HAR §15-6-14
HAR §15-6-14. Sal e of services
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Cite as Haw. Code R. § 15-6-14
(a) Services must be
sold [by] and delivered at an establishment of a
qualified business engaged in a service business as
defined in this chapter, within an enterprise zone
within the same county . Where the service business , in
the same transaction, engages in both the sale of
tangible property and services , the service business
shall segregate the sale of services that are exempt
under chapter 209E, HRS, from all non- exempt
transactions, including the sale of services or of
tangible personal property . The service business
shall sustain the burde n of proving the segregation
was properly made . If the service business fails to
sustain the burden, the entire transaction shall be
subject to the general excise tax .
(b)
The application of this section is
illustrated in the following e xamples :
Example 1 :
ABC Ship Repair is located in an area designated
as an enterprise zone .
ABC provi des servicing
and repair work on ships . ABC provides these
services for customers who bring their ships to
ABC's place of business . Al l of ABC's gross
receipts are derived from services that are sold
and delivered within the zone .
Accordingly, ABC
will qualify for the income tax credits and
general excise tax exemption .
Example 2 :
Assume the same facts as in Exampl e 1 , except
that ABC Ship Repair also repairs ships i n an
area that is not in an enterprise zone in the
county in which ABC is registered in .
ABC will
have to apportion i n come received from each type
of sale and claim income tax credits and the
general excise tax exemption only for services
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performed within the zones within t he same county
it is registered in .
Example 3 :
Assume the same facts as in Example 2, except
that ABC Ship Repair also rents tools t hat i t
owns , or alternatively sells specialized tools at
retail to customers .
ABC Ship Repair will not
qualify for the income tax credits and general
exercise exemption on these sales as the rental
of tools or the sale of tools at retail is not an
el igible activity of ABC Ship Repair.
[Eff 11/3/90; am and comp
FEB 2 8 2015
(Auth: HRS §209E-8) (Imp : HRS §209E-9)