North Carolina Administrative Code Title 17 — Revenue
17 NCAC 07b .3401 — Memorial Stone Sales
17 NCAC 07B .3402 MONUMENT MANUFACTURERS: TOOLS AND SUPPLIES Sales to monument manufacturers of stencils, abrasives and cutting tools and equipment used by such manufacturers in the cutting, shaping, and polishing process and the solvents used to remove the stencils from the monuments are exempt from sales and use tax. Monument dealers who do not cut, shape, polish and otherwise process monuments are not classified as manufacturers and sales of stencils and other supplies to monument dealers for use in lettering or polishing monuments which they sell are subject to the applicable statutory state and local sales or use tax. 17 NCAC 07B .3403 SUPPLIES TO INSTALL MEMORIAL STONES/MONUMENT/BRONZE GRAVE MARKERS
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