(1) The tax imposed by this act shall be administered by the department under 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, the streamlined sales and use tax administration act, and this act. If the provisions of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.1 to 205.31, the streamlined sales and use tax administration act, and this act conflict, the provisions of this act apply.
  (2) Rules shall be promulgated to implement this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 205.100

  • Business: means all activities engaged in by a person or caused to be engaged in by a person with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Interstate: means a telecommunications service that originates in 1 United States state, territory, or possession and terminates in a different United States state, territory, or possession. See Michigan Laws 205.93a
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, municipal or private corporation whether or not organized for profit, company, limited liability company, estate, trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate, the United States, this state, county, or any other group or combination acting as a unit, and the plural as well as the singular number, unless the intention to give a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Sale: means a transaction by which tangible personal property or services are purchased or rented for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Seller: means the person from whom a purchase is made and includes every person selling tangible personal property or services for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Tax: includes all taxes, interest, or penalties levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Tobacco: means cigarettes, cigars, chewing or pipe tobacco, or any other item that contains tobacco. See Michigan Laws 205.92b
  • Use: means the exercise of a right or power over tangible personal property incident to the ownership of that property including transfer of the property in a transaction where possession is given. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  (3) Claims for refund pursuant to the 1988 amendatory act amending section 2 shall be filed not later than March 31, 1989. The approved refunds shall be paid without interest. The department shall not pay refunds totaling more than $1,000,000.00 in any 1 fiscal year, unless the single business tax act, 1975 PA 228, MCL 208.1 to 208.145, is amended to impose a 1-year surcharge on the business activity of contract construction to recover the cost of the refunds.
  (4) A claim for a refund pursuant to the final decision of the Michigan court of appeals in the case of GTE Sprint Communications Corp. v Michigan Department of Treasury, 179 Mich App 276, 1989, LV DEN 436 Mich 875, 1990, shall be filed not later than January 1, 1994 by a person that paid the tax under this act for interstate access telephone services for the period beginning August 1, 1988 through January 1, 1991. The approved refund shall be paid without interest. The department shall pay the refund in 12 equal installments commencing in the month that the person begins applying the refunds to the billings of its current Michigan interstate subscribers in a manner consistent with the requirements of the federal communications commission.
  (5) A seller shall not separately state on an invoice, bill of sale, or other similar document given to the purchaser the tax imposed under the tobacco products tax act, 1993 PA 327, MCL 205.421 to 205.436.
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