an individual resident rather than the institution;

(U) "Telecommunications service" means the electronic transmission, conveyance or routing of voice, data, audio, video or any other information or signals to a point, or between or among points. The term telecommunications service includes such transmission, conveyance or routing in which computer processing applications are used to act on the form, code or protocol of the content for purposes of transmission, conveyance or routing without regard to whether such service is referred to as voice over internet protocol services or is classified by the Federal Communications Commission as enhanced or value added. Telecommunications service shall not include:

(I) Data processing and information services that allow data to be generated, acquired, stored, processed or retrieved and delivered by an electronic transmission to a purchaser where the purchaser's primary purpose for the underlying transaction is the processed data or information;

(II) Installation or maintenance of wiring or equipment on a customer's premises;

(III) Tangible personal property;

(IV) Advertising, including but not limited to directory advertising;

(V) Billing and collection services provided to third parties;

(VI) Internet access service;

(VII) Radio and television audio and video programming services, regardless of the medium, including the furnishing of transmission, conveyance and routing of the services by the programming service provider. Radio and television audio and video programming services shall include but not be limited to cable service as defined in 47 C.F.R. 20.3;

(VIII) Ancillary services; or

(IX) Digital products delivered electronically including but not limited to software, music, video, reading materials or ring tones.

(W) "Value-added nonvoice data service" means a service that otherwise meets the definition of telecommunications services in which computer processing applications are used to act on the form, content, code, or protocol of the information or data primarily for a purpose other than transmission, conveyance or routing;

(Y) "Vertical service" means an ancillary service that is offered in connection with one (1) or more telecommunications services, which offers advanced calling features that allow customers to identify callers and to manage multiple calls and call connections, including conference bridging services;

(Z) "Voice mail service" means an ancillary service that enables the customer to store, send or receive recorded messages. Voice mail service does not include any vertical services that the customer may be required to have in order to utilize the voice mail service.

(xl) "Bundled transaction" means the retail sale of two (2) or more products, except real property and services to real property, where the products are otherwise distinct and identifiable, and the products are sold for one (1) nonitemized price. A bundled transaction does not include the sale of any products in which the sales price varies or is negotiable based on the selection by the purchaser of the products included in the transaction:

(A) "Distinct and identifiable products" does not include:

(I) Packaging such as containers, boxes, sacks, bags and bottles or other materials such as wrapping, labels, tags and instruction guides that accompany the retail sale of the products and are incidental or immaterial to the retail sale thereof;

(II) A product provided free of charge with the required purchase of another product. A product is provided free of charge if the sales price of the product purchased does not vary depending on the inclusion of the product provided free of charge;

(III) Items included in the definition of sales price.

(B) "One (1) nonitemized price" does not include a price that is separately identified by product on a binding sales or other supporting sales-related documentation made available to the customer in paper or electronic form including, but not limited to an invoice, bill of sale, receipt, contract, service agreement, lease agreement, periodic notice of rates and services, rate card or price list;

(C) A transaction that otherwise meets the definition of a bundled transaction as defined above, is not a bundled transaction if it is:

(I) The retail sale of tangible personal property and a service where the tangible personal property is essential to the use of the service, and is provided exclusively in connection with the service, and the true object of the transaction is the service; or

(II) The retail sale of services where one (1) service is provided that is essential to the use or receipt of a second service and the first service is provided exclusively in connection with the second service and the true object of the transaction is the second service; or

(III) A transaction that includes taxable products and nontaxable products and the purchase price or sales price of the taxable products is de minimis. "De minimis" means the seller's purchase price or sales price of the taxable products is ten percent (10%) or less of the total purchase price or sales price of the bundled products. Sellers shall use either the purchase price or the sales price of the products to determine if the taxable products are de minimis. Sellers shall not use a combination of the purchase price and sales price of the products to determine if the taxable products are de minimis. Sellers shall use the full term of a service contract to determine if the taxable products are de minimis; or

(IV) The retail sale of exempt tangible personal property and taxable tangible personal property where:

(1) The transaction includes food and food ingredients, drugs, durable medical equipment, mobility enhancing equipment, over the counter drugs, prosthetic devices or medical supplies; and

(2) Where the seller's purchase price or sales price of the taxable tangible personal property is fifty percent (50%) or less of the total purchase price or sales price of the bundled tangible personal property. Sellers shall not use a combination of the purchase price and sales price of the tangible personal property when making the fifty percent (50%) determination of the transaction.

(D) When a bundled transaction includes a telecommunications service, ancillary service, internet access or audio or video programming service:

(I) If the price of the bundle is attributable to products that are taxable and products that are nontaxable, the portion of the price attributable to the nontaxable products may be subject to tax unless the provider can identify by reasonable and verifiable standards such portion from its books and records that are kept in the regular course of business for other purposes, including, but not limited to nontax purposes;

(II) If the price of the bundle is attributable to products that are subject to tax at different rates, the total price may be treated as attributable to the products subject to tax at the highest rate unless the provider can identify by reasonable and verifiable standards the portion of the price attributable to the products subject to tax at the lower rate from its books and records that are kept in the regular course of business for other purposes, including, but not limited to nontax purposes.

(xli) "Food" means food for domestic home consumption as defined by department rule and regulation;

(xlii) "Direct mail" means printed material delivered or distributed by United States mail or other delivery service to a mass audience or to addressees on a mailing list provided by the purchaser or at the direction of the purchaser when the cost of the items are not billed directly to the recipients. "Direct mail" includes tangible personal property supplied directly or indirectly by the purchaser to the direct mail seller for inclusion in the package containing the printed material. "Direct mail" does not include multiple items of printed material delivered to a single address;

(xliii) "Specified digital products" means electronically transferred:

(A) "Digital audio-visual works" which means a series of related images which, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any;

(B) "Digital audio works" which means works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken or other sounds, including ringtones; or

(xliv) "Data processing services center" means a business or business unit which is primarily engaged in providing infrastructure to house a group of network server computers and associated network storage devices in one (1) physical location in order to centralize one (1) or more of the following: storage, management, processing or dissemination of data and information pertaining to a particular business, taxonomy or body of knowledge. The business may provide specialized hosting activities such as web hosting, streaming services or application hosting; application service provisioning; or general time-share mainframe facilities to itself or to its clients. The client of a data processing services center may be a person or company not affiliated with the data processing services center or other business unit within the business entity which owns the data processing services center;

(xlv) "Qualifying computer equipment" means tangible personal property eligible for the exemption provided by W.S. 39-15-105(a)(viii)(S). The term shall include computers, servers, monitors, keyboards, storage devices and other peripherals, racking systems, cabling and trays necessary for the operation of the data processing services center.

39-15-102. Administration; confidentiality.

(a) This article is known and may be cited as the "Selective Sales Tax Act of 1937".

(b) The administration of this article is vested in the department of revenue.

(c) The department may provide for the issuance, affixing and payment of revenue stamps or the issuance of tokens or other devices to more efficiently secure the payment, collection and accounting for taxes imposed by this article.

(d) Notices required to be mailed by the department under this article if mailed to the address shown on the records of the department shall be sufficient for the purposes of this article.

(e) No state employee or other person who by virtue of his employment has knowledge of the business affairs of any person filing or required to file any tax returns under this article shall make known their contents in any manner or permit any person to have access to any returns or information contained therein except as provided by law. The department may also allow the following:

(i) The delivery to the taxpayer or his legal representatives upon written request of a copy of any return or report in connection with his tax;

(ii) The publication of statistics so classified to prevent the identification of particular returns or reports;

(iii) The inspection by the attorney general of the state of the report or return of any person who brings an action against the state, or against whom an action is contemplated or has been instituted;

(iv) The introduction into evidence of any report or return or information therefrom in any administrative or court proceeding to which the person making the report or return is a party;

(v) The furnishing of any information to the United States government and its territories, the District of Columbia, any state allowing similar privileges to the department or to the multistate tax commission for relay to tax officials of cooperating states. Information furnished shall be only for tax purposes;

(vi) The inspection of tax returns and records by the state department of audit;

(vii) The sharing of information with local government entities and other state agencies, provided a written request is made to the department and the governmental entity or agency demonstrates sufficient reason to obtain the information for official business purposes.

(f) No person shall fail or refuse to make any return or payment required by this article or shall make any false return or statement or shall evade the payment of any tax due. No person shall aid or abet another in any attempt to evade payment of the tax due. No person shall knowingly attest by signature to a false or fraudulent return. The district court of the county in which violations of this subsection occur shall have jurisdiction.

39-15-103. Imposition.

(a) Taxable event. The following shall apply:

(i) Except as provided by W.S. 39-15-105, there is levied an excise tax upon:

(A) The sales price of every retail sale of tangible personal property within the state;

(B) The gross rental paid for the lease or contract transferring possession of tangible personal property if the transfer of possession would be taxable if a sale occurred;

(C) The sales price paid for intrastate telecommunications services including the consideration paid for the sale, rental or leasing of any equipment or ancillary services incidental thereto, and the sales price paid for intrastate calls which originate and terminate in a single state and are billed to a customer with a place of primary use in this state from mobile telecommunications services as provided by the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, 4 U.S.C. 116 through 126. The definitions and provisions of the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act shall apply to this article;

(D) The sales price paid to carriers for intrastate transportation of passengers;

(E) The sales price paid to public utilities as defined in W.S. 37-1-101 through 37-3-114 and to persons furnishing gas, electricity or heat for domestic, industrial or commercial consumption;

(F) The sales price paid for meals and cover charges at any place where meals are regularly served to the public;

(G) The sales price paid for living quarters in hotels, motels, tourist courts and similar establishments providing lodging service for transient guests;

(H) The sales price paid for each admission to any place of amusement, entertainment, recreation, games or athletic event. If any persons other than employees, officers of the law on official business or children under twelve (12) years of age are admitted free or at reduced rates to any such place when an admission charge is made to other persons, an equivalent tax shall be paid by these persons based on the price charged to other persons;

(J) The sales price paid for services performed for the repair, alteration or improvement of tangible personal property;

(K) The sales price paid for all services rendered to real or tangible personal property within an oil or gas well site beginning with and including the setting and cementing of production casing, or if production casing is not set as in the case of an open hole completion, after the completion of the underreaming or the attainment of total depth of the oil or gas well and continuing with all activities sequentially required for the production of any oil or gas well regardless of the chronological occurrence of the activity. All services required during the entire productive life of the well, including recompletion, all the way through abandonment shall be subject to this subparagraph;

(M) The sales price paid for motor vehicles, house trailers, trailer coaches, trailers or semitrailers as defined by W.S. 31-1-101;

(N) The sales price paid for alcoholic beverages;

(O) The sales price paid for computer hardware including the basic set of operating instructions called system software which is necessary to the basic operation of the computer hardware and the sales price paid for the hardware media used to transfer computer software programs;

(P) Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, the sales price of every retail sale of specified digital products within the state. A sale of specified digital products is only subject to the tax under this section if the purchaser has permanent use of the specified digital product. A vendor who purchases specified digital products for further commercial broadcast, rebroadcast, transmission, retransmission, licensing, relicensing, distribution, redistribution or exhibition in whole or in part to another person shall be considered a wholesaler and not subject to the tax imposed by this article. Those services provided by a trade association as part of a member benefit are not subject to the tax imposed by this subparagraph.

(b) Basis of tax. The following shall apply:

(i) Except as provided by W.S. 39-15-105, there is levied and shall be paid by the purchaser on all sales an excise tax upon all events as provided by subsection (a) of this section;

(ii) For purposes of W.S. 39-15-107(b)(i), the sales price of motor vehicles, house trailers, trailer coaches, trailers or semitrailers shall be declared by the purchaser upon a copy of the original invoice from the vendor or upon an affidavit furnished by the department if not purchased from a vendor and the tax collected shall be based upon the declaration or invoice;

(iii) Except for those vehicles specified under W.S. 39-15-107(b)(viii), the tax imposed by this article upon the sale of a motor vehicle, house trailer, trailer coach, trailer or semitrailer purchased as a gift shall be collected from the donee prior to the first registration based upon the fair market value of the gift at the time of the gift;

(iv) The tax imposed by this article upon the sale of a transportable home shall be collected upon the first sale of the transportable home. The tax shall be collected on seventy percent (70%) of the sales price of the transportable home. No tax shall be collected upon any subsequent sale of the home.

(i) Except as otherwise provided every vendor shall collect the tax imposed by this article and is liable for the entire amount of taxes imposed;

(ii) Every person purchasing goods or services taxed by this article is liable for the taxes and shall pay any tax owed to the department unless the taxes have been paid to a vendor;

(iii) Any tax due under this article constitutes a debt to the state from the persons who are parties to the transaction, other than any vendor or other seller who is prohibited or not authorized by law to collect any tax under this article, and is a lien from the date the tax is due on all the real and personal property of those persons;

(iv) The vendor shall file a return within thirty (30) days after discontinuing or selling his business. His successor in business shall withhold from the purchase price enough money to pay the taxes, penalties and interest due on the outstanding amount of all credit, installment and conditional sales upon which the tax has not been paid until the time the former owner produces a receipt from the department showing that all taxes have been paid or a certificate that no taxes are due. If the successor fails to withhold from the purchase price the amount due and the taxes, penalty and interest are unpaid the original vendor and successor vendor are liable for the payment of the unpaid taxes, penalties and interest.

39-15-104. Taxation rate.

(a) Except as provided by W.S. 39-15-105 there is levied and shall be paid by the purchaser on all sales an excise tax of three percent (3%) upon all events as provided by W.S. 39-15-103(a).

(b) Effective July 1, 1993, in addition to the sales tax under subsection (a) of this section there is imposed an additional sales tax of one percent (1%) which shall be administered as if the sales tax rate under subsection (a) of this section was increased from three percent (3%) to four percent (4%). The revenue from these increases shall be distributed in the same manner as other sales tax revenue under those sections.

(d) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 140, 2.

(e) The license fee and taxes imposed by this article are in addition to all other licenses and taxes provided by law except as otherwise provided.

(f) The tax rate imposed upon a transaction subject to this chapter shall be sourced as follows:

(i) The retail sale, excluding lease or rental, of a product shall be sourced as follows:

(A) When the product is received by the purchaser at a business location of the seller, the sale shall be sourced to that business location;

(B) When the product is not received by the purchaser at a business location of the seller's, the sale shall be sourced to the location where receipt by the purchaser, or the purchaser's agent designated as such by the purchaser, occurs, including the location indicated by instruction for delivery to the purchaser or donee, known to the seller;

(C) When subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph do not apply, the sale shall be sourced to the location indicated by an address for the purchaser that is available from the business records of the seller that are maintained in the ordinary course of the seller's business when use of this address does not constitute bad faith;

(D) When subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph do not apply, the sale shall be sourced to the location indicated by an address for the purchaser obtained during the consummation of the sale, including the address of a purchaser's payment instrument, if no other address is available, when use of this address does not constitute bad faith;

(E) When none of the previous rules of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of this paragraph apply, including the circumstance in which the seller is without sufficient information to apply any of the previous rules, then the location shall be determined by the address from which tangible personal property was shipped, from which the digital good or the computer software delivered electronically was first available for transmission by the seller, or from which the service was provided, disregarding for these purposes any location that merely provided the digital transfer of the product sold;

(F) For the purposes of this paragraph the terms "receive" and "receipt" mean taking possession of tangible personal property, making first use of services or taking possession or making first use of digital goods, whichever comes first. The terms "receive" and "receipt" do not include possession by a shipping company on behalf of the purchaser.

(ii) The lease or rental of tangible personal property, other than property identified in paragraph (iii) or (iv) of this subsection, shall be sourced as follows:

(A) For a lease or rental that requires recurring periodic payments, the first periodic payment shall be sourced the same as a retail sale in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection. Periodic payments made subsequently to the first payment shall be sourced to the primary property location for each period covered by the payment. The primary property location shall be as indicated by an address for the property provided by the lessee that is available to the lessor from its records maintained in the ordinary course of business, when use of this address does not constitute bad faith. The property location shall not be altered by intermittent use at different locations, such as use of the business property that accompanies employees on business trips and service calls;

(B) For a lease or rental that does not require recurring periodic payments, the payment shall be sourced the same as a retail sale in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection;

(C) This paragraph shall not affect the imposition or computation of sales or use tax on leases or rentals based on a lump sum or accelerated basis, or on the acquisition of property for lease.

(iii) The lease or rental of a motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or aircraft that does not qualify as transportation equipment, as defined in paragraph (iv) of this subsection shall be sourced as follows:

(A) For a lease or rental that requires recurring periodic payment, each periodic payment shall be sourced to the primary property location. The primary property location shall be as indicated by an address for the property provided by the lessee that is available to the lessor from its records maintained in the ordinary course of business, when use of this address does not constitute bad faith. This location shall not be altered by intermittent use at different locations;

(C) This paragraph shall not affect the imposition or computation of sales or use tax on a lease or rental based on a lump sum or accelerated basis, or on the acquisition of property for lease.

(iv) The retail sale, including lease or rental of transportation equipment shall be sourced the same as a retail sale in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (i) of this subsection. As used in this paragraph, "transportation equipment" means any of the following:

(A) Locomotives and railcars that are utilized for the carriage of persons or property in interstate commerce;

(B) Trucks and truck-tractors with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of greater than ten thousand (10,000) pounds, trailers, semi-trailers or passenger buses that are:

(I) Registered through the international registration plan; and

(II) Operated under authority of a carrier authorized and certified by the United States department of transportation or another federal or a foreign authority to engage in the carriage of personnel or property in interstate or foreign commerce.

(C) Aircraft that are operated by an air carrier authorized and certified by the United States department of transportation or another federal authority or foreign authority to engage in the carriage of persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce;

(D) Containers designed for use on and component parts attached or secured on the items set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of this paragraph.

(v) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 35, 2.

(vi) The direct mail purchaser who is not a holder of a direct payment permit shall provide the seller in conjunction with the purchase either a direct mail form or information to show the jurisdictions to which the direct mail is delivered to recipients. The following shall apply:

(A) Upon receipt of the direct mail form, the seller shall be relieved of all obligations to collect, pay or remit the applicable tax and the purchaser is obligated to pay or remit the applicable tax on a direct pay basis. A direct mail form shall remain in effect for all future sales of direct mail by the seller to the purchaser until it is revoked in writing;

(B) Upon receipt of information from the purchaser showing the jurisdictions to which the direct mail is delivered to recipients, the seller shall collect the tax according to the delivery information provided by the purchaser. In the absence of bad faith, the seller shall be relieved of any further obligation to collect tax on any transaction where the seller has collected tax pursuant to the delivery information provided by the purchaser.

(vii) If the direct mail purchaser does not have a direct payment permit and does not provide the seller with either a direct mail form or delivery information as required by paragraph (vi) of this subsection, the seller shall collect the tax according to subparagraph (i)(E) of this subsection. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit a purchaser's obligation for sales and use tax to any state to which the direct mail is delivered;

(viii) If the direct mail purchaser provides the seller with documentation of direct payment authority, the purchaser shall not be required to provide a direct mail form or delivery information to the seller;

(ix) Except for the defined telecommunication services in paragraph (xi) of this subsection, the sale of telecommunication service sold on a call-by-call basis shall be sourced to:

(A) Each level of taxing jurisdiction where the call originates and terminates in that jurisdiction; or

(B) Each level of taxing jurisdiction where the call either originates or terminates and in which the service address is also located.

(x) Except for the defined telecommunication services in paragraph (xi) of this subsection, a sale of telecommunication service sold on a basis other than a call-by-call basis and any ancillary service incidental to the sale, shall be sourced to the customer's place of primary use;

(xi) The sales of the following telecommunication services shall be sourced to each level of taxing jurisdiction as follows:

(A) A sale of mobile telecommunications services other than air-to-ground radio telephone service and prepaid calling service, shall be sourced to the customer's place of primary use as required by the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act, P.L. 106-252;

(B) A sale of post-paid calling service shall be sourced to the origination point of the telecommunications signal as first identified by either:

(I) The seller's telecommunications system; or

(II) Information received by the seller from its service provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not that of the seller.

(C) A sale of prepaid calling service and prepaid wireless calling service shall be sourced in accordance with paragraph (i) of this subsection. Provided however, in the case of a sale of a prepaid wireless calling service, the rule provided in subparagraph (i)(E) of this subsection shall include as an option the location associated with the mobile telephone number;

(D) A sale of a private communication service shall be sourced as follows:

(I) Service for a separate charge related to a customer channel termination point shall be sourced to each level of jurisdiction in which the customer channel termination point is located;

(II) Service where all customer termination points are located entirely within one (1) jurisdiction or levels of jurisdiction shall be sourced in the jurisdiction in which the customer channel termination points are located;

(III) Service for segments of a channel between two (2) customer channel termination points located in different jurisdictions and which segments of a channel are separately charged shall be sourced fifty percent (50%) in each level of jurisdiction in which the customer channel termination points are located;

(IV) Service for segments of a channel located in more than one (1) jurisdiction or levels of jurisdiction and which segments are not separately billed shall be sourced in each jurisdiction based on the percentage determined by dividing the number of customer channel termination points in the jurisdiction by the total number of customer channel termination points.

(E) As used in paragraphs (ix) through (xi) of this subsection, the following definitions apply:

(I) "Air-to-ground radio/telephone service" means a radio service, as that term is defined in 47 C.F.R. 22.99, in which common carriers are authorized to offer and provide radio telecommunications service for hire to subscribers in aircraft;

(II) "Call-by-call basis" means any method of charging for telecommunications services where the price is measured by individual calls;

(III) "Communications channel" means a physical or virtual path of communications over which signals are transmitted between or among customer channel termination points;

(IV) "Customer" means the person or entity that contracts with the seller of telecommunications services. If the end user of telecommunications services is not the contracting party, the end user of the telecommunications service is the customer of the telecommunication service, but this sentence only applies for the purpose of sourcing sales of telecommunications services under paragraphs (ix) through (xi) of this subsection. "Customer" does not include a reseller of telecommunications service or the mobile telecommunications service of a serving carrier under an agreement to serve the customer outside the home service provider's licensed service area;

(V) "Customer channel termination point" means the location where the customer either inputs or receives the communications;

(VI) "End user" means the person who utilizes the telecommunication service. In the case of an entity, "end user" means the individual who utilizes the service on behalf of the entity;

(VII) "Home service provider" means the same as that term is defined in 124(5) of P.L. 106-252, Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act;

(VIII) "Mobile telecommunications service" means the same as that term is defined in 124(5) of P.L. 106-252, Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act;

(IX) "Place of primary use" means the street address representative of where the customer's use of the telecommunications service primarily occurs, which shall be the residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer. In the case of mobile telecommunications services, "place of primary use" shall be within the licensed service area of the home service provider;

(X) "Post-paid calling service" means the telecommunications service obtained by making a payment on a call-by-call basis either through the use of a payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card, credit card, or debit card, or by charge made to a telephone number which is not associated with the origination or termination of the telecommunications service. A post-paid calling service includes a telecommunications service, except a prepaid wireless calling service, that would be a prepaid calling service except it is not exclusively a telecommunications service;

(XI) "Prepaid calling service" means the right to access exclusively telecommunications services, which are paid for in advance and which enables the origination of calls using an access number or authorization code, whether manually or electronically dialed, and that is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount;

(XII) "Private communications service" means a telecommunications service that entitles the customer to exclusive or priority use of a communications channel or group of channels between or among termination points, regardless of the manner in which the channel or channels are connected, and includes switching capacity, extension lines, stations and any other associated services that are provided in connection with the use of the channel or channels;

(XIII) "Service address" means:

(1) The location of the telecommunications equipment to which a customer's call is charged and from which the call originates or terminates, regardless of where the call is billed or paid;

(2) If the location in section (1) of this subdivision is not known, service address means the origination point of the signal of the telecommunications services first identified by either the seller's telecommunications system or in information received by the seller from its service provider, where the system used to transport the signals is not that of the seller;

(3) If neither location specified in section (1) or (2) of this subdivision is known, the service address means the location of the customer's place of primary use.

(XIV) "Prepaid wireless calling service" means a telecommunications service that provides the right to utilize mobile wireless service as well as other nontelecommunications services, including the download of digital products delivered electronically, content and ancillary services, which must be paid for in advance that is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount.

(g) Any vendor or certified service provider relying on an incorrect rate, boundary or jurisdictional information provided by the department in its tax rate database required under the streamlined sales and use tax agreement shall not be held liable for any under collection of tax caused by the department's error.

39-15-105. Exemptions.

(a) The following sales or leases are exempt from the excise tax imposed by this article:

(i) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property which are protected by the United States constitution and the Wyoming constitution, the following are exempt:

(A) Sales which the state of Wyoming is prohibited from taxing under the laws or constitutions of the United States or Wyoming.

(ii) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property protected by federal law, the following are exempt:

(A) Interstate transportation of freight or passengers;

(B) Sales of railroad rolling stock including locomotives purchased by interstate railroads, aircraft purchased by interstate air carriers which are holders of valid United States civil aeronautics board permits or authorities, and trucks, truck-tractors, trailers, semitrailers and passenger buses in excess of ten thousand (10,000) pounds gross vehicle weight which are purchased by common or contract interstate carriers or which are operating in interstate commerce under exemption clauses in federal law if they are to be used in interstate commerce;

(C) Leases of motor vehicles with or without trailers when the lease rental is computed from the gross receipts of the operation, if the operator is operating under a valid interstate authority or permit;

(D) Sales to Wyoming joint apprenticeship and training programs approved by the United States department of labor;

(E) To comply with the Food Security Act of 1985, sales of food purchased with food stamps.

(iii) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property consumed in production, the following are exempt:

(A) Sales of tangible personal property to a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, processing or compounding when the tangible personal property purchased becomes an ingredient or component of the tangible personal property manufactured, processed or compounded for sale or use and sales of containers, labels or shipping cases used for the tangible personal property so manufactured, processed or compounded. This subparagraph shall apply to chemicals and catalysts used directly in manufacturing, processing or compounding which are consumed or destroyed during that process;

(B) Sales of livestock, feeds for use in feeding livestock or poultry for marketing purposes and seeds, roots, bulbs, small plants and fertilizer planted or applied to land, the products of which are to be sold. This exemption applies to, but is not limited to, sales of seeds, roots, bulbs, small plants and fertilizer planted or applied to land subject to a state or federal crop set aside program;

(D) Sales of power or fuel to a person engaged in the business of manufacturing, processing or agriculture when the same is consumed directly in manufacturing, processing or agriculture;

(E) Sales of power or fuel to a person engaged in the transportation business when the same is consumed directly in generating motive power for actual transportation purposes, except power or fuel which is not taxed as gasoline or gasohol under W.S. 39-17-101 through 39-17-111 or as diesel fuel under W.S. 39-17-201 through 39-17-211 and which is used to propel a motor vehicle upon the highway as defined in W.S. 39-17-201(a)(xii);

(F) Wholesale sales excluding sales of controlled substances as defined by W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(iv) which are not sold pursuant to a written prescription of or through a licensed practitioner as defined by W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(xx);

(G) Sales of fuel for use as boiler fuel in the production of electricity;

(H) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 4, 2.

(J) The cost of food or meals furnished by a food establishment licensed under W.S. 35-7-124 without charge to an employee for consumption on the premises is not taxable either to the establishment or the employee.

(iv) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property sold to government, charitable and nonprofit organizations, irrigation districts and weed and pest control districts, the following are exempt:

(A) Sales to the state of Wyoming or its political subdivisions;

(B) Sales made to religious or charitable organizations including nonprofit organizations providing meals or services to senior citizens as certified to the department of revenue by the department of health in or for the conduct of the regular religious, charitable or senior citizen functions and activities and sales of meals made to persons in regular conduct of senior citizen centers functions and activities;

(C) Occasional sales made by religious or charitable organizations for fund raising purposes for the conduct of regular religious or charitable functions and activities, and not in the course of any regular business. For the purposes of this subparagraph, "regular business" means the habitual or regular activity of the organization excluding any incidental or occasional operation;

(D) Sales to a joint powers board organized under the Wyoming Joint Powers Act;

(E) Sales price of admission to and user fees for county or municipal owned recreation facilities such as swimming pools, athletic facilities and recreation centers;

(F) Labor or service charges, including transportation and travel, for the repair, alteration or improvement of real property or tangible personal property owned by, or incorporated in projects under contract to the state of Wyoming or any of its political subdivisions, including an irrigation district created under W.S. 41-7-201 through 41-7-210, and a weed and pest control district created under W.S. 11-5-101 et seq.;

(G) Sales to an irrigation district created under W.S. 41-7-201 through 41-7-210;

(H) Sales to a weed and pest control district created under W.S. 11-5-101 et seq.;

(J) Intrastate transit of persons services by a government, charitable or nonprofit organization.

(v) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property which are alternatively taxed, the following are exempt:

(A) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 165, 1.

(B) Sales of transportable homes after the tax has been once paid;

(C) Sales of gasoline or gasohol taxed under W.S. 39-17-101 through 39-17-111 and of diesel fuels taxed under W.S. 39-17-201 through 39-17-211. The exemption provided by this subparagraph shall not apply to gasoline or gasohol taxed under W.S. 39-17-104(a)(iii) or to diesel fuel taxed under W.S. 39-17-204(a)(ii).

(vi) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property which are essential human goods and services, the following are exempt:

(A) Intrastate transportation by public utility or others of sick, injured or deceased persons by ambulance or hearse;

(B) Sales of the following tangible personal property sold under a prescription: drugs for human relief excluding over-the-counter-drugs, insulin for human relief and any syringe, needle or other device necessary for the administration thereof, oxygen for medical use, blood plasma, prosthetic devices, hearing aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, mobility enhancing equipment, durable medical equipment and any assistive device. As used in this subparagraph, "assistive device" means any item, piece of equipment or product system, as defined by department rule, which is used to increase, maintain or improve the functional capabilities of an individual with a permanent disability, excluding any medical device, surgical device or organ implanted or transplanted into or attached directly to an individual;

(C) Sales of all noncapitalized equipment and disposable supplies which are used in the direct medical or dental care of a patient. The exemption in this subparagraph shall not include capitalized equipment or office supplies used in the normal course of business;

(D) Sales of water delivered by pipeline or truck;

(E) Sales of food for domestic home consumption.

(vii) For the purpose of exempting sales of services provided primarily to businesses, the following are exempt:

(A) Interstate or intrastate transportation of drilling rigs, including charges for the movement or conveyance of the drilling rig to or away from the well site and the loading, unloading, assembly or disassembly of the drilling rig;

(B) A person regularly engaged in the business of making loans or a supervised financial institution, as defined in W.S. 40-14-140(a)(xix), that forecloses a lien or repossesses a motor vehicle on which it has filed a lien shall not be liable for payment of sales or use tax, penalties or interest due under this section or W.S. 39-16-108 for that vehicle.

(viii) For the purpose of exempting sales of services and tangible personal property as an economic incentive, the following are exempt:

(A) Intrastate transportation of:

(I) Employees to or from work when paid or contracted for by the employee or employer;

(II) Freight and property including oil and gas by pipeline.

(B) Sales of the services of professional engineers, geologists or members of similar professions including the sales price paid for all services to real or tangible personal property leading to building location, drilling and all related activities that must be completed prior to setting the production casing, including coring, logging and testing done prior to the setting of production casing for the drilling of any oil or gas well or for the deepening or extending of any well previously drilled for oil or gas beyond the maximum point to which they were initially drilled. The exemption in this subparagraph shall also apply to any and all seismographic and geophysical surveying, stratigraphic testing, coring, logging and testing calculated to reveal the existence of geologic conditions favorable to the accumulation of oil or gas;

(D) Sales of newspapers;

(E) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 47, 1.

(F) Sales of carbon dioxide and other gases used in tertiary production;

(G) Sales of lodging services provided by a person known to the trade and public as a guide or outfitter, including but not limited to sleeping accommodations, placement of tents, snow shelters, base camps, temporary structures which are dismantled or abandoned after use and all other forms of temporary shelter are exempt from the excise tax imposed by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii) as distributed by W.S. 39-15-211(a)(ii);

(H) The sale of farm implements. For purposes of this subparagraph, "farm implements" means any tractor or other machinery designed or adapted and used exclusively for agricultural operations and specifically excludes any vehicle titled under chapter 2 of title 31, snowmobiles, lawn tractors, all-terrain vehicles and repair or replacement parts;

(J) The sale of aircraft repair, remodeling or maintenance services at a federal aviation administration certified repair station including, but not limited to, repair or replacement materials or parts;

(K) The sale of the service of transmitting radio waves to a one-way paging unit owned or rented by a service subscriber, where messages received are displayed or played on a paging unit as voice, tone and voice, numeric or alphanumeric, including mail services purchased with the pager;

(M) Sales of goods or services made for the purpose of raising money or charges for admission to any amusement, entertainment, recreation, game or athletic event for any kindergarten through grade twelve (12) public school located in this state;

(N) Sales of equipment used to generate electricity from renewable resources. As used in this subparagraph, "renewable resources" includes wind generation, solar, biomass, landfill gas, hydro, hydrogen and geothermal energy. The exemption provided by this subparagraph shall be limited to the acquisition of equipment used in a project to make it operational up to the point of interconnection with an existing transmission grid including wind turbines, generating equipment, control and monitoring systems, power lines, substation equipment, lighting, fencing, pipes and other equipment for locating power lines and poles. The exemption shall not apply to tools and other equipment used in construction of a new facility, contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities and equipment utilized or acquired after the project is operational. This subparagraph is applicable as follows:

(I) On and after January 1, 2010, the exemption shall apply to sales of equipment for projects where either the project developer is the landowner for the project prior to January 1, 2010, or where the project developer has, prior to January 1, 2010, entered into a written contract with a landowner that describes the project with specificity, including a description of equipment to be purchased and placed on the landowner's land and has made payment to the landowner under terms of the contract. To be eligible for the exemption, the project developer shall have received all required permits and approvals from all governmental agencies for the development and construction of the project. Evidence of compliance with this subparagraph shall be submitted to the department with the request for an exemption. Equipment eligible for the exemption shall be purchased and delivered within the state of Wyoming on or before December 31, 2011 for storage, use or consumption by the developer to qualify for the exemption. The exemption provided under this subdivision of this subparagraph is repealed effective December 31, 2011;

(II) On and after January 1, 2010, the exemption shall apply to sales of equipment used to generate electricity from renewable resources with a total net rating capacity of not more than twenty-five (25) kilowatts, or where the entire renewable energy system is to be for off-grid use. The exemption provided under this subdivision of this subparagraph is repealed effective June 30, 2012.

(O) Until December 31, 2011, the sale or lease of machinery to be used in this state directly and predominantly in manufacturing tangible personal property, if the sale or lease:

(I) Is to a manufacturer classified by the department under the NAICS code manufacturing sector 31 - 33; and

(II) Does not include noncapitalized machinery except machinery expensed in accordance with section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code.

(III) Repealed By Laws 2010, Ch. 33, 2.

(P) The sale or lease of any aircraft used in a federal aviation administration commercial operation including the sale of all:

(I) Tangible personal property permanently affixed or attached as a component part of the aircraft, including, but not limited to, repair or replacement materials or parts;

(II) Aircraft repair, remodeling and maintenance services performed on the aircraft, its engine or its component materials or parts.

(Q) Sales of tangible personal property or services performed for the repair, assembly, alteration or improvement of railroad rolling stock. This subparagraph is repealed effective July 1, 2015;

(R) The sale of equipment used to construct a new coal gasification or coal liquefaction facility. The exemption provided by this subparagraph shall be limited to the acquisition of equipment used in a project to make it operational. The exemption shall not apply to tools and other equipment used in construction of a new facility, contracted services required for construction and routine maintenance activities nor to equipment utilized or acquired after the facility is operational;

(S) The sales price paid for the purchase or rental of qualifying computer equipment including computers, servers, monitors, keyboards, storage devices and other peripherals, racking systems, cabling and trays that are necessary for the operation of a data processing services center when the aggregate purchase of the qualifying equipment exceeds two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) in any calendar year. For the purpose of claiming this exemption, the purchaser shall demonstrate to the department that he:

(I) Has a physical location in this state where the qualifying computer equipment purchased shall be maintained and operated until the qualifying computer equipment is scheduled for replacement or until it has reached the end of its serviceable life;

(II) Shall make an initial total capital asset investment in a physical location in this state of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) or has made a capital investment in a physical location in this state of not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) in the five (5) years immediately preceding the effective date of this subparagraph;

(III) Has retained adequate documentation to demonstrate that the total purchase of qualifying computer equipment exceeds the annual threshold of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00);

(IV) Has received annual certification from the Wyoming business council that the purchaser has created or will create a number of jobs in Wyoming that is appropriate to the size and stage of development of the data processing services center as determined by the Wyoming business council;

(V) Will accrue the excise tax on purchase of otherwise qualifying computer equipment where the annual threshold of two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) was not met. The tax shall be remitted to the department not later than the end of January immediately following the end of the calendar year where the threshold was not met to avoid the assessment of penalty and interest on any amount of tax due;

(VI) Shall keep adequate written records and documentation in accordance with department rule and regulation to show compliance with the requirements of this subparagraph. If the purchaser does not meet all the requirements of this subparagraph, any tax owed shall be remitted to the department not later than the end of January immediately following the end of the calendar year in which the requirements were not met.

(ix) For the purpose of avoiding application of the sales tax more than once on the same article of tangible property for the same taxpayer:

(A) The trade-in value of tangible personal property shall be excluded from the sales price of new tangible personal property when trade-in and purchase occur in one (1) transaction; and

(B) The sales price paid for a motor vehicle, house trailer, trailer coach, trailer or semitrailer as defined in W.S. 31-1-101 if the vehicle is purchased by a nonresident of Wyoming and the vehicle is to be removed from the state of Wyoming within thirty (30) days of purchase. The purchaser shall declare under penalty of perjury on a form prescribed by the department that he is not a resident of Wyoming.

(b) The Wyoming business council and the department of revenue shall jointly report to the joint revenue interim committee on or before December 1 of each year that the exemption provided by subparagraph (a)(viii)(O), (R) or (S) of this section is in effect. The report shall evaluate the cumulative effects of each exemption that is in effect from initiation of the exemption and shall include:

(i) A history of employment in terms of numbers of employees, full-time and part-time employees and rates of turnover;

(ii) A history of wages and benefits disaggregated by gender for each job category; and

(iii) A comprehensive history of taxes paid to the state of Wyoming.

39-15-106. Licenses; permits.

(a) Every vendor shall obtain from the department a sales tax license to conduct business in the state. Any out-of-state vendor not otherwise subject to this article may voluntarily apply for a license from the department and if licensed, shall collect and remit the state sales tax imposed by W.S. 39-15-104. The license shall be granted only upon application stating the name and address of the applicant, the character of the business in which the applicant proposes to engage, the location of the proposed business and other information as the department may require. Effective July 1, 1997, a license fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) shall be required from each new vendor, except for any remote vendor who has no requirement to register in this state, or who is using one (1) of the technology models pursuant to the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. Failure of a vendor to timely file any return may result in forfeiture of the license granted under this section. The department shall charge sixty dollars ($60.00) for reinstatement of any forfeited license. The department shall send any vendor who reports no gross sales for three (3) consecutive years a form prescribed by the department to show cause why the vendor's license should not be revoked. The vendor shall complete and file the report with the department within thirty (30) days of receipt of the form. If the department finds just cause for the vendor to retain the license, no further action shall be taken. If the department finds just cause to revoke the license, the vendor shall be notified of the revocation. Any vendor whose license is revoked under this subsection may appeal the decision to the state board of equalization.

(b) A separate license is required for each place of business.

(i) Contain the name and residence of the licensee;

(ii) Indicate the place and character of the business of the licensee;

(iii) Be posted in a conspicuous place at the place of business for which it is issued.

(d) No license is transferable.

(e) Licenses issued under this section are valid without further payment of fees until revoked by the department.

(f) Any person discontinuing business shall notify the department, return his license for cancellation and preserve all business records in the state until the department issues a receipt showing all taxes have been paid.

(g) The department may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, revoke the license of any vendor violating any provision of this article and no license shall thereafter be issued to that person until the applicant has:

(i) Filed a new application with the department;

(ii) Filed with the department all past due returns and has remitted in full all taxes, penalties and interest due.

(h) The department may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend the license of any vendor violating any provision of this article until the time the vendor is in compliance.

(j) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, and pursuant to department rules and regulations, a vendor who purchases wholesale goods for use in manufacturing, processing or compounding as provided by W.S. 39-15-105(a)(iii), and who does not engage in any retail sale of those goods, shall not be required to obtain a sales tax license.

(k) The department may enter into an agreement with an entity which is not otherwise required to obtain a license under this article and which has one (1) or more independent sales contractors working in this state. Any entity licensed pursuant to this subsection shall be subject to the licensing provisions of this section and shall collect and remit the tax imposed under this article on all taxable sales transactions occurring between entities and the independent sales contractor. Any entity licensed under this subsection shall be subject to all collection and enforcement provisions imposed by this article.

39-15-107. Compliance; collection procedures.

(a) Returns, reports and preservation of records. The following shall apply:

(i) Each vendor shall on or before the last day of each month file a true return showing the preceding month's gross sales and remit all taxes to the department. The returns shall contain such information and be made in the manner as the department by regulation prescribes. The department may allow extensions for filing returns and paying the taxes by regulation, but no extension may be for more than ninety (90) days. If the total tax to be remitted by a vendor during any month is less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), a quarterly or annual return as authorized by the department, and remittance in lieu of the monthly return may be made on or before the last day of the month following the end of the quarter or year for which the tax is collected. If the accounting methods regularly used by any vendor are such that reports of sales made during a calendar month would impose unnecessary hardships, the department after receiving a formal request filed by the vendor may accept reports at intervals as would be more convenient to the taxpayer. Any vendor shall report whether the vendor sells cigarettes, cigars, snuff or other tobacco products in this state to the department in the form and manner required by the department. The department may reject any report required under this paragraph of any vendor who does not comply with the tobacco sales reporting requirements. Every person purchasing goods or services taxable by this article who does not pay the tax owed to a vendor shall, on or before the last day of each month, file a return showing the gross purchases made during the preceding month and remit all taxes due to the department. The return shall contain such information and be made in the manner as the department shall prescribe by rule and regulation. The department, by rule and regulation, may allow an extension for filing a return and paying any tax due, but no extension shall be granted for more than ninety (90) days;

(ii) Every vendor and person liable for the payment of sales tax under this article shall preserve for three (3) years at his principal place of business, suitable records and books as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he is liable under this article, together with all invoices and books showing all merchandise purchased for resale. All records, books and invoices shall be available for examination by the department during regular business hours except as arranged by mutual consent;

(iii) If any vendor or person liable for the payment of sales tax under this article fails to comply with paragraph (ii) of this subsection, he shall bear the burden of proof as to the correctness of any assessment of taxes imposed by the department for the period for which records were not preserved in any court action or proceeding;

(iv) If a vendor fails to file a return as required by this article, the department shall give written notice by mail to the vendor to file a return on or before the last day of the month following the notice of delinquency. If a vendor then fails to file a return the department shall make a return from the best information available which will be prima facie correct and the tax due therein is a deficiency and subject to penalties and interest as provided by this article;

(v) The department shall preserve returns and reports for three (3) years;

(vi) The vendor shall file a return within thirty (30) days after discontinuing or selling his business;

(vii) Taxes collected under paragraphs (b)(i) and (ii) of this section are due and payable and shall be remitted in full by the county treasurer to the department monthly or as required by the department together with reports as required by the department;

(viii) When applying for registration, every new owner of a motorcycle shall produce either:

(A) A receipt from the department showing that the sales or use tax has been paid;

(B) A receipt on forms provided by the department showing that the motorcycle was purchased from a Wyoming licensed dealer and that the dealer has collected the sales tax; or

(ix) As soon as practicable after the return is filed the department shall examine it and if it appears the tax to be remitted is incorrect it shall be recomputed. If the amount paid exceeds that which is due the excess shall be refunded to the vendor or person who submitted the return or credited against any subsequent liability of the vendor or person who submitted the return;

(x) Taxes paid on gross receipts represented by accounts found to be worthless may be credited against subsequent liability of the vendor. The vendor shall not take the credit for any bad debt until he has used the customary debt collection procedures as documented in writing by the vendor and has written off the debt; or until the debt qualifies as a bad debt under 26 U.S.C. section 166 excluding financing charges or interest, sales or use taxes charged on the purchase price, uncollectible amounts on property that remain in the possession of the seller until the full purchase price is paid, any expenses incurred in attempting to collect any debt, and repossessed property. If any account is thereafter collected by the vendor, a tax shall be paid upon the amount collected. The amount collected shall be applied proportionally first to the taxable price of the property or service and the sales tax thereon, and then to interest, service charges and any other charges. Should the bad debt exceed the taxable sales for a subsequent period the vendor may request a refund of the tax on the bad debt from the department so long as the claim is made within three (3) years of the date of the return on which the bad debt could first be claimed. A certified service provider under W.S. 39-15-401 through 39-15-408 acting on behalf of a vendor may claim the bad debt allowance for the vendor and shall remit the credit or refund received to the vendor. Should the bad debt apply to more than one (1) state, the debt may be allocated between the affected states.

(b) Payment. The following shall apply:

(i) Except as provided by paragraph (viii) of this subsection, no vendor shall collect taxes imposed by this article upon the sale of motor vehicles, house trailers, trailer coaches, trailers or semitrailers. The taxes imposed shall be collected by the county treasurer prior to the first registration in Wyoming and not upon subsequent registration by the same applicant. The county treasurer shall collect and remit to the department the tax in effect in the county of the owner's principal residence;

(ii) Except for those vehicles specified under paragraph (viii) of this subsection, the tax imposed by this article upon the sale of a motor vehicle, house trailer, trailer coach, trailer or semitrailer purchased as a gift shall be collected from the donee prior to the first registration based upon the fair market value of the gift at the time of the gift;

(iii) Motor vehicle vendors and vendors of house trailers, trailer coaches, trailers or semitrailers shall not be required to pay sales taxes on motor vehicles, house trailers, trailer coaches, trailers or semitrailers if they are registered in the vendor's name, are included as a part of the vendor's inventory and are held principally in the conduct of the vendor's business for sale, demonstration or delivery prior to sale and use, except a motor vehicle vendor shall be liable for payment of sales or use tax on the transfer of a motor vehicle with less than one thousand (1,000) miles on the odometer he purchases if:

(A) The vendor is not a properly licensed dealer under W.S. 31-16-101 et seq.;

(B) The vehicle he purchased was transferred with a manufacturer's statement of origin or manufacturer's certificate of origin from a properly licensed dealer; and

(iv) A person regularly engaged in the business of making loans or a supervised financial institution, as defined in W.S. 40-14-140(a)(xix), that forecloses a lien or repossesses a motor vehicle on which it has filed a lien, or an insurance company that acquires ownership of a motor vehicle pursuant to a damage settlement, shall not be liable for payment of sales or use tax, penalties or interest due under this section or W.S. 39-16-107 for that vehicle;

(v) The taxes are due and payable on the last day of the month following the month in which they were collected or as required by the department as specified in this article;

(vi) If a sale is made on credit, contract or conditional basis and title does not pass until a future date, there shall be paid upon each payment that portion of the total tax which the amount paid bears to the purchase price. If a vendor discontinues business, the tax shall be computed and paid on the outstanding amount of all credit, installment and conditional sales;

(vii) If any vendor collects a tax in excess of that imposed by this article it shall be remitted to the department;

(viii) Notwithstanding W.S. 39-15-107(b)(i), the tax imposed under this article upon the sale of mopeds and motorcycles as defined in W.S. 31-5-102(a) and off-road recreational vehicles defined by W.S. 31-1-101(a)(xv) shall be collected by the vendor in the manner prescribed by this section;

(ix) When the department has reason to believe the collection of any tax, penalty or interest will be jeopardized by delay it shall immediately levy a jeopardy assessment and the amount assessed shall be immediately due and payable. Notice of the assessment shall be given to the vendor personally or by mail. If the jeopardy assessment is not paid within ten (10) days after the service of notice upon the vendor, the deficiency penalty and interest provided in W.S. 39-15-108(c)(ii) shall attach to the amount of the jeopardy assessment;

(x) The department may enter into contracts with collection agencies for required collection services on deficiencies of sales tax occurring under W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-15-111 from and after the reporting period of January, 1989. Any taxes collected by the collection agencies shall be distributed in accordance with W.S. 39-15-111(b). There is continuously appropriated from the general fund, to the department, an amount equal to the cost of collection under each contract but not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of the amounts collected by collection agencies, under a contract. The department shall expend those funds appropriated solely for collection agency services and may authorize in the contracts for those services that collection agency costs be deducted from funds collected and remitted to the department. The contracts entered into under this paragraph shall not be for a term of more than two (2) years and shall be awarded only after competition.

(c) Timelines. Except as otherwise specifically provided, there are no general applicable provisions for timelines for this article.

39-15-107.1 Direct payment of sales tax; permit required; authorization; rules and regulations.

(a) Upon application by any person liable for the payment of sales tax under this article or a licensed vendor, the director of the department of revenue, in his sole discretion, may issue to the applicant a permit to be known as a direct payment permit authorizing the applicant to make direct payment to the department of revenue of any sales tax imposed under this article. The decision of the director shall not be appealable. The direct payment permit shall be signed by an authorized representative of the department. Any direct payment permit issued under this section may be revoked by the department of revenue at any time upon ninety (90) days written notice to the permittee.

(b) Any applicant issued a direct payment permit authorized by subsection (a) of this section shall pay any sales tax authorized by this article directly to the department of revenue. The applicant shall issue to each vendor furnishing or supplying any goods or services subject to Wyoming sales tax proof that the applicant has a direct payment permit in the form prescribed by the department. The proof of the direct payment permit shall indicate that the applicant assumes all obligations to pay any sales tax due under this article directly to the department of revenue.

(c) Receiving proof of the direct payment permit under subsection (b) of this section shall discharge the vendor furnishing or supplying goods or services to the applicant from any duty to collect or liability for sales taxes owed by the applicant. Any person holding a direct payment permit may be audited by the department of audit once in each calendar year.

(d) The department of revenue shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

39-15-107.2. Voluntary disclosure.

The department of revenue may enter into a voluntary disclosure agreement with any person establishing sufficient contact with this state to qualify the person as a vendor under this article. Application for voluntary disclosure shall be made in a manner and form as prescribed by the department of revenue and shall include a report of transactions taxable under this article. The report shall include a period of not more than the three (3) previous years immediately preceding the agreement. Agreements which include foreclosure to audit shall be cosigned by the director of the department of audit or his designee. The department of revenue shall not enter into a voluntary disclosure agreement with any person currently engaged in an audit or similar investigation by the department of audit or the department of revenue. For good cause, the department of revenue may waive penalties and interest applicable to any tax liability under this article disclosed in a voluntary disclosure agreement.

39-15-107.3. Voluntary licensing and monetary allowances offered under the streamlined sales tax agreement.

(a) Any vendor who licenses to collect and remit applicable sales or use tax on sales made to purchasers in this state in accordance with terms of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement shall not be subject to audit prior to the date of licensure provided the vendor was not licensed in this state and licensing occurs within twelve (12) months of the effective date of the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. The vendor shall not be assessed for uncollected sales or use tax together with penalty or interest for sales made during the period the vendor was not licensed in this state, provided licensing occurs within twelve (12) months of the effective date of this provision. This provision shall not apply to any vendor who has received notice of the commencement of an audit and the audit is not finally resolved including any administrative and judicial processes. The voluntary licensure provision shall not be available for sales or use taxes already paid or remitted to the state or for taxes collected by the vendor. The provisions of this section shall be fully effective absent fraud or intentional misrepresentation of a material fact so long as the vendor continues to license and continues collection and remittance of applicable sales or use taxes for a period of not less than thirty-six (36) months following his initial licensure as a vendor. The voluntary licensure provision shall only apply to sales or use taxes due from a vendor acting as a seller and not as a purchaser.

(b) A certified service provider and user of any technology model approved by the department who collects the Wyoming sales and use taxes shall be granted a monetary allowance for collecting the taxes as provided in the streamlined sales and use tax agreement. Any allowance shall be funded entirely from taxes collected under the technology models and shall be based on the contracted amount between the governing board and the service providers.

39-15-108. Enforcement.

(a) Audits. Except as otherwise provided, there are no specific applicable provisions for audits for this article.

(b) Interest. The following shall apply:

(i) If the amount of tax paid is less than the amount due, the difference together with interest thereon at the rate of one percent (1%) per month from the time the return was due shall be paid by the vendor or any person liable for the payment of the sales tax under this article within ten (10) days after notice and demand is made by the department. Effective July 1, 1994, interest at an annual rate equal to the average prime interest rate as determined by the state treasurer during the preceding fiscal year plus four percent (4%) shall be added to the delinquent tax. To determine the average prime interest rate, the state treasurer shall average the prime interest rate for at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the thirty (30) largest banks in the United States. The interest rate on delinquent taxes shall be adjusted on January 1 of each year following the year in which the taxes first became delinquent. In no instance shall the delinquent tax rate be greater than eighteen percent (18%) from any sale made on or after July 1, 1994. The interest rate on any delinquent tax from any sale made before July 1, 1994, shall be one percent (1%) per month from the date the return was due until paid;

(ii) If the sales or use tax on a vehicle, including local option sales or use tax, under W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-15-211 or 39-16-101 through 39-16-211, is not paid within fifty (50) days after the date of the sale, or in the case of a motor vehicle brought into this state, fifty (50) days after the vehicle is brought into the state if the owner submits to the county treasurer an affidavit and any other satisfactory proof as necessary to verify the date the vehicle was brought into the state:

(A) Interest shall accrue at the rate of one percent (1%) per month or fractional portion thereof from the fiftieth day after the date of sale until the date of payment of all sales tax interest and civil fees due. County treasurers shall collect interest due under this subsection which shall be forwarded to the department and credited to the state general fund;

(B) A civil fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from the fiftieth day through the sixtieth day after the date of sale shall also be assessed by the county treasurer under this paragraph. If all sales tax, interest and civil fees due are not paid by the sixtieth day, the civil fee shall be the twenty-five dollar ($25.00) amount or ten percent (10%) of the amount of tax due, whichever is greater, and shall be assessed by the county treasurer. Civil fees collected under this subparagraph shall be credited to the general fund of the county which makes the collection;

(C) The tax is delinquent if the taxpayer or his agent knew or reasonably should have known that the tax liability was not paid within the fifty (50) day period.

(iii) The department may credit or waive interest imposed by this subsection as part of a settlement or for any other good cause.

(i) If any part of the deficiency is due to negligence or intentional disregard of rules and regulations but without intent to defraud there shall be added a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the deficiency plus interest as provided by paragraph (b)(i) of this section. The taxes, penalty and interest shall be paid by the vendor or any person liable for the payment of the sales tax under this article within ten (10) days after notice and demand is made by the department;

(ii) If any part of the deficiency is due to fraud with intent to evade there shall be added a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the deficiency plus interest as provided by paragraph (b)(i) of this section. The taxes, penalty and interest shall be paid by the vendor or any person liable for the payment of the sales tax under this article within ten (10) days after notice and demand is made by the department;

(iii) No vendor shall advertise or state directly or indirectly to the public that the taxes imposed by this article shall be assumed by the vendor or that it will not be considered in the price, or if added, will be refunded;

(iv) Any vendor who under the pretense of collecting the taxes imposed by this article collects and retains an excessive amount or who intentionally fails to remit to the department the full amount of taxes when due is guilty of:

(A) A misdemeanor if the amount of taxes collected is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or less punishable by a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months, or both; or

(B) A felony if the amount of taxes collected exceeds five hundred dollars ($500.00) punishable by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or imprisonment for not to exceed three (3) years, or both.

(v) Any person who violates W.S. 39-15-102(e) is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each violation is a separate offense;

(vi) Any person who files a false or fraudulent return is subject to the provisions of W.S. 6-5-303;

(vii) Any person who violates any provision of this article for which there are no specific penalties is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each violation is a separate offense;

(viii) The department may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, revoke the license of any vendor violating any provision of this article and no license shall thereafter be issued to that person until the applicant has:

(A) Filed a new application with the department;

(B) Filed with the department all past due returns and has remitted in full all taxes, penalties and interest due.

(ix) The department may, after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing, suspend the license of any vendor violating any provision of this article until the time the vendor is in compliance;

(x) Upon request of the department, the attorney general may institute proceedings to restrain and enjoin any person from:

(A) Acting as a vendor until they have received a license as required by W.S. 39-15-106(a);

(B) Continuing to act as a vendor if they have not remitted to the department, when due, all taxes, penalty and interest imposed by this article.

(xi) Every vendor shall preserve for three (3) years at his principal place of business, suitable records and books as may be necessary to determine the amount of tax for which he is liable under this article, together with all invoices and books showing all merchandise purchased for resale. All records, books and invoices shall be available for examination by the department during regular business hours except as arranged by mutual consent;

(xii) If a vendor fails to file a return as required by this article, the department shall give written notice by mail to the vendor to file a return on or before the last day of the month following the notice of delinquency. If a vendor then fails to file a return the department shall make a return from the best information available which will be prima facie correct and the tax due therein is a deficiency and subject to penalties and interest as provided by this article;

(xiii) The department may impose a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00) upon any vendor who fails to file his return in a timely manner as required by W.S. 39-15-107(a) provided the vendor files his return within thirty (30) days of receiving notice from the department pursuant to paragraph (xii) of this subsection. The department may impose a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) upon any vendor who fails to file his return within thirty (30) days of receiving notice from the department pursuant to paragraph (xii) of this subsection;

(xiv) The department, for good cause, may waive a penalty imposed for failure to file a return provided that the taxpayer requests the waiver in writing within ninety (90) days after the due date, setting forth the reasons for the late filing;

(xv) The department may credit or waive penalties imposed by this subsection as part of a settlement or for any other good cause.

(d) Liens. The following shall apply:

(i) Any tax due under this article constitutes a debt to the state from the persons who are parties to the transaction, other than any vendor or other seller who is prohibited or not authorized by law to collect any tax under this article, and is a lien from the date the tax is due on all the real and personal property of those persons. The lien does not apply to purchasers who paid the tax to the vendor. Notice of the lien shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the persons who are parties to the transaction reside or in which the vendor conducts business. The lien does not have preference over preexisting indebtedness but shall have priority from and after the date of filing or recording. The department shall cancel lien statements within sixty (60) days after taxes due are paid or collected. No other action by the department is required to perfect a lien under this paragraph regardless of the type of property involved;

(ii) Except as provided by W.S. 39-15-107(b)(viii), no vendor shall collect taxes imposed by this article upon the sale of motor vehicles, house trailers, trailer coaches, trailers or semitrailers. The taxes imposed shall be collected by the county treasurer prior to the first registration in Wyoming and not upon subsequent registration by the same applicant. Upon a failure to pay the tax due upon any vehicle as provided by paragraph (b)(ii) of this section, the county treasurer shall notify the county clerk and the county clerk shall notify the department. The department may file a lien against the vehicle as provided by paragraph (i) of this subsection and shall note the lien on the title of the vehicle. After review by and approval of the board of county commissioners, the county may also collect the tax due and any interest, penalties or costs of collection through the use of a collection agency or by the filing of a civil action.

(e) Tax sales. The following shall apply:

(i) The tax due together with interest, penalties and costs may be collected by appropriate judicial proceedings or the department, with board approval, or its representative, may seize and sell at public auction so much of the person's property as will pay all the tax, interest, penalties and costs. Notice of the auction must be published for four (4) weeks in a newspaper published in the resident county of the persons involved.

39-15-109. Taxpayer remedies.

(a) Interpretation requests. There are no specific applicable provisions for interpretation requests for this article.

(b) Appeals. Except as provided by this subsection, no person who feels aggrieved by the payment of the taxes, penalty and interest imposed by this article may appeal a decision of the state board of equalization until all taxes, penalty and interest have been paid. For good cause shown, the court to which the decision of the board is appealed may stay enforcement of the board's order assessing and levying the tax during the pendency of the appeal. The court's stay of enforcement shall not affect the accruing of interest upon any assessment and levy.

(i) Any tax, penalty or interest which has been erroneously paid, collected or computed shall either be credited against any subsequent tax liability of the vendor or refunded. No credit or refund shall be allowed after three (3) years from the date of overpayment. The receipt of a claim for a refund by the department shall toll the statute of limitations. All refund requests received by the department shall be approved or denied within ninety (90) days of receipt. Any refund or credit erroneously made or allowed may be recovered in an action brought by the attorney general in any court of competent jurisdiction;

(ii) Any tax erroneously paid by a taxpayer shall be refunded by the vendor who originally collected the tax. No cause of action shall lie against the vendor by the taxpayer until not less than sixty (60) days elapse following a request by the taxpayer for a refund from the vendor.

(d) Credits. The following shall apply:

(i) Any tax, penalty or interest which has been erroneously paid, collected or computed shall either be credited against any subsequent tax liability of the vendor or refunded. No credit or refund shall be allowed after three (3) years from the date of overpayment. The receipt of a claim for a refund by the department shall toll the statute of limitations. Any refund or credit erroneously made or allowed may be recovered in an action brought by the attorney general in any court of competent jurisdiction;

(ii) Repealed by Laws 2001, Ch. 147, 3.

(iii) As soon as practicable after the return is filed the department shall examine it and if it appears the tax to be remitted is incorrect it shall be recomputed. If the amount paid exceeds that which is due the excess shall be refunded to the vendor or credited against any subsequent liability of the vendor;

(iv) The taxpayer is entitled to receive an offsetting credit for any overpaid excise tax identified by an audit that is within the scope of the audit period, without regard to the limitation period for requesting refunds.

(e) Redemption. There are no specific applicable provisions for redemption for this article.

(f) Escrow. There are no specific applicable provisions for escrow for this article.

(g) If a mobile telecommunications service customer believes that the amount of tax, assessment or assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction included in the customer's billing is erroneous, the customer shall notify the home service provider in writing. The written notification shall include the street address of the customer's place of primary use, the account name and number, a description of the error claimed by the customer, and any other information which the home service provider reasonably requires to process the request. Within sixty (60) days of receiving a written notice under this subsection, the home service provider shall review its records to determine the customer's taxing jurisdiction. If the review shows that the amount of tax, assessment or assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction is in error, the home service provider shall correct the error and refund or credit the amount of tax, charge or fee erroneously billed to the customer for a period of not to exceed three (3) years. If the review shows that the amount of tax, assessment and assignment of place of primary use or taxing jurisdiction are correct, the home service provider shall provide a written explanation to the customer. The procedures in this subsection shall be the first course of remedy available to a customer for a billing dispute, and no cause of action based upon the billing dispute shall accrue until the customer has reasonably exercised the rights and procedures set forth in this subsection.

39-15-110. Statute of limitations.

(a) No credit or refund shall be allowed after three (3) years from the date of overpayment. The receipt of a claim for a refund by the department shall toll the statute of limitations.

(b) The department may bring an action to recover any delinquent taxes, penalty or interest in any appropriate court within three (3) years following the delinquency. In the case of an assessment created by an audit, the delinquency period is deemed to start thirty (30) days after the date the assessment letter is sent. Any tax penalty and interest related to the audit assessment shall be calculated from the filing period during which the deficiency occurred. In any such action a certificate by the department is prima facie evidence of the amount due.

39-15-111. Distribution.

(a) License fees and interest collected by the department pursuant to this article shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall credit them to the general fund. All penalties collected by the department under this article shall be paid to the state treasurer and credited as provided in W.S. 8-1-109, except the total sum of penalties collected by the department and paid to the state treasurer shall be allocated based upon the ratio of each county's population to the population of the state.

(b) Revenues earned under W.S. 39-15-104 during each fiscal year shall be recognized as revenue during that fiscal year for accounting purposes. Revenue collected by the department under W.S. 39-15-104 shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall:

(i) Credit sixty-nine percent (69%) to the state general fund except as provided by subsections (c) and (d) of this section;

(ii) Deduct one percent (1%) from the remaining share to cover all administrative expenses and costs attributable to the remaining share and credit the general fund for that amount;

(iii) From the remaining share, until June 30, 2004, deduct an amount equivalent to one-half percent (0.5%) and thereafter deduct an amount equivalent to one percent (1%) of the tax collected under W.S. 39-15-104. From this amount, the state treasurer shall distribute until June 30, 2004, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) and thereafter forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) annually to each county in equal monthly installments and then distribute the remainder to each county in the proportion that the total population of the county bears to the total population of the state. The balance shall then be paid monthly to the treasurers of the counties, cities and towns for payment into their respective general funds. The percentage of the balance that will be distributed to each county and its cities and towns will be determined by computing the percentage that net sales taxes collected attributable to vendors in each county including its cities and towns bear to total net sales taxes collected of vendors in all counties including their cities and towns. Subject to subsection (h) of this section, this percentage of the balance shall be distributed within each county as follows:

(A) To each county in the proportion that the population of the county situated outside the corporate limits of its cities and towns bears to the total population of the county including cities and towns;

(B) To each city and town within the county in the proportion the population of the city or town bears to the population of the county.

(c) If any person commences after the effective date of this act to construct an industrial facility, as that term is defined in W.S. 35-12-102, under a permit issued pursuant to W.S. 35-12-106, or if the federal or state government commences to construct any project within this state with an estimated construction cost as specified in the definition of industrial facility in W.S. 35-12-102 the state treasurer shall thereafter pay to the county treasurer and the county treasurer will distribute to the county, cities and towns of that county in which the industrial facility or project is located, impact assistance payments from the monies available under paragraph (b)(i) of this section. Each payment to the county treasurer shall be equal to the excess of each monthly payment made under paragraph (b)(iii) of this section during the period of construction over the base period amount and shall continue during the period of construction except that in the case of an industrial facility or a federal or state government project which is expected to continue in phases for an indefinite period of time, the state treasurer shall discontinue payments under this section and establish a new base period when construction of any phase has ceased or been substantially completed for twelve (12) consecutive months. The impact assistance payments shall be distributed to the county treasurer and the county treasurer will distribute to the county and to the cities and towns therein based on a ratio established by the industrial siting council during a public hearing held in accordance with W.S. 35-12-110. The industrial siting council shall review the distribution ratio for construction projects on a regular basis and make appropriate adjustments. A governing body which is primarily affected by the facility, or any person issued a permit pursuant to W.S. 35-12-106, may petition the industrial siting council for review and adjustment of the distribution ratio upon a showing of good cause. The impact assistance payment shall be in addition to all other distributions under this section, but no impact assistance payment shall be made for any period in which the county or counties are not imposing at least a one percent (1%) tax authorized by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i) and 39-16-204(a)(i) or at least a total of a two percent (2%) sales tax authorized under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i), (iii) and (vi) and at least a total of a two percent (2%) use tax authorized under W.S. 39-16-204(a)(i), (ii) and (v). For purposes of this subsection, the industrial facility or federal or state government project will be deemed to be located in the county in which a majority of the construction costs will be expended, provided that upon a request from the county commissioners of any adjoining county to the industrial siting council, the council may determine that the social and economic impacts from construction of the industrial facility or federal or state government project upon the adjoining county are significant and establish the ratio of impacts between the counties and certify that ratio to the state treasurer who will thereafter distribute the impact assistance payment to the counties pursuant to that ratio.

(d) As used in subsection (c) of this section:

(i) "Period of construction" begins at the commencement of construction and ends when the physical components of the industrial facility or federal or state government project are ninety percent (90%) complete, provided, if payments are already being made under this act, commencement of construction of another industrial facility or federal or state government project will not be considered for purposes of establishing a new base period or determining when payments will commence under this act, but will only be considered for determining when the period of construction ends;

(ii) "Base period amount" is the average monthly distribution under paragraph (b)(iii) of this section for the twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the commencement of construction, provided that on each anniversary date of commencement of construction the state treasurer shall establish a new base period amount by multiplying the base period amount by a factor representing the annual rate of inflation in this state for the preceding twelve (12) month period as calculated by the department of administration and information.

(e) Vendors shall annually provide the department information indicating the amount of tax under this article collected from sales of propane, butane, liquefied gas and compressed natural gas. Upon verification by the department, the state treasurer shall annually transfer from the revenues deposited pursuant to paragraph (b)(i) of this section to the state highway fund ten percent (10%) of the amount collected under this article on sales of propane, butane, liquefied gas and compressed natural gas. This transfer of revenue replaces highway revenues existing prior to the enactment of this act.

(f) In addition to the distribution specified in subsection (b) of this section, until June 30, 2004, twenty-nine and one-half percent (29.5%) and thereafter thirty-one percent (31%) of sales taxes collected from out-of-state vendors shall be distributed to counties, cities and towns in the same percentage as determined in paragraph (b)(iii) of this section.

(g) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 140, 2.

(h) If an annexation occurs under W.S. 15-1-404, the department of revenue shall determine whether the proportion of sales taxes to be distributed to the general fund of the county in which the annexation takes place will be reduced by more than five percent (5%) solely as a result of the annexation. If so, then the distribution formula for sales taxes for the affected municipality and county is subject to the following:

(i) Beginning with the month following the month in which the annexation occurs and continuing through the remainder of the fiscal year in which the annexation occurs, the annexing municipality shall receive credit only for thirty-five percent (35%) of the population of the area to be annexed with the remainder credited to the county;

(ii) In each of the succeeding four (4) fiscal years, the annexing municipality shall receive credit for an additional one-fourth (1/4) of the remaining sixty-five percent (65%) of the population of the area annexed with the remainder credited to the county;

(iii) The department of revenue shall proportionally adjust credits for population under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this subsection for the remainder of the period based upon new population figures if a federal decennial census occurs before the period under paragraph (ii) of this subsection ends.

(j) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 54, 2.

(k) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 54, 2.

(m) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 54, 2.

(n) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 54, 2.

(o) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 54, 2.

ARTICLE 2 - LOCAL SALES TAX

39-15-201. Definitions.

(a) "This article" means W.S. 39-15-201 through 39-15-211.

(b) Definitions under article 1 of this chapter shall apply to this article unless otherwise specified.

39-15-202. Administration.

(a) The state preempts the field of imposing tax upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services as provided by this article and no county, city, town or other political subdivision may impose, levy or collect taxes upon retail sales, admissions and services except as provided in this article.

(b) In addition to the state tax imposed under article 1 of this chapter a county, city, town or resort district may impose excise taxes as specified under this article.

(c) The administration of the county, city, town or resort district sales taxes is vested in the department which may prescribe forms and rules and regulations for making returns and for the ascertainment, assessment and collection of the taxes. The department shall keep complete records of all monies received and disbursed by it.

(d) No applicant to the state of Wyoming for grant or loan funds shall be penalized for failure to enact the tax provided in W.S. 39-15-204(a)(iii).

39-15-203. Imposition.

(a) Taxable event. The following shall apply:

(i) The following provisions apply to imposition of the general purpose excise tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i):

(A) Except as provided by subparagraph (F) of this paragraph, no tax shall be imposed under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i) until the proposition to impose the taxes is submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the county, and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of imposing the taxes. A county may impose both taxes authorized in W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i) and (ii), but the proposition to impose each tax shall be individually stated and voted upon. Except as otherwise provided, excise taxes imposed under this paragraph shall commence as provided by W.S. 39-15-207(c) following the election approving the imposition of the tax;

(B) The proposition to impose an excise tax shall be at the expense of the county and be submitted to the electors of the county upon the receipt by the board of county commissioners of a petition requesting the election signed by at least five percent (5%) of the electors of the county or of a resolution approving the proposition from the governing body of the county and the governing bodies of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the incorporated municipalities within the county. If proposed by petition by electors, the number of electors required shall be determined by the number of votes cast at the last general election. The election shall be at the direction and under the supervision of the board of county commissioners;

(C) The proposition may be submitted at an election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A notice of election shall be given in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the election is to be held, and the notice shall specify the object of the election. The notice shall be published at least once each week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election. At the election the ballots shall contain the words "for the county sales and use tax" and "against the county sales and use tax". If a portion of the proceeds from the tax will be used for economic development as provided by W.S. 39-15-211(a)(i), the ballot shall contain the words "a portion (or specific percentage) of the tax proceeds shall be used for economic development" in a clear and appropriate manner. If the proposition is approved the same proposition shall be submitted at subsequent general elections as provided in this subparagraph until the proposition is defeated. If the tax proposed is approved after July 1, 1989, the same proposition shall be submitted at every other subsequent general election until the proposition is defeated. However in those counties where the tax is not in effect, the county commissioners with the concurrence of the governing bodies of two-thirds (2/3) of the municipalities may establish the initial term of the tax at two (2) years. If the term of the tax is limited to two (2) years, the term of the tax shall be stated in the proposition submitted to the voters. If approved, the proposition shall be submitted at the next general election and at every other subsequent general election thereafter until the proposition is defeated;

(D) If the proposition to impose or continue the tax is defeated the proposition shall not again be submitted to the electors of the county for at least eleven (11) months. If the proposition is defeated at any general election following initial adoption of the proposition the tax is repealed and shall not be collected following June 30 of the year immediately following the year in which the proposition is defeated;

(E) If the proposition is approved by the qualified electors or under subparagraph (F) of this paragraph, the board of county commissioners shall by ordinance impose an excise tax upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services. The board of county commissioners or the city or town council shall adopt an ordinance for the tax authorized by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i). The ordinance shall include the following:

(I) A provision imposing an excise tax upon every retail sale of tangible personal property, admissions and services made within the county, whichever is appropriate;

(II) Provisions identical to those contained in article 1 of this chapter except for W.S. 39-15-102(a), insofar as it relates to sales taxes, except the name of the county as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that of the state and an additional license to engage in business shall not be required if the vendor has been issued a state license pursuant to law;

(III) A provision that any amendments made to article 1 or to chapter 16 not in conflict with article 1 of this chapter or to chapter 16 shall automatically become a part of the sales tax ordinances of the county, city or town;

(IV) A provision that the county, city or town, as appropriate, shall contract with the department prior to the effective date of the county sales tax ordinances whereby the department shall perform all functions incident to the administration of the sales tax ordinances of the county, city or town;

(V) A provision that the amount subject to the sales tax shall not include the amount of any sales tax imposed by the state of Wyoming.

(F) In lieu of the requirements of subparagraph (C) of this paragraph providing for the submission of the proposition at subsequent elections, the tax authorized under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i) may be continued subject to the following terms and conditions:

(I) The tax shall be initially imposed following approval of the electorate in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph;

(II) The tax shall be continued if favorably supported by a resolution adopted by the governing body of the county and by ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of at least a majority of the incorporated municipalities within the county;

(III) Ordinances under this subparagraph shall conform with subdivisions (E)(I) through (V) of this paragraph;

(IV) Excise taxes shall be continued under this subparagraph only if the county clerk has certified to the county treasurer that a sufficient number of ordinances or resolutions to continue the tax under this subparagraph have been adopted at least ninety (90) days prior to the election to determine the continuation of the tax. Within five (5) days of receipt of such certification from the county clerk, the county treasurer shall notify the department of revenue of this tax. If the tax is not continued pursuant to this subparagraph it shall be subject to the provisions of subparagraph (C) of this paragraph for continuation;

(V) The tax may be terminated in the same manner as it was continued under subdivisions (II) and (IV) of this subparagraph except that ordinances and resolutions shall be for the rescinding of the tax. If the tax is continued under subdivisions (II) and (IV) of this subparagraph, it may also be terminated by an election to rescind the tax conducted subject to subparagraphs (B) through (D) of this paragraph.

(ii) The following provisions apply to imposition of the lodging excise tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii):

(A) The tax on lodging services authorized by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii) shall be in addition to and not in lieu of the tax authorized by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i) and (iii) if both taxes are imposed. If the proposition to impose a tax on lodging services within the county is approved in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, a city or town shall not impose a lodging tax in addition to the county wide tax even though the additional tax does not exceed the limitation established under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii);

(B) No tax shall be imposed under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii) until the proposition to impose the taxes is submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the county or of a city or town if the proposition is to impose the tax only city wide or town wide, and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of imposing the taxes. A county may impose both taxes authorized in W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i) and (ii), but the proposition to impose each tax shall be individually stated and voted upon. Except as otherwise provided, excise taxes imposed under this paragraph shall commence as provided by W.S. 39-15-207(c) following the election approving the imposition of the tax;

(C) The proposition to impose an excise tax shall be at the expense of the county and be submitted to the electors of the county upon the receipt by the board of county commissioners of a petition requesting the election signed by at least five percent (5%) of the electors of the county or of a resolution approving the proposition from the governing body of the county and the governing bodies of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the incorporated municipalities within the county. If proposed by petition by electors, the number of electors required shall be determined by the number of votes cast at the last general election. The election shall be at the direction and under the supervision of the board of county commissioners;

(D) The proposition may be submitted at an election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A notice of election shall be given in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the election is to be held or in the city or town if only a city wide or town wide tax is proposed, and the notice shall specify the object of the election. The notice shall be published at least once each week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election. At the election the ballots shall contain the words "for the county (or city or town) lodging tax" and "against the county (or city or town) lodging tax". If the proposition is approved the same proposition shall be submitted at subsequent general elections as provided in this subparagraph until the proposition is defeated. If the proposition to impose the lodging tax pursuant to W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii) is approved, the same proposition shall be submitted, until defeated, at the second general election following the election at which the proposition was initially approved and at the general election held every four (4) years thereafter. If a county, city or town has in place a lodging tax pursuant to W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii), either through a petition or by request of the county, city or town, the proposition posed at the next election may contain a larger tax not to exceed four percent (4%);

(E) If the proposition to impose or continue the tax is defeated the proposition shall not again be submitted to the electors of the county for at least eleven (11) months. If the proposition is defeated at any general election following initial adoption of the proposition the tax is repealed and shall not be collected following June 30 of the year immediately following the year in which the proposition is defeated;

(F) If the proposition is approved by the qualified electors the board of county commissioners, city council or town council, as appropriate, shall by ordinance impose an excise tax upon the sales price for lodging services. Following approval of a proposition to impose the tax, the county, city or town shall within thirty (30) days following certification of the election results and annually thereafter each year the tax is in effect, notify the department of revenue of the ordinance or resolution imposing the lodging tax and shall submit a list to the department of all persons selling lodging services within their respective jurisdiction. The board of county commissioners or the city or town council shall adopt an ordinance for the tax authorized by this paragraph. The ordinance shall include the following:

(I) A provision imposing an excise tax on every sale of lodging services within the county, city or town at the rate approved by the qualified electors, whichever is appropriate;

(II) Provisions identical to those contained in article 1 of this chapter except for W.S. 39-15-102(a), insofar as it relates to sales taxes except the name of the county as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that of the state and an additional license to engage in business shall not be required if the vendor has been issued a state license pursuant to law;

(V) A provision that the amount subject to the tax shall not include the amount of any sales tax imposed by the state of Wyoming.

(G) No person shall be liable for payment of the tax imposed under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii) for any sale of lodging services made more than one (1) year prior to the date he is notified by the department of revenue of his liability for the tax.

(iii) The following provisions apply to imposition of the specific purpose excise tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(iii):

(A) Before any proposition to impose the tax or incur the debt shall be placed before the electors, the governing body of a county and the governing bodies of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the incorporated municipalities within the county shall adopt a resolution approving the proposition, setting forth a procedure for qualification of a ballot question for placement on the ballot and specifying how excess funds shall be expended;

(B) The revenue from the tax shall be used in a specified amount for specific purposes authorized by the qualified electors. Specific purposes shall not include ordinary operations of local government except those operations related to a specific project;

(C) No tax shall be imposed under this paragraph until the proposition to impose the tax for specific purposes in specific amounts is approved by the vote of the majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition. The amount of revenue to be collected and the purpose or purposes for which it is proposed to be used shall be specified in the proposition. The election shall be held in accordance with W.S. 22-21-101 through 22-21-112. Any debt created may also be repaid, in whole or in part, by a property tax levy if general obligation bonds are authorized by the electors. Any excise tax imposed under this subsection shall commence as provided by W.S. 39-15-207(c) following the election approving the imposition of the tax, except that it shall commence on the first day of any subsequent month following the receipt of tax funds in the approved amount by any tax previously imposed under this subsection as provided by subparagraph (E) of this paragraph. Unless terminated earlier by the sponsoring entities pursuant to subparagraph (G) of this paragraph, the tax shall terminate as provided by W.S. 39-15-207(c) when the amount approved by the electors is collected;

(D) No debt may be incurred or approved which when added to the existing indebtedness of the sponsoring entity or entities, would exceed the constitutional debt limitation of the sponsoring entity or entities. However, nothing herein prohibits the approval of a proposition which establishes a fund for accumulation of funds sufficient to carry out the purpose approved or to pay a sufficient amount of the cost so as to bring the remainder of the debt within the debt limitation of the sponsoring entity or entities;

(E) Upon certification of the election results by the county clerk to the treasurer, the county treasurer shall, within ten (10) days, notify the department of revenue of the requirement for imposition of any tax under this subsection and shall, upon the estimated collection of all tax funds in the amount approved, notify the department of revenue that the special sales tax levy is terminated. When determining the point in time in which to terminate the tax, the county treasurer in consultation with the department shall estimate future receipts of tax collections to minimize excess collection. The county treasurer shall make his best effort to ensure that sufficient money is collected while minimizing any excess collection. In no event shall the action or inaction of the county treasurer or the department be deemed to prohibit the collection of the full amount of the tax approved by the voters. The department of revenue shall, upon notification, inform all holders of sales tax licenses within the county of the requirement for the collection and payment of the additional tax. After receipt of notice that the amount has been collected or that the sponsoring entities have terminated the tax pursuant to subparagraph (G) of this paragraph, the department shall notify the license holders of the termination of the tax;

(F) The first county imposing the tax provided by this act shall be responsible for payment of costs incurred by the department to initially set up computer records and support systems for administration of this tax. These costs shall be withheld by the state treasurer from the proceeds to be distributed pursuant to the preceding paragraph until such costs are fully recovered;

(G) The sponsoring entities may agree to terminate the tax if the tax collected reaches the actual cost of the completed projects and the amount specified in the proposition exceeds the actual cost of the completed projects. The sponsoring entities shall inform the department of revenue and the county treasurer that the tax is terminated.

(iv) The following provisions apply to imposition of the resort district excise tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(v):

(A) The tax shall be imposed if favorably supported by a resolution adopted by the board of the resort district and approved by a majority of the district voters under W.S. 18-16-119;

(B) The tax may be terminated by a resolution to rescind the tax adopted by the board of the resort district.

(v) The following provisions apply to imposition of the excise tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vi) the purpose of which is economic development:

(A) No tax shall be imposed under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vi) until the proposition to impose the tax is submitted to the vote of the qualified electors of the county, and a majority of those casting their ballots vote in favor of imposing the taxes. Except as otherwise provided, excise taxes imposed under this paragraph shall commence as provided by W.S. 39-15-207 following the election approving the imposition of the tax;

(C) The proposition may be submitted at an election held on a date authorized under W.S. 22-21-103. A notice of election shall be given in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the election is to be held, and the notice shall specify the object of the election. The notice shall be published at least once each week for a thirty (30) day period preceding the election. At the election the ballots shall contain the words "for the county sales and use tax for economic development" and "against the county sales and use tax for economic development". If the tax proposed is approved, the same proposition shall be submitted at every other subsequent general election until the proposition is defeated. However, the county commissioners with the concurrence of the governing bodies of two-thirds (2/3) of the municipalities may establish the initial term of the tax at two (2) years. If the term of the tax is limited to two (2) years, the term of the tax shall be stated in the proposition submitted to the voters. If approved, the proposition shall be submitted at the next general election and at every other subsequent general election thereafter until the proposition is defeated;

(E) If the proposition is approved by the qualified electors, the board of county commissioners shall by ordinance impose an excise tax upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services. The board of county commissioners or the city or town council shall adopt an ordinance for the tax authorized by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vi). The ordinance shall include the following:

(I) A provision imposing an excise tax upon every retail sale of tangible personal property, admissions and services made within the county;

(V) A provision that the amount subject to the sales tax shall not include the amount of any sales imposed by the state of Wyoming.

(F) The tax may be terminated by an election to rescind the tax conducted subject to subparagraphs (B) through (D) of this paragraph;

(G) In no event shall any of the revenue collected from the tax imposed under this paragraph be expended, either directly or indirectly, to finance or involuntarily acquire any public utility as defined in W.S. 37-1-101 or any telecommunications system by condemnation or other legal process.

(b) Basis of tax. There are no specific applicable provisions for the basis of tax for this article.

39-15-204. Taxation rate.

(a) In addition to the state tax imposed under W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-15-111 any county of the state may impose the following excise taxes and any city or town may impose the tax authorized by paragraph (ii) of this subsection and any resort district may impose the tax authorized by paragraph (v) of this subsection:

(i) An excise tax at a rate in increments of one-half of one percent (.5%) not to exceed a rate of two percent (2%) upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services made within the county, the purpose of which is for general revenue;

(ii) An excise tax at a rate in increments of one percent (1%) not to exceed a rate of four percent (4%) upon the sales price paid for lodging services as defined under W.S. 39-15-101(a)(i), the primary purpose of which is for local travel and tourism promotion;

(iii) An excise tax not to exceed two percent (2%) upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services made within the county. The total excise tax imposed within any county under this paragraph shall not exceed two percent (2%). The revenue from the tax shall be used in a specified amount for specific purposes authorized by the qualified electors. Specific purposes shall not include ordinary operations of local government except those operations related to a specific project;

(iv) In no event shall the total excise tax imposed within any county under the provisions of paragraphs (i), (iii) and (vi) of this subsection exceed three percent (3%);

(v) An excise tax at a rate in increments of one-half of one percent (.5%) not to exceed a rate of three percent (3%) upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services made within the district by vendors physically situated within the district, the purpose of which is for general revenue for the resort district;

(vi) An excise tax at a rate in increments of one-quarter of one percent (.25%) not to exceed a rate of one percent (1%) upon retail sales of tangible personal property, admissions and services made within the county, the purpose of which is for economic development.

39-15-205. Exemptions.

There are no specific applicable provisions for exemptions for this article. The provisions of W.S. 39-15-105 shall apply to the taxes imposed by this article.

39-15-206. Licenses; permits.

An additional license to engage in business shall not be required if the vendor has been issued a state license pursuant to law.

39-15-207. Compliance; collection procedures.

(a) Returns, reports and preservation of records. There are no specific applicable provisions for returns, reports and preservation of records for this article.

(b) Payment. There are no specific applicable provisions for payment for this article.

(c) Timelines. Local tax rates and boundary changes for purposes of this article shall be effective on the first day of a calendar quarter after sixty (60) days notice has been given to a vendor. In the case of a vendor selling from a printed catalog, the new tax rate shall take effect on the first day of the calendar quarter following one hundred twenty (120) days notice provided to the vendor.

39-15-208. Enforcement.

There are no specific applicable provisions for enforcement for this article.

39-15-209. Taxpayer remedies.

There are no specific applicable provisions for taxpayer remedies for this article.

39-15-210. Statute of limitations.

No person shall be liable for payment of the tax imposed under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii) for any sale of lodging services made more than one (1) year prior to the date he is notified by the department of revenue of his liability for the tax.

39-15-211. Distribution.

(a) All revenue collected by the department from the taxes imposed under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i), (ii), (v) and (vi) shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall:

(i) For revenues collected under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(i):

(A) Deduct one percent (1%) to defray the costs of collecting the tax and administrative expenses incident thereto which shall be deposited into the general fund;

(B) Deposit the remainder into an account for monthly distribution to counties imposing the tax and its cities and towns. The distribution to the county and its cities and towns shall be equal to the amount collected in each county less the costs of collection as provided by subparagraph (a)(i)(A) of this section. The distribution shall be as follows:

(I) To the county for deposit into its general fund in the proportion the population of the county situated outside the corporate limits of its cities and towns bears to the total population of the county;

(II) To the incorporated cities and towns within the county for deposit into their treasuries in the proportion the population of each city or town bears to the total population of the county.

(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, a county and its cities and towns receiving distributions under this paragraph may expend not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount received under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph for the purposes of economic development provided:

(I) The intent to use a portion of the amount distributed for economic development was indicated by specific language on the ballot as provided by W.S. 39-15-203(a)(i)(C) or the enactment of a resolution or ordinance stating that a portion of the proceeds would be used for "economic development";

(II) The county has not imposed a tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vi).

(ii) For revenues collected under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii):

(A) During the first year the tax is imposed in a county, city or town, two percent (2%) shall be deducted for the costs to the state of initial implementation of collection and administration of the tax, and one percent (1%) each year thereafter for state administrative costs with the proceeds to be deposited in the state general fund;

(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (a)(ii)(C) of this section, distribute the balance on a monthly basis to the treasurer of each county, city or town imposing the tax in an amount equal to the amount collected in each entity less the costs of collection as provided by subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) of this section. Amounts distributed under this subparagraph shall be used for the following purposes:

(I) Except as provided by subdivision (III) of this subparagraph, at least ninety percent (90%) of the amount distributed shall be used to promote travel and tourism within the county, city or town imposing the tax. Expenditures for travel and tourism promotion shall be limited to promotional materials, television and radio advertising, printed advertising, promotion of tours and other specific tourism related objectives, provided that none of these funds shall be spent for capital construction or improvements and not more than forty thousand dollars ($40,000.00) of these funds shall be spent for purposes of matching state general funds under the matching funds program administered by the Wyoming business council. If the amount is collected under a tax imposed countywide, expenditures of this amount shall be made in accordance with the Uniform Municipal Fiscal Procedures Act by a joint powers board established pursuant to law by the county and a majority of incorporated municipalities within the county. Membership of the board shall include at least one (1) representative appointed by each governmental entity made a party to the agreement and the majority of the board membership shall be comprised of representatives of the travel and tourism industry;

(II) Except as provided by subdivision (III) of this subparagraph, the amount remaining not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount distributed shall be used for general revenue within the governmental entity imposing the tax. If the amount is collected under a tax imposed countywide, the joint powers board established under subdivision (a)(ii)(B)(I) of this section shall distribute the amount remaining to the county for deposit in its general fund in the proportion that the amount collected outside the corporate limits of its cities and towns bears to the total amount collected within the county, and to incorporated cities and towns within the county for deposit into their treasuries in the proportion that the amount collected within the corporate limits of each city and town bears to the total amount collected within the county;

(III) If the conditions specified in subparagraphs (D) through (G) of this paragraph are met, the amount collected less the cost of collection as provided by subparagraph (a)(ii)(A) of this section shall be distributed as follows:

(1) Sixty percent (60%) shall be used to promote travel and tourism within the county, city or town imposing the tax in accordance with subdivision (I) of this subparagraph;

(2) Ten percent (10%) shall be deposited in the general fund of the county. If the amount is collected under a tax imposed countywide, the joint powers board established under subdivision (a)(ii)(B)(I) of this section shall distribute the amount to the county for deposit in its general fund in the proportion that the amount collected outside the corporate limits of its cities and towns bears to the total amount collected within the county, and to incorporated cities and towns within the county for deposit into their treasuries in the proportion that the amount collected within the corporate limits of each city and town bears to the total amount collected within the county;

(3) Thirty percent (30%) shall be used for the provision of visitor impact services within the governmental entity imposing the tax. If the amount is collected under a tax imposed countywide, the joint powers board shall distribute the amount to the county under the same terms and conditions as provided under subdivision (III)(2) of this subparagraph, but the funds shall only be used for the purposes specified in this subdivision. As used in this section, "visitor impact services" includes, but is not limited to, provision of vehicle parking, public transportation, public restrooms, pedestrian and bicycle pathways, museums and other displays.

(C) If the proposition to continue the tax is defeated and a county, city or town does not reimpose the tax under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(ii), the state treasurer shall retain revenues collected during the last three (3) months the tax is in effect to provide for refund of any overpayment of tax. One (1) year after the tax expires, the state treasurer shall distribute the balance of the revenues retained under this subparagraph to the treasurer of that county, city or town;

(D) Beginning July 1, 1999, and adjusted annually for the percentage increase in the Wyoming cost-of-living index for the previous fiscal year as determined by the division of economic analysis of the department of administration and information, when lodging tax revenues collected for each of the preceding three (3) fiscal years exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), or if no lodging tax was imposed in any of the three (3) preceding fiscal years but, based upon sales tax collection records provided by the department of revenue, it can reasonably be presumed that at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) in lodging tax may be collected annually in each county, city or town imposing a lodging tax at not more than one percent (1%), the amount collected shall be distributed as provided in subdivision (a)(ii)(B)(III) of this section;

(E) Beginning July 1, 1999, and adjusted annually for the percentage increase in the Wyoming cost-of-living index for the previous fiscal year as determined by the division of economic analysis of the department of administration and information, when lodging tax revenues collected for each of the preceding three (3) fiscal years exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), or if no lodging tax was imposed in any of the three (3) preceding fiscal years but, based upon sales tax collection records provided by the department of revenue, it can reasonably be presumed that at least one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) in lodging tax may be collected annually in each county, city or town imposing a lodging tax at more than one percent (1%) but not more than two percent (2%), the amount collected shall be distributed as provided in subdivision (a)(ii)(B)(III) of this section;

(F) Beginning July 1, 1999, and adjusted annually for the percentage increase in the Wyoming cost-of-living index for the previous fiscal year as determined by the division of economic analysis of the department of administration and information, when lodging tax revenues collected for each of the preceding three (3) fiscal years exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00), or if no lodging tax was imposed in any of the three (3) preceding fiscal years but, based upon sales tax collection records provided by the department of revenue, it can reasonably be presumed that at least one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) in lodging tax may be collected annually in each county, city or town imposing a lodging tax at more than two percent (2%) but not more than three percent (3%), the amount collected shall be distributed as provided in subdivision (a)(ii)(B)(III) of this section;

(G) Beginning July 1, 1999, and adjusted annually for the percentage increase in the Wyoming cost-of-living index for the previous fiscal year as determined by the division of economic analysis of the department of administration and information, when lodging tax revenues collected for each of the preceding three (3) fiscal years exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000.00), or if no lodging tax was imposed in any of the three (3) preceding fiscal years but, based upon sales tax collection records provided by the department of revenue, it can reasonably be presumed that at least two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) in lodging tax may be collected annually in each county, city or town imposing a lodging tax at more than three percent (3%) but not more than four percent (4%), the amount collected shall be distributed as provided in subdivision (a)(ii)(B)(III) of this section.

(iii) For revenues collected under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(v):

(A) Deduct one percent (1%) to defray the costs of collecting the tax and administrative expenses incident thereto which shall be deposited into the general fund;

(B) Deposit the remainder into an account for monthly distribution to resort districts imposing the tax.

(iv) For revenues collected under W.S. 39-15-204(a)(vi):

(A) Deduct one percent (1%) to defray the costs of collecting the tax and administrative expenses incident thereto which shall be deposited into the general fund;

(B) Deposit the remainder into an account for monthly distribution to counties imposing the tax and its cities and towns. The distribution to the county and its cities and towns shall be equal to the amount collected in each county less the costs of collection as provided by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. The distribution shall be as follows:

(II) To the incorporated cities and towns within the county for deposit into their treasuries in the proportion the population of each city or town bears to the total population of the county.

(b) All revenue collected by the department from the taxes imposed by W.S. 39-15-204(a)(iii) shall be transferred to the state treasurer who shall:

(i) Deduct one percent (1%) to defray the costs of collecting the tax and administrative expenses incident thereto which shall be deposited into the general fund;

(ii) Deposit the remainder into an account for monthly distribution to the county treasurer of the county in which the tax has been imposed to be distributed immediately by the treasurer to the sponsoring entity;

(iii) Any interest earned from investment of the revenues may only be used for costs related to the purposes approved on the ballot, including operation and maintenance costs, and shall be distributed to each sponsoring entity in the same proportion as its cost is to the total cost of all purposes identified on the ballot;

(iv) If taxes collected exceed the amount necessary for the approved purpose, the excess funds shall be retained by the county treasurer for one (1) year for refund of overpayments of the tax imposed pursuant to this act upon order of the department. After one (1) year any interest earned on the excess funds and the excess funds less any refunds ordered shall be transferred to the county or municipality as specified in the resolution adopted pursuant to W.S. 39-15-203(a)(iii)(A). Excess funds collected on the propositions approved prior to January 1, 1989, and any interest earned shall be retained by the county treasurer for use in any purposes approved by the electors in accordance with procedures set forth in this section and for refunds of overpayment of taxes imposed pursuant to this act upon the order of the department, except that, with the approval of the governing bodies adopting the initial resolution, the excess funds and any interest earned may be used for the needs of the project for which the tax was approved.

ARTICLE 3 - CONTRACTORS

39-15-301. Definitions

(a) As used in this article:

(i) "Contractor" means any general or prime contractor or subcontractor;

(ii) "General or prime contractor" means:

(A) Any person who agrees with the owner or lessee of real property in this state to perform services or furnish materials and services for the construction, alteration, improvement or repair of real property in this state; or

(B) Any person who acts in behalf of the owner or lessee of real property in this state to arrange for the furnishing of services or the furnishing of materials and services for the construction, alteration, improvement or repair of real property in this state; or

(C) Any person who owns or leases real property in this state for the purpose of developing that property and in the development thereof alters or makes improvements to the property or contracts for the alteration or improvement of the property.

(iii) "Nonresident general or prime contractor" means any general or prime contractor who has not been a bona fide resident of the state of Wyoming for at least one (1) year prior to bidding upon a contract;

(iv) "Nonresident subcontractor" means any subcontractor who has not been a bona fide resident of the state of Wyoming for at least one (1) year prior to bidding upon a contract;

(v) "Sales tax" means the excise tax imposed by the Selective Sales Tax Act of 1937;

(vi) "Subcontractor" means any person who agrees with another contractor to perform any part of that contractor's obligation for furnishing services or furnishing materials and services for the construction, alteration, improvement or repair of real property in this state;

(vii) "Surety bond" means a bond or undertaking executed by a surety company authorized to do business in the state;

(viii) "This article" means W.S. 39-15-301 through 39-15-311;

(ix) "Use tax" means the excise tax imposed by the Use Tax Act of 1937.

39-15-302. Administration.

There are no specific applicable provisions for administration for this article.

39-15-303. Imposition.

(a) Taxable event. There are no specific applicable provisions for taxable event for this article.

(b) Taxpayer. The following shall apply:

(i) Any contractor who furnishes tangible personal property under contract or in the development of real property is the consumer or user of the tangible personal property within the meaning of the sales tax laws of Wyoming;

(ii) Any subcontractor who contracts with a general or prime contractor is liable for sales taxes as a general or prime contractor. The general or prime contractor shall withhold three percent (3%), plus the increased rate under W.S. 39-15-104(b) if the tax under that section is in effect, of the payments due a nonresident subcontractor arising out of the contract entered into between both contractors. The contractor shall withhold the payments until the subcontractor furnishes him with a certificate issued by the department showing all sales taxes accruing by reason of the contract between them have been paid. The department may demand the withholdings at any time to satisfy the sales tax liability of the subcontractor and any balance shall be released by the department to him. If a contractor fails to withhold payments or refuses to remit them upon demand by the department he is liable for any sales taxes due the state by the nonresident subcontractor. This paragraph shall not apply to any subcontractor hired to provide labor only to alter, construct, improve or repair real property;

(iii) To secure payment of sales taxes by nonresident prime contractors, each nonresident contractor shall file with the department of revenue a surety bond or legal security equal to three percent (3%), plus the increased rate under W.S. 39-15-104(b) if the tax under that section is in effect, of the payments due under the contract or an amount determined by the department. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all sales taxes which become due and payable to this state under the contract or in the real property development. This bond requirement does not apply for a nonresident contractor who has furnished a surety bond as provided by W.S. 39-15-306(b)(v);

(iv) Any nonresident prime contractor and any resident prime contractor who hires a nonresident subcontractor shall register any project with the department of revenue not less than fifteen (15) days following the start of a project pursuant to a contract. The nonresident prime contractor shall provide a properly executed bond as required by paragraph (iii) of this subsection, or a cash deposit of not less than four percent (4%) of the total payments due under the contract. The cash deposit shall be refunded to the contractor upon the department's receipt of a properly executed surety bond or upon satisfactory completion of the project. Failure to register with the department within the time period required by this paragraph shall result in a penalty assessment of one percent (1%) of the total payments due under the contract.

39-15-304. Taxation rate.

There are no specific applicable provisions for taxation rate for this article.

39-15-305. Exemptions.

There are no specific applicable provisions for exemptions for this article.

39-15-306. Licenses; permits; bonding.

(a) Licenses and permits. There are no specific applicable provisions for licenses and permits for this article.

(b) Bonding. The following shall apply:

(i) To secure payment of sales taxes by nonresident prime contractors, each nonresident contractor shall file with the department of revenue a surety bond or legal security equal to three percent (3%), plus the increased rate under W.S. 39-15-104(b) if the tax under that section is in effect, of the payments due under the contract or an amount determined by the department. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all sales taxes which become due and payable to this state under the contract or in the real property development. This bond requirement does not apply for a nonresident contractor who has furnished a surety bond as provided by paragraph (v) of this subsection;

(ii) Any person a party to or performing work on a contract under this section may be enjoined from commencing or continuing any work until an approved bond has been filed with the department. Such an action shall be brought in the name of the state by the attorney general or by a district attorney. The state is not required to post security in seeking a restraining order or preliminary injunction under this section;

(iii) In lieu of filing the bond or security required under paragraph (i) of this subsection, a nonresident contractor may file and maintain with the department a surety bond or legal security in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment of all sales taxes which become due and payable to this state under any of the contractor's contracts or in any of the contractor's real property developments in this state. A nonresident contractor electing to file a bond or security under this subsection shall maintain it until he is no longer required to file any bond or security under this article or until a bond or security is filed under paragraph (i) of this subsection;

(iv) If a nonresident subcontractor contracts with a general or prime contractor and posts with the department a surety bond deemed sufficient by the department conditioned upon payment when due of all sales taxes in the performance of the contract, the withholding provisions of W.S. 39-15-303(b)(ii) do not apply;

(v) Whenever a nonresident general or prime contractor or nonresident subcontractor furnishes a surety bond for the faithful performance of his contract or subcontract there is imposed an additional obligation upon the surety company to the state of Wyoming and the department as its agent that the nonresident contractor shall pay all sales taxes which become due in the performance of the contract. In the case of a nonresident general or prime contractor this additional obligation includes liability to pay the department all sales taxes which have not been paid to a licensed vendor or the department by the nonresident contractor. The nonresident general or prime contractor or his surety company is authorized to recover from the nonresident subcontractor the amount of sales taxes accruing with respect to purchases made by the nonresident subcontractor which were paid to the department by the nonresident contractor or the surety company, or an amount equal to the sales taxes so paid by the nonresident contractor may be withheld from payments made under the contract. The liability of the surety company under this section is limited to three percent (3%), plus the increased rate under W.S. 39-16-104(b) if the tax under that section is in effect, of the contract price;

(vi) Six (6) months after the completion of the contract and the acceptance of the work and services performed, the additional obligation upon the surety company ceases unless written notice of unpaid sales taxes is given the surety company by the department.

39-15-307. Compliance; collection procedures.

There are no specific applicable provisions for compliance and collection procedures for this article.

39-15-308. Enforcement.

There are no specific applicable provisions for enforcement for this article.

39-15-309. Taxpayer remedies.

There are no specific applicable provisions for taxpayer remedies for this article.

39-15-310. Statute of limitations.

There are no specific applicable provisions for a general statute of limitations for this article.

39-15-311. Distribution.

There are no specific applicable provisions for distribution for this article.

ARTICLE 4 - UNIFORM SALES AND USE TAX ADMINISTRATION ACT

39-15-401. Title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Sales and Use Tax Administration Act."

39-15-402. Definitions.

(a) As used in this article:

(i) "Agreement" means the streamlined sales and use tax agreement;

(ii) "Certified automated system" means software certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the 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;

(iii) "Certified service provider" means an agent certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the agreement to perform all of the seller's sales tax functions;

(iv) "Department" means the department of revenue;

(v) "Director" means the director of the department of revenue;

(vi) "Person" means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation or any other legal entity;

(vii) "Sales tax" means the tax levied under W.S. 39-15-101 through 39-15-311;

(viii) "Seller" means any person making sales, leases, or rentals of personal property or services;

(ix) "State" means any state of the United States and includes the District of Columbia;

(x) "Use tax" means the tax levied under W.S. 39-16-101 through 39-16-311.

39-15-403. Authority to enter agreement.

(a) The department of revenue is authorized and directed to enter into the streamlined sales and use tax agreement with one (1) or more states to simplify and modernize sales and use tax administration in order to substantially reduce the burden of tax compliance for all sellers and for all types of commerce. In furtherance of the agreement, the department is authorized to act jointly with other states that are members of the agreement to establish standards for certification of a certified service provider and certified automated system and establish performance standards for multistate sellers.

(b) The department of revenue is further authorized to take other actions reasonably required to implement the provisions set forth in this article. Other actions authorized by this section include, but are not limited to, the adoption of rules and regulations and the joint procurement, with other member states, of goods and services in furtherance of the cooperative agreement.

(c) The director of the department or the director's designee, the chairman of the senate revenue committee or his designee and the chairman of the house revenue committee or his designee are authorized to represent this state before the other states that are signatories to the agreement.

39-15-404. Relationship to state law.

No provision of the agreement authorized by this article in whole or part shall invalidate or amend any provision of the law of this state. Adoption of the agreement by this state shall not amend or modify any law of this state. Implementation of any condition of the agreement in this state, whether adopted before, at or after membership of this state in the agreement, shall be by action of the legislature.

39-15-405. Agreement requirements.

(a) The department of revenue shall not enter into the streamlined sales and use tax agreement unless the agreement requires that as a condition of participation each state shall abide by the following requirements:

(i) Uniform state rate. The agreement shall set restrictions to achieve over time more uniform state rates through the following:

(A) Limiting the number of state rates;

(B) Limiting the application of maximums on the amount of state tax that is due on a transaction;

(ii) Uniform standards. The agreement shall establish uniform standards for the following:

(A) The sourcing of transactions to taxing jurisdictions;

(B) The administration of exempt sales;

(D) Sales and use tax returns and remittances.

(iii) Uniform definitions. The agreement shall require states to develop and adopt uniform definitions of sales and use tax terms. The definitions shall enable a state to preserve its ability to make policy choices not inconsistent with the uniform definitions;

(iv) Central registration. The agreement shall provide a central, electronic registration system that allows a seller to register to collect and remit sales and use taxes for all signatory states;

(v) No nexus attribution. The agreement shall provide that registration with the central registration system and the collection of sales and use taxes in the signatory states will not be used as a factor in determining whether the seller has nexus with a state for any tax;

(vi) Local sales and use taxes. The agreement shall provide for reduction of the burdens of complying with local sales and use taxes through the following:

(A) Restricting and eliminating variances between the state and local tax bases;

(B) Requiring states to administer any sales and use taxes levied by local jurisdictions within the state so that sellers collecting and remitting the taxes will not have to register or file returns with, remit funds to, or be subject to independent audits from local taxing jurisdictions;

(C) Restricting the frequency of changes in the local sales and use tax rates and setting effective dates for the application of local jurisdictional boundary changes to local sales and use taxes;

(D) Providing notice of changes in local sales and use tax rates and of changes in the boundaries of local taxing jurisdictions.

(vii) Monetary allowances. The agreement shall outline any monetary allowances that are to be provided by the states to sellers or certified service providers;

(viii) State compliance. The agreement shall require each state to certify compliance with the terms of the agreement prior to joining and to maintain compliance, under the laws of the member state, with all provisions of the agreement while a member;

(ix) Consumer privacy. The agreement shall require each state to adopt a uniform policy for certified service providers that protects the privacy of consumers and maintains the confidentiality of tax information;

(x) Advisory councils. The agreement shall provide for the appointment of an advisory council of private sector representatives and an advisory council of nonmember state representatives to consult with in the administration of the agreement.

39-15-406. Cooperating sovereigns.

The agreement authorized by this article is an accord among individual cooperating sovereigns in furtherance of their governmental functions. The agreement provides a mechanism among the member states to establish and maintain a cooperative, simplified system for the application and administration of sales and use taxes under the duly adopted law of each member state.

39-15-407. Limited binding and beneficial effect.

(a) The agreement authorized by this act shall bind and inure only to the benefit of this state and the other member states. No person, other than a member state, is an intended beneficiary of the agreement. Any benefit to a person other than a state is established by the law of this state and the other member states and not by the terms of the agreement.

(b) Consistent with subsection (a) of this section, no person shall have any cause of action or defense under the agreement or by virtue of this state's approval of the agreement. No person may challenge, in any action brought under any provision of law, any action or inaction by any department, agency or other instrumentality of this state, or any political subdivision of this state on the ground that the action or inaction is inconsistent with the agreement.

(c) No law of this state, or the application thereof, shall be declared invalid as to any person or circumstance on the ground that the provision or application is inconsistent with the agreement.

39-15-408. Seller and third party liability.

(a) A certified service provider shall be deemed the agent of a seller, with whom the certified service provider has contracted, for the collection and remittance of sales and use taxes. As the seller's agent, the certified service provider shall be liable for any sales and use tax due each member state on all sales transactions it processes for the seller except as set out in this section.

(b) A seller that contracts with a certified service provider shall not be liable to the state for sales or use tax due on any transaction processed by the certified service provider unless the seller misrepresented the type of items it sells or committed fraud. In the absence of probable cause to believe that the seller has committed fraud or made a material misrepresentation, the seller shall not be subject to any audit on the transaction processed by the certified service provider. A seller shall be subject to audit for any transaction not processed by the certified service provider. The member states acting jointly may perform a system check of the seller and review the seller's procedures to determine if the certified service provider's system is functioning properly and the extent to which the seller's transactions are being processed by the certified service provider.

(c) A person that provides a certified automated system is responsible for the proper functioning of that system and is liable to the state for underpayments of tax attributable to errors in the functioning of the certified automated system. A seller that uses a certified automated system shall remain responsible and is liable to the state for reporting and remitting tax.

(d) A seller that has a proprietary system for determining the amount of tax due on a transaction and has signed an agreement establishing a performance standard for that system is liable for the failure of the system to meet the performance standard.

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2010 Wyoming Statutes Title 39 - Taxation And Revenue Chapter 12 - Income Tax

2010 Wyoming Statutes
Title 39 - Taxation And Revenue
Chapter 12 - Income Tax