How do I know what is taxable
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Retail sales of tangible personal property includes, but not limited to:
furniture, appliances, and lighting fixtures;
machinery and equipment, parts, tools, and supplies;
computers and prewritten (canned/off-the-shelf/standard)
computer software;
motor vehicles;
boats and yachts;
fuels (e.g., motor fuel, diesel motor fuel, and kero-jet fuel);
candy and confections;
bottled water, soda, and beer;
cigarettes and tobacco products;
cosmetics and toiletries;
jewelry;
artistic items such as sketches, paintings, and photographs;
animals, trees, shrubs, plants, and seeds;
coins and other monetary items, when purchased for purposes
other than for use as a medium of exchange;
building materials; and
prepaid telephone calling cards.
Sales of specifically enumerated services include, but not limited to:
providing certain information services;
processing, assembling, fabricating, printing or imprinting tangible;
personal property furnished by a customer who did not purchase the tangible personal property for resale;
installing, maintaining, servicing, or repairing tangible personal property that is not held for sale by the purchaser of the service in the regular course of business;
storing tangible personal property that is not being held for sale;
renting safe deposit boxes, vaults, and similar storage facilities;
maintaining, servicing, or repairing real property both inside and outside buildings;
providing parking, garaging, or storing services for motor vehicles;
interior decorating and designing;
protective or detective services; and
entertainment or information services provided by means of telephone or telegraph.
Other Taxable Items include, but not limited to:
Sales of gas, electricity, refrigeration and steam;
Sales of gas, electric, refrigeration and steam service;
Sales of telephony and telegraphy;
Sales of telephone and telegraph service (including telephone answering services, facsimile transmission services, and cellular telephone services);
Sales of food and drink for on premises consumption, for example, when sold by restaurants and taverns;
Sales of food and drink when sold by caterers;
Sales of heated food and sandwiches;
Rent for occupancy of hotel or motel rooms (including bed and breakfasts, boarding houses, guest houses, etc);
Admission charges to places of amusement, other than live dramatic or musical arts performances, motion picture theaters, participatory sporting events, or live circus performances;
Dues, including initiation fees, paid to social or athletic clubs when the dues are more than $10 per year; and
Charges of a roof garden, cabaret or other similar place.
furniture, appliances, and lighting fixtures;
machinery and equipment, parts, tools, and supplies;
computers and prewritten (canned/off-the-shelf/standard)
computer software;
motor vehicles;
boats and yachts;
fuels
candy and confections;
bottled water, soda, and beer;
cigarettes and tobacco products;
cosmetics and toiletries;
jewelry;
artistic items such as sketches, paintings, and photographs;
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