Tax bracket schedule

# (1)

a tax shall be calculated based on the following formula:

Amount of Sale Amount of Tax

$0.01 to $0.10 No Tax
0.11 to 0.19 $0.01
0.20 to 0.32 0.02
0.33 to 0.47 0.03
0.48 to 0.62 0.04
0.63 to 0.77 0.05
0.78 to 0.90 0.06
0.91 to $1.10 0.07

and in addition to a tax of $0.07 on each full dollar, a tax shall be collected on each part of a dollar in excess of a full dollar, in accordance with the above formula; or

# (2)

tax shall be calculated to the third decimal place. One-half cent ($0.005) or higher shall be rounded up to the next cent; less than $0.005 shall be dropped in order to round the result down.

Sellers may compute the tax due on a transaction on either an item or an invoice basis.

b. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2008, c.123)

c. For the purpose of adding and collecting the tax imposed by this act, or an amount equal as nearly as possible or practicable to the average equivalent thereof, to be reimbursed to the seller by the purchaser, on or after January 1, 2017 a seller shall use one of the two following options:

(1) a tax shall be calculated based on any tax collection schedule as may be prescribed by the director; or

(2) a tax shall be calculated to the third decimal place. One-half cent ($0.005) or higher shall be rounded up to the next cent; less than $0.005 shall be dropped to round the result down.

Sellers may compute the tax due on a transaction on either an item or an invoice basis.

L.1966, c.30, s.4; amended 1970, c.7, s.2; 1982, c.227, s.2; 1990, c.40, s.3; 1992, c.11, s.2; 1993, c.10, s.2; 2005, c.126, s.3; 2006, c.44, s.3; 2008, c.123, s.4; 2016, c.57, s.2.