Idaho Admin. Code r. 35.01.02.031 - RADIO AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICE OF SYSTEMS
Sections 63-3612, 63-3621, Idaho Code
01.
General Rule and
Scope. The sale, rental or lease of communication equipment and land
mobile radio systems are taxable. This rule describes sales and use tax
treatment of telephone terminal equipment or services and land mobile radio
systems or service. (3-31-22)
02.
Telephone Terminal Equipment and Services. (3-31-22)
a. The sale, rental, or lease of telephone
terminal equipment is taxable. Telephone terminal equipment includes, but is
not limited to, desk sets, PBX systems, automated answering equipment, cellular
telephones and mobile radio telephones. (3-31-22)
b. Fees for access charges, toll charges,
call waiting, call forward, message recording, and similar charges to customers
are not taxable. (3-31-22)
03.
Land Mobile Radio Systems or
Services. Land mobile radio systems and services, defined by
47 CFR §
90.7, are a regularly interacting group of
base, mobile and associated control and fixed relay stations intended to
provide land mobile radio communications service over a single area of
operation. (3-31-22)
a. The sale, rental, or
lease of terminal equipment or equipment located on the customer's premises is
taxable. The equipment includes handsets, mobile telephones, antennae, and like
or similar property. (3-31-22)
b.
Separately stated fees for the installation of terminal equipment or equipment
that will be located on the customer's premises or is not taxable.
(3-31-22)
c. Separately stated fees
for access charges, toll charges, and similar charges are not taxable.
(3-31-22)
04.
Provider Equipment. The owner or provider of telephone or land
mobile radio systems and services must pay a sales or use tax on any tangible
personal property purchased for the use of the business. This includes but is
not limited to; equipment or tangible personal property used in receiving or
transmitting, excluding the equipment referenced in Subsection
031.02.a., office supplies,
repair equipment, accounting or customer billing equipment, and equipment or
devices or other property used to maintain or repair land mobile radio systems
or services. (3-31-22)
05.
Drop-In Equipment and Inside Wiring. The installation of the
drop-in equipment and inside wiring useful or necessary to bring telephonic or
radio communication transmissions from a source outside the premises of the
user, for example, telephone pole or transmitter, to terminal equipment within
the user's premises is an improvement to real property and anyone performing
the installation is a contractor. Drop-in equipment and inside wiring includes,
but is not limited to, wires, plugs, sockets, receptacles, connectors and
similar items. See Rule
012 of these rules for tax
treatment of contractors. (3-31-22)
06.
Wireless Telecommunications
Equipment. A retailer may give away wireless telecommunications
equipment as an incentive to start or continue a contract for
telecommunications service. Such a use is exempt from tax pursuant to Section
63-3621 (2), Idaho Code. For the
purposes of this exemption "telecommunications service" means the transmission
of two-way interactive switched signs, signals, writing, images, sounds,
messages, data, or other information that is offered to the public for
compensation. "Telecommunication service" does not include the one-way
transmission to subscribers of video programming, or other programming service,
and subscriber interaction, if any, necessary for the selection of such video
programming or other programming service, surveying, internet service, alarm
monitoring service, or the provision of radio paging, mobile radio
telecommunication services, answering services (including computerized or
otherwise automated answering or voice message services). (3-31-22)
Notes
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