Terms Used In Iowa Code 423.41

  • Agent: means a person appointed by a seller to represent the seller before the member states. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Business: means those businesses conducted for profit, but excludes professions and occupations and nonprofit organizations. See Iowa Code 423.3
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Director: means the director of revenue. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Electronic: means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic, or similar capabilities. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • in this state: includes but is not limited to sales sourced to this state under this chapter. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Person: means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes but is not limited to tangible personal property and specified digital products. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Retailer: includes a seller obligated to collect sales or use tax, including any person obligated to collect sales and use tax pursuant to section 423. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Services: means all acts or services rendered, furnished, or performed, other than services used in processing of tangible personal property for use in retail sales or services, for an employer who pays the wages of an employee for a valuable consideration by any person engaged in any business or occupation specifically enumerated in section 423. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Specified digital products: means electronically transferred digital audio-visual works, digital audio works, digital books, or other digital products. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • State: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 423.1
  • Taxpayer: includes any person who is subject to a tax imposed by this chapter, whether acting on the person's own behalf or as a fiduciary. See Iowa Code 423.1
 Every retailer required or authorized to collect taxes imposed by this chapter and every person using in this state tangible personal property, specified digital products, services, or the product of services shall keep records, receipts, invoices, and other pertinent papers as the director shall require, in the form that the director shall require, for as long as the director has the authority to examine and determine tax due. The director or any duly authorized agent of the department may examine the books, papers, records, and equipment of any person selling tangible personal property, specified digital products, or services or liable for the tax imposed by this chapter, and investigate the character of the business of any person in order to verify the accuracy of any return made, or if a return was not made by the person, ascertain and determine the amount due under this chapter. These books, papers, and records shall be made available within this state for examination upon reasonable notice when the director deems it advisable and so orders. If the taxpayer maintains any records in an electronic format, the taxpayer shall comply with reasonable requests by the director or the director’s authorized agents to provide those electronic records in a standard record format. The preceding requirements shall likewise apply to users and persons furnishing services enumerated in section 423.2.