Terms Used In Michigan Laws 205.95b

  • Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • 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
  • Storage: means a keeping or retention of property in this state for any purpose after the property loses its interstate character. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • Tax: includes all taxes, interest, or penalties levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 205.92
  • 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
  (1) A seller of tangible personal property or services subject to the tax under this act has nexus in this state and shall register with the department and collect and remit the tax levied under this act if the seller meets either of the following conditions:
  (a) The seller’s gross receipts from sales for storage, use, or consumption in this state to purchasers in this state exceed $100,000.00 in the previous calendar year.
  (b) The seller has 200 or more separate transactions into this state in the previous calendar year.
  (2) This section applies regardless of whether the seller has a physical presence in this state or has nexus in this state under section 5a. This section does not eliminate or alter the obligation of a seller that has a physical presence in this state or nexus in this state under section 5a to collect and remit the tax levied under this act.
  (3) This section applies to transactions occurring on or after October 1, 2018.
  (4) A person that is a marketplace facilitator under section 5c shall include sales by marketplace sellers on its marketplace and its direct sales in determining its gross receipts under subsection (1)(a) or its number of transactions under subsection (1)(b).
  (5) A person that is a marketplace seller under section 5c shall include its sales through a marketplace facilitator and its direct sales in determining its gross receipts under subsection (1)(a) or its number of transactions under subsection (1)(b).
  (6) Notwithstanding anything else in this section, a seller that only makes sales for purposes of resale is not required to register for the tax imposed by this act. A seller that makes both sales that it is required to collect and remit tax on under this act and sales for purposes of resale shall register under this act, file required returns, and remit tax as required by this act.
  (7) As used in this section:
  (a) “Marketplace facilitator” means that term as defined in section 5c.
  (b) “Marketplace seller” means that term as defined in section 5c.