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Utility Receipts Tax, Sales Tax & Related Topics
Indiana Department of Revenue Nick Fetchina, Auditor
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Administer tax laws and collect tax revenues in a fair, consistent, and efficient manner for Indiana taxpayers and provide accurate, timely, and reliable funding and information to State and local constituents
Indiana Department of Revenue Mission Statement
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Utility Receipt Tax
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Definition of Utility Tax
• An income tax • For a resident, your city or town, it’s
imposed on its entire “taxable gross receipts.”
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What is subject to tax? • Installation, maintenance, repair provided to a
customer that is directly related to the utility services
• Charge for the removal of equipment upon termination of services • Examples:
• running the lines to a new subdivision or business
• both connection and disconnect services charges
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What is not subject to tax?
Specifically excluded from gross receipts: • Taxes and fees remitted to the
government • Wholesale sales (sales to resellers)
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What is not subject to tax? • Sewage charges - Only for profit sewage
companies are subject to Utility Receipts Tax
• Sales to the US Government • Example: sales to the Post Office where
the US Government is being billed and paying the bill
• Trash/sanitation charges
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What is not subject to URT?
• Late payment and insufficient check fees • Revenue not related to the delivery of utility
services • Examples: any kind of rental income for
equipment that relates to how a customer would use the utility and not the equipment that delivers the utility • Water heater rental, cell phone rental,
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Filing and Payments • URT-1 return is due April 15 for most taxpayers • Estimated Payments • If annual tax liability is greater than $2,500:
• Estimated payments due on 20th day of the 4th, 6th, 9th, and 12th month of the taxpayer’s tax year
• For most: April, June, September, December • Pay 25% of estimated annual tax due
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Sales Tax
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Definition of Sales Tax
When a city or town engages in proprietary, competing with private enterprise, activities the sales of tangible personal property & certain defined services (primarily rentals) are subject to tax.
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What is subject to tax for the utility or the town?
• Sales of the utility is subject to tax unless there is a proper exemption certificate on file
• Concession stand sales • Rentals including the rental of picnic
shelters, meeting rooms, golf carts • Other activities considered being
competitive with private enterprise
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What is not subject to sales tax?
• Activities that do not compete with the private sector • Examples:
• Charging a fee for copies of ordinances are not subject because that is a government function
• Charge for a police report
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Sales Tax Forms
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Form ST-109
• Accept for utility exemption • IDOR issues the ST-109 • Only revoked by DOR
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Exemption Certificates
• For all other non-utility sales you accept form ST-105 • Examples:
• meeting rooms • picnic shelters
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Purchases by a town
• For everything a the town/utility purchases, you should be able to issue a standard exemption certificate, form ST-105, to the vendor
• This includes purchases for the operation of a municipal golf course
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Purchases by a town (continued)
• Where you make your gas fuel purchases for the water, police and fire department vehicles makes a difference
• From a gas station: file claim for refunds with the department
• From a distributor: can issue an exemption certificate, form ST-105
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Audit Process
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Audit Process
• Contact procedure • Conducting the audit • Results • Billing and protest procedure
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Penalties
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Penalties imposed by DOR • Failure to file or filing a sales or withholding return late:
Penalty: 10% IC 6-8.1-10-2.1
• If the department has to file the return: Penalty: 20% IC 6-8.1-10-3
• Failure to file penalty with the intent to evade tax: Penalty:100%. IC 6-8.1-10-4
• Payment of tax with a bad check: Penalty: 10%, in10 days becomes 100% if not paid. IC 6-8.1-10-5 Thursday, May 30, 2013
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e-File Mandate
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e-File Mandate
• All sales and withholding taxes MUST be filed and remitted electronically as of Jan. 1, 2013
• Passed into law by 2012 General Assembly
• Primary Method: INtax
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INtax is for you!
• Securely correspond with the department • Register and edit multiple businesses • View and print a current location list
• Schedule payments up to 30 days ahead
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INtax is for you! (continued)
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• File a zero return to avoid Billings by the department
• Make a separate payment for each business
• View each business payment and return history at any time
• Special phone number: 317 232-2337 just for INtax
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Questions?
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Contact
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Nick Fetchina, Auditor Lafayette District Office
Indiana Department of Revenue 765-448-6626 ext.80149 [email protected]