Section R15-5-1302. General

A.      The gross income derived from the business of publishing within the state is taxable under this classification. Gross income includes revenue from subscriptions, notices, and local advertising.

B.       Subscription income includes all circulation revenue. In deter- mining the taxable base, however, there shall be excluded from such revenue those actual amounts retained by or cred- ited to carriers and other vendors as compensation for delivery or sale of newspapers.

1.        Carriers are defined as those persons who deliver news- papers to individual subscribers. Such deliveries are con- fined to a specific area or route.

2.        Other vendors are defined as those persons who deliver newspapers to retailers such as news stands, convenience markets, drug stores and to coin-operated vending machines located in or near commercial establishments such as office buildings, hotels, motels, grocery and department stores.

C.      Income of publishers from sales of newspapers, whether directly or through other vendors, to news stands, convenience markets, drug stores or other retailers are taxable under this classification. The sales of newspapers by such retailers to consumers are taxable as retail sales. (See R15-5-1802(C))

Historical Note

Amended effective March 18, 1981 (Supp. 81-2).