There is imposed a tax at the rate of four and two-tenths percent upon the gross receipts of any person from engaging or continuing in any of the following businesses or services in this state: abstracters; accountants; ancillary services; architects; barbers; beauty shops; bill collection services; blacksmith shops; car washing; dry cleaning; dyeing; exterminators; garage and service stations; garment alteration; cleaning and pressing; janitorial services and supplies; specialty cleaners; laundry; linen and towel supply; membership or entrance fees for the use of a facility or for the right to purchase tangible personal property, any product transferred electronically, or services; photography; photo developing and enlarging; tire recapping; welding and all repair services, except repair services for farm machinery, attachment units, and irrigation equipment used exclusively for agricultural purposes; cable television; and rentals of tangible personal property except leases of tangible personal property between one telephone company and another telephone company, motor vehicles as defined pursuant to § 32-5-1 leased under a single contract for more than twenty-eight days, and mobile homes. However, the specific enumeration of businesses and professions made in this section does not, in any way, limit the scope and effect of the provisions of § 10-45-4.

Source: SL 1965, ch 296, § 2; SL 1969, ch 274, § 1; SL 1971, ch 80; SL 1974, ch 100; SL 1975, ch 103; SL 1978, ch 147, § 2; SL 1983, ch 86, § 1; SL 1983, ch 87; SL 1987, ch 98, § 4; SL 1988, ch 106, § 1; SL 2002, ch 64, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 2006; SL 2006, ch 58, § 18, eff. Apr. 1, 2006; SL 2008, ch 51, § 10; SL 2009, ch 47, § 4; SL 2015, ch 67, § 2; SL 2016, ch 65, § 2, eff. June 1, 2016; SL 2023, ch 32, § 2.