Section 5. For the purposes of adding and collecting the tax imposed by this chapter to be paid to the commonwealth or to be reimbursed to the seller by the purchaser, the tax computation shall be carried to the third decimal place and it shall be rounded to a whole cent, rounding up to the next cent whenever the third decimal place is greater than 4. A seller may elect to compute the tax due on a transaction on an item or an invoice basis.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Chapter 64i - Tax on the Storage, Use or Other Consumption of Certain Tangible Personal Property
Section 2 - Imposition; Rate; Payment
Section 4 - Collection of Tax; Status of Tax; Sales of Motor Vehicles
Section 4a - Payment and Accounting Methods for Use Tax Liability; Estimated Liability Table
Section 5 - Computation of Tax
Section 6 - Statement and Collection of Tax
Section 9 - Registration Required
Section 11 - Classified Permits Establishing Percentage of Exempt Sales
Section 17 - Liability for Failure to Pay Tax
Section 24 - Advertisement That Vendor Will Assume or Absorb Tax
Section 26a - Motorboats; Aircraft; Certificate Issuance; Evidence of Tax Payment
Section 27 - Trade-in of Motor Vehicles or Trailers; Use Tax
Section 31a - Bond or Deposit; Non-Resident Contractors; Definition