Sales Of Livestock (Rule 134)

01. Exempt Sales of Livestock. Certain sales and purchases of livestock are exempt from sales and us e tax. To qualify for the exemption, the livestock are to be sold at a livestock market chartered by the Idaho Departmen t of Agriculture, or an organization expressly exempted from chartering requirements by Section 25-1722, Idaho Code . Those groups expressly exempted from chartering requirements are: (3-31-22) a. Any place or operation where future farmers or 4-H groups, or private fairs conduct sales o f livestock. (3-31-22) b. Any place or operation conducted for a dispersal sale of the livestock of a farmer, dairyman , livestock breeder, or feeder who is discontinuing said business and no other livestock is sold or offered for sale. (3-31-22) c. Any place or operation where a breeder or an association of breeders of livestock assemble an d offer for sale and sell under their own management any livestock when such breeders assume all responsibility of such sale and the title of livestock sold. This applies to all purebred livestock association sales. (3-31-22) d. All sales of livestock by any generally recognized statewide association or associations compose d of persons engaged in the production in Idaho of cattle, calves, sheep, mules, horses, swine, or goats. (3-31-22) e. Sales of livestock by any nonprofit cooperative association, corporation sole or religious, fraterna l or benevolent corporation, provided such association or corporation complies with regulations of the director i n connection with such sale and such sales are not held in the regular course of business of such corporation o r association. (3-31-22) f. Any Idaho auction market operated by an Idaho licensed auctioneer selling not more than twent y (20) animals a week or more than eighty (80) animals a month, provided such an auction market is bonded under the provisions of the Federal Packers and Stockyards Act, of 1921, as amended. (3-31-22) 02. Sales of Other Animals Excluded. This exemption is limited to sales of cattle, calves, sheep , mules, horses, swine, or goats. Sales of other animals do not qualify for the exemption regardless of who the seller i s and where the sale takes place. (3-31-22)