Tax on use of certain mobile telecommunications services

Except as provided in § 10-46-69 , there is hereby imposed a tax of four and two-tenths percent upon the privilege of the use of any intrastate, interstate, or international telecommunications service that originates or terminates in this state and that is billed or charged to a service address in this state, or that both originates and terminates in this state. However, the tax imposed by this section does not apply to: (1) Any eight hundred or eight hundred type service unless the service both originates and terminates in this state; (2) Any sale of a telecommunication service to a provider of telecommunication services, including access service, for use in providing any telecommunication service; or (3) Any sale of interstate telecommunication service provided to a call center that has been certified by the secretary of revenue to meet the criterion established in § 10-45-6.3 and the call center has provided to the telecommunications service provider an exemption certificate issued by the secretary indicating that it meets the criterion. If a call center uses an exemption certificate to purchase services not meeting the criterion established in § 10-45-6.3 , the call center is liable for the applicable tax, penalty, and interest. Source: SL 2009, ch 47 , § 7; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 35, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2016, ch 65 , § 13, eff. June 1, 2016; SL 2023, ch 32 , § 13. Effective July 1, 2027