KRS 139.505 — Refundable credit of portion of sales tax paid on interstate business communications service

(1) For the purpose of this section, "gross receipts" means:
(a) Sales of tangible personal property in this state if:
1. The property is delivered or shippe d to a purchaser, other than the
United States government, or to the designee of the purchaser within this
state regardless of the f.o.b. point or other conditions of the sale; or
2. The property is shipped from an office, store, warehouse, factory, or
other place of storage in this state and the purchaser is the United States
government; and
(b) Sales other than sales of tangible personal property in this state if the income -
producing activity is performed in this state; or the income -producing activity
is performed both in and outside this state and a greater proportion of the
income-producing activity is performed in this state than in any other state,
based on cost of performance, or gross receipt allocation method as provided
by statute and elected by the taxpayer.
(2) Any business whose interstate communications service, subject to the sales tax
imposed under KRS Chapter 139 and deducted for federal income tax purposes,
exceeds five percent (5%) of the business's Kentucky gross receipts during the
preceding calendar year is entitled to a refundable credit if:
(a) The business's annual Kentucky gross receipts are equal to or more than one
million dollars ($1,000,000); and
(b) The majority of the interstate communications service billed to a Kentucky
service address for the annual period is for communications service
originating outside of this state and terminating in this state.
(3) The refundable credit shall be equal to the sales tax paid on the difference by which
the interstate communications service purchased by the business exceeds five
percent (5%) of the business's Kentucky gross receipts.
(4) Any business that qualifies for the refundable credit authorized by subsection (2) of
this section shall make an annual application for the refund on or after June 1, 2002,
and on or after every June 1 thereafter. The application shall be made to the
department on forms as the department may prescribe and shall contain information
regarding interstate communications service purchases and any other information
deemed necessary for the department to determine the business's eligibility to
receive a refund.
(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 134.580 to the contrary, the department,
upon receipt of a properly documented refund application, shall cause a time ly
refund to be made directly to the eligible business. Interest shall not be allowed or
paid on any refund made under this section.
(6) To facilitate the administration of the refundable tax credit, the department shall
grant eligible businesses that appl y for the tax credit permission to directly report
and pay the sales tax applicable to the purchase of communications service. Once
the business receives permission to directly report and pay the tax, refunds issued
according to subsection (2) of this sect ion shall not include any sales tax collected
and paid by a communications service provider.
(7) Any refund application submitted under this section is subject to examination by the
department. The examination shall occur within four (4) years from the date the
refund application is received by the department. Any overpayment resulting from
the examin ation shall be repaid to the State Treasury. In addition, the amount
required to be repaid is subject to the interest provisions of KRS 131.183 and to the
penalty provisions of KRS 131.180.
(8) If a business owns directly or indirectly fifty percent (50%) or more of another
business, the credit computed under subsection (2) of this section shall be computed
on a combined basis, excluding any intercompany Kentucky gross receipts.