Except as provided in § 10-45-6.2, there is hereby imposed a tax of four and two-tenths percent upon the gross receipts from providing any intrastate, interstate, or international telecommunications service that originates or terminates in this state and that is billed or charged to a service address in this state, or that both originates and terminates in this state. However, the tax imposed by this section does not apply to:

1. (1) Any eight hundred or eight hundred-type service, unless the service both originates and terminates in this state;
2. (2) Any sale of a telecommunication service to a provider of telecommunication services, including access service, for use in providing any telecommunication service; or
3. (3) Any sale of interstate telecommunication service provided to a call center that has been certified by the secretary of revenue to meet the criterion established in § 10-45-6.3 and the call center has provided to the telecommunications service provider an exemption certificate issued by the secretary indicating that it meets the criterion. If a call center uses an exemption certificate to purchase services not meeting the criterion established in § 10-45-6.3, the call center is liable for the applicable tax, penalty, and interest.

Source: SL 1974, ch 97 , § 2; SL 1980, ch 325 , § 17; SL 1987, ch 98 , § 7; SL 1988, ch 106 , § 1; SL 2002, ch 61 , § 5; SL 2003, ch 63 , § 1, eff. May 1, 2003; SL 2008, ch 52 , § 1; SL 2009, ch 47 , § 3; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 35, eff. Apr. 12, 2011; SL 2016, ch 65 , § 5, eff. June 1, 2016; SL 2023, ch 32 , § 5.