Rhode Island General Laws — Title 44 (Taxation)
R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-18-25
Presumption that sale is for storage, use, or consumption â Resale certificate
It is presumed that all gross receipts are subject to the sales tax, and that the use of all tangible personal property, or prewritten computer software delivered electronically or by load and leave, or vendor-hosted prewritten computer software, or specified digital products, or services as defined in § 44-18-7.3, are subject to the use tax, and that all tangible personal property, or prewritten computer software delivered electronically or by load and leave, or vendor-hosted prewritten computer software, or specified digital products, or services as defined in § 44-18-7.3, sold or in processing or intended for delivery or delivered in this state is sold or delivered for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, until the contrary is established to the satisfaction of the tax administrator. The burden of proving the contrary is upon the person who makes the sale and the purchaser, unless the person who makes the sale takes from the purchaser a certificate to the effect that the purchase was for resale. The certificate shall contain any information and be in the form that the tax administrator may require.
Amendment history
History of Section. P.L. 1947, ch. 1887, art. 2, § 27; G.L. 1956, § 44-18-25; P.L. 2006, ch. 246, art. 30, § 9; P.L. 2011, ch. 151, art. 19, § 24; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 21, § 3; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 4, § 10; P.L. 2019, ch. 88, art. 5, § 9.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 44-18-10 · âUseâ defined
- 44-18-11 · Storage or use for export
- 44-18-12 · âSale priceâ defined
- 44-18-12.1 · âAdditional measure subject to taxâ
- 44-18-13 · Gross receipts defined
- 44-18-14 · âBusinessâ defined
- 44-18-15 · âRetailerâ defined
- 44-18-15.1 · âPromoterâ and âshowâ defined â Duty of promoter…
- 44-18-15.2 · âRemote sellerâ defined â Collection of sales and…
- 44-18-16 · Tangible property defined
- 44-18-17 · âStateâ defined
- 44-18-18 · Sales tax imposed
- 44-18-18.1 · Local meals and beverage tax
- 44-18-19 · Collection of sales tax by retailer
- 44-18-19.1 · Direct Pay Permit
- 44-18-20 · Use tax imposed
- 44-18-21 · Liability for use tax
- 44-18-22 · Collection of use tax by retailer
- 44-18-23 · âEngaging in businessâ defined
- 44-18-24 · Collection by retailer of use tax on interstate sales
- 44-18-25 · Presumption that sale is for storage, use, or consumption…
- 44-18-26 · Tax on retailerâs use of merchandise
- 44-18-26.1 · âDemonstration boatâ defined
- 44-18-27 · Tax on rental income to retailer
- 44-18-28 · Resale of fungible goods from commingled mass
- 44-18-29 · Repealed
- 44-18-30 · Gross receipts exempt from sales and use taxes
- 44-18-30.1 · Application for certificate of exemption
- 44-18-30a · Exemption or credit where sales or use taxes were paid in…
- 44-18-30b · Exemption from sales tax for sales by writers, composers,…
- 44-18-30c · Exemption from or stabilization of sales and use taxes for…
- 44-18-30d · Repealed
- 44-18-31 · Exemption of sales to federal government
- 44-18-32 · Sales to federal contractors
- 44-18-33 · Sales to common carrier for use outside state
- 44-18-34 · Exemption from use tax of property subject to sales tax
- 44-18-35 · Property purchased from federal government
- 44-18-36 · Property held prior to 1947 â Property of nonresidents â…
- 44-18-37 · Additional to other taxes
- 44-18-38 · Severability