Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 44-59 - Uniform Sales and Use Tax Administration Act

• Agreement: means the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Certified Automated System: means software certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the Agreement to calculate the tax imposed by each jurisdiction on a transaction, determine the amount of tax to remit to the appropriate state, and maintain a record of the transaction. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• Certified Service Provider: means an agent certified jointly by the states that are signatories to the Agreement to perform all of the seller's sales tax functions. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means an individual, trust, estate, fiduciary, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, corporation, or any other legal entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Sales Tax: means the tax levied pursuant to the provisions of chapters 18 and 19 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• Seller: means any person making sales, leases, or rentals of personal property or services. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• State: means any state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
• Use Tax: means the tax levied pursuant to the provisions of chapters 18 and 19 of this title. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-59-3