The burden of proving that a sale of tangible personal property was not a sale at retail shall be on the person who made the sale, unless either:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 42-5022

  • Business: includes all activities or acts, personal or corporate, that are engaged in or caused to be engaged in with the object of gain, benefit or advantage, either directly or indirectly, but does not include either:

    (a) Casual activities or sales. See Arizona Laws 42-5001

  • Person: means a natural person, individual, proprietor, proprietorship, company, corporation, organization, association, joint venture, partner, partnership, trust, estate or limited liability company, the federal or state government, a political subdivision of a state or any other legal entity or combination of entities that owns, controls or has possession of real or personal property. See Arizona Laws 42-11001
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Sale: means any transfer of title or possession, or both, exchange, barter, lease or rental, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatever, including consignment transactions and auctions and transactions facilitated by a marketplace facilitator on behalf of a marketplace seller, of tangible personal property or other activities taxable under this chapter, for a consideration, and includes:

    (a) Any transaction by which the possession of property is transferred but the seller retains the title as security for the payment of the price. See Arizona Laws 42-5001

1. The person has taken from the purchaser a certificate signed by and bearing the name and address of the purchaser that the property was purchased for resale in the ordinary course of business and that he has a valid license, with the number thereof, to sell the kind of property purchased.

2. The person is exempt from the requirement of a certificate pursuant to section 42-5009, subsection N.