Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 94 of 1937 - Use Tax Act (205.91 - 205.111)
Section 205.93c - Sale of Telecommunications Services; Definitions.

Sec. 3c.
(1) Except for the defined telecommunications services in section 3b and subsection (3), the sale of telecommunications service sold on a call-by-call basis shall be sourced to each level of taxing jurisdiction where the call originates and terminates in that jurisdiction or each level of taxing jurisdiction where the call either originates or terminates and in which the service address is also located.
(2) Except for the defined telecommunications services in section 3b and subsection (3), a sale of telecommunications services sold on a basis other than a call-by-call basis is sourced to the customer's place of primary use.
(3) The sale of the following telecommunications services shall be sourced to each level of taxing jurisdiction as follows:
(a) A sale of post-paid calling service is sourced to the origination point of the telecommunications signal as first identified by either the seller's telecommunications system, or information received by the seller from its service provider, where the system used to transport such signals is not that of the seller.
(b) A sale of prepaid calling service or prepaid wireless calling service is sourced in accordance with section 20. However, for a sale of a prepaid wireless calling service, the rule provided in section 20(1)(e) shall include as an option the location associated with the mobile telephone number.
(c) The sale of an ancillary service is sourced to the customer's place of primary use.
(4) As used in this section:
(a) "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.
(b) "Call-by-call basis" means any method of charging for telecommunications services where the price is measured by individual calls.
(c) "Channel" means a physical or virtual path of communications over which signals are transmitted between or among customer channel termination points.
(d) "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 telecommunications service for purposes of this section. Customer does not include a reseller of telecommunications service or for mobile wireless service of a serving carrier under an agreement to serve the customer outside the home service provider's licensed service area.
(e) "Customer channel termination point" means the location where the customer either inputs or receives the communications.
(f) "End user" means the person who utilizes the telecommunications service. In the case of an entity, "end user" means the individual who utilizes the service on behalf of the entity.
(g) "Place of primary use" means the street address representative of where the customer's use of the telecommunications service primarily occurs, which must be the residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer. For mobile wireless services, place of primary use must be within the licensed service area of the home service provider.
(h) "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 credit card or payment mechanism such as a bank card, travel card, credit card, or debit card, or by charge made to a telephone number that 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.
(i) "Prepaid calling service" means the right to access exclusively telecommunications services, which must be paid for in advance and that 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.
(j) "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 shall be paid for in advance and that is sold in predetermined units or dollars that decline with use in a known amount.
(k) "Private communication 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 such channel or channels.
(l) "Service address" means the following:
(i) 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.
(ii) If the location in subparagraph (i) 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.
(iii) If the location in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) is not known, the service address means the location of the customer's place of primary use.
(m) "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, including a 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 the 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 does not include any of the following:
(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 if 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, including, but not limited to, cable service as defined in 47 USC 522(6) and audio and video programming services delivered by commercial mobile radio service providers, as defined in 47 CFR 20.3, regardless of the medium, including the furnishing of transmission, conveyance, and routing of those services by the programming service provider.
(viii) Ancillary services.
(ix) Answering services, if the primary purpose of the transaction is the answering service rather than message transmission.
(x) Digital products delivered electronically, including, but not limited to, software, music, video, reading materials, or ring tones.
History: Add. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2009

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 205 - Taxation

Act 94 of 1937 - Use Tax Act (205.91 - 205.111)

Section 205.91 - Use Tax Act; Short Title.

Section 205.92 - Definitions.

Section 205.92b - Additional Definitions.

Section 205.92c - Definitions.

Section 205.93 - Tax Rate; Applicability to Tangible Personal Property or Services; Conversion to Taxable Use; Penalties and Interest; Presumption; Using, Storing, or Consuming Vehicle, Orv, Manufactured Housing, Aircraft, Snowmobile, or Watercraft;...

Section 205.93a - Tax for Use or Consumption; Services; Charges for Intrastate Telecommunications Services or Telecommunications Services Between State and Another State; Bundled Transaction; Definitions.

Section 205.93b - Tax for Use or Consumption; Mobile Wireless Services; Customer's Place of Primary Use; Record; Reliance Upon Exempt Status for Mobile Wireless Services; Repeal of Section; Condition; Air-Ground Radiotelephone Service; Bundled Transa...

Section 205.93c - Sale of Telecommunications Services; Definitions.

Section 205.93d - Repealed. 2007, Act 145, Imd. Eff. Dec. 1, 2007.

Section 205.93e - Persons Providing Services Subject to Tax; Collection; Refund; Liability for Failure to Collect Tax; Remittance; Certain Collections or Penalties by Department of Treasury Prohibited.

Section 205.93f - Use or Consumption of Medical Services Provided Under Social Welfare Act; Tax; "Medical Services" Defined.

Section 205.94 - Use Tax; Exemptions; Limitation.

Section 205.94a - Additional Exemptions.

Section 205.94b, 205.94c - Repealed. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.

Section 205.94d - Exemptions; Food or Drink From Vending Machines; Definitions.

Section 205.94e - Repealed. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.

Section 205.94f - Computing Monthly Tax Payments; Deductions by Seller Collecting Tax From Purchaser; Disallowance of Deduction; Deduction for Extended Payment Period; Filing Estimated Returns and Annual Periodic Reconciliations; Registration Under S...

Section 205.94g - Exemption of Property Purchased as Part of Purchase or Transfer of Business; Exceptions; Definition.

Section 205.94h - Tax Inapplicable to Property for Use in Qualified Business Activity.

Section 205.94i - Exemption for Drop Shipments; Definition.

Section 205.94j - Exemption of Motor Vehicle Acquired by Towing Company From Police Agency; Definitions.

Section 205.94k - Tax Inapplicable to Parts and Materials Affixed to Certain Aircraft, Sale of Aircraft, Rolling Stock, and Qualified Truck or Trailer; Definitions.

Section 205.94l - Storage, Use, or Consumption of Rail Freight or Passenger Cars, Locomotives or Other Rolling Stock, Roadway Machines and Certain Work Equipment; Applicability of Tax; Exception.

Section 205.94m - Personal Property Affixed to or Made Structural Part of Sanctuary; Applicability of Tax; “Regularly Organized Church or House of Religious Worship” or “Sanctuary” Defined.

Section 205.94n - Electricity, Natural Gas, and Home Heating Fuels for Residential Use; Exemption From Use Tax at Additional Rate.

Section 205.94o - Exemptions; Limitation; Industrial Processing; Definitions.

Section 205.94p - Extractive Operations; Exemption; Limitation; Eligible Property; Definitions.

Section 205.94q - Central Office Equipment or Wireless Equipment; Presumption.

Section 205.94r - Repealed. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.

Section 205.94s - Nonprofit Hospital or Nonprofit Housing; Sale of Personal Property to Person in Business of Constructing, Altering, Repairing, or Improving Real Estate; Tax Exemption; Definitions.

Section 205.94u - Storage, Use, or Consumption of Investment Coins and Bullion; Applicability of Tax; Definitions.

Section 205.94v - Repealed. 2004, Act 172, Eff. Sept. 1, 2004.

Section 205.94w - Applicability of Tax; Exceptions; Definitions.

Section 205.94x - Tax Exemption; Resident Tribal Member.

Section 205.94y - Storage, Use, or Consumption of Automobile Provided by Family Independence Agency or Qualified Organization; Applicability of Tax.

Section 205.94z - Certain Property Affixed to or Made Structural Part of Qualified Convention Facility; "Qualified Convention Facility" Defined.

Section 205.94aa - Storage, Use, or Consumption of Tangible Personal Property for Use as or at Mineral-Producing Property; Exemption; "Mineral-Producing Property" and "Taxpayer" Defined.

Section 205.94bb - Applicability of Tax to Certain Transfers.

Section 205.94cc - Data Center Equipment; Exemption From Tax; Conditions; Report; Definitions.

Section 205.94dd - Improvements to Real Property Included Within Transformational Brownfield Plan; Applicability of Tax Levy Applied to Tangible Personal Property; "Eligible Property" and "Transformational Brownfield Plan" Defined.

Section 205.94ee - Storage, Use, or Consumption of Certain Tangible Personal Property Acquired by a Contractor; Exemption From Tax.

Section 205.94ff - Sales of Certain Prosthetic Devices; Exemption; Definitions.

Section 205.95 - Registration Requirements; Seller to Collect Tax From Consumer; Foreign Corporations; Dissolution or Withdrawal of Corporation; Election of Lessor on Payment of Taxes; Registration Under Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

Section 205.95a - Sale of Tangible Personal Property; Nexus With State; Presumptions; Purchase of Advertisements; Agreement; Effectiveness of Section; Definitions.

Section 205.95b - Seller of Tangible Personal Property or Services; Nexus; Conditions; Application to Transactions After October 1, 2018; Inclusion of Sales of Marketplace Facilitator and Marketplace Seller; Exception; Definitions.

Section 205.95c - Marketplace Facilitators; Nexus; Report; Class Action Prohibited; Audit; Liability; Conditions; Definitions.

Section 205.96 - Use Tax Returns; Filing; Form; Contents; Payment of Tax; Remittance for Certain Total Tax Liability After Subtracting Tax Payments; Electronic Funds Transfer; Filing Other Than Monthly Returns; Accrual to State; Due Date.

Section 205.96a - Reepaled. 2006, Act 673, Eff. Jan. 1, 2011.

Section 205.96c - Aviation Fuel; Informational Report; "Aviation Fuel" Defined.

Section 205.97 - Liability for Tax.

Section 205.98 - Direct Payment Authorization.

Section 205.99 - Personal Liability of Seller or Certified Service Provider for Failure to Collect Tax; Definition.

Section 205.99a - Bad Debt Deduction.

Section 205.100 - Administration of Tax; Conflicting Provisions; Rules; Filing Claims for Refund; Payment of Refunds; Payment of Refund Filed for Interstate Access Telephone Services; Tax Imposed Under Tobacco Products Tax Act.

Section 205.100a - Receipt and Collection of Local Community Stabilization Share.

Section 205.101 - Refund or Credit for Returned Tangible Personal Property or Service; Written Notice.

Section 205.101a - Selling or Quitting Business; Final Return; Withholding of Purchase Money to Cover Taxes, Interest, and Penalties; Liability for Failure to Withhold Purchase Money; Purchaser Liability for Taxes, Interest, and Penalties of Former O...

Section 205.102 - Repealed. 2008, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2009.

Section 205.103 - Repealed. 2016, Act 160, Eff. Sept. 7, 2016.

Section 205.103a - Sales of Advertising and Promotional Direct Mail; Sales of Other Direct Mail; Direct Payment Authorization or Exemption Form Provided by Purchaser; Limitation; Definitions.

Section 205.104 - Repealed. 2008, Act 439, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 2009.

Section 205.104a - Inventory and Records; Maintenance; Preservation; Tax Liability; Failure to File Return or Preserve Records; Tax Assessment; Basis; Indirect Audit; Information Exception; Blanket Exemption; "Indirect Audit Procedure" and "Suffici...

Section 205.104b - Exemption Claimed by Purchaser; Duties of Seller; Process to Claim Exemption After Purchase.

Section 205.105 - Failing to Register; Penalty.

Section 205.106 - Seller's Failure to Comply With Act; Penalty.

Section 205.107 - Computation of Tax Amount; Rounding Up to Whole Cent.

Section 205.108 - Consumer's Failure to Comply With Act; Making False Statement; Penalty.

Section 205.109 - Collection or Payment of Tax; Benefit to State, Authority, and Metropolitan Areas.

Section 205.110 - Sourcing Requirements.

Section 205.111 - Deposit and Disbursement of Money; Definitions.