Section R15-5-2320. Exemptions -- Machinery or Equipment

A.      Machinery or equipment used in manufacturing or processing includes machinery or equipment that constitutes the entire primary manufacturing or processing operation from the initial stage where actual processing begins through the completion of the finished end product, and that is used in the production, manufacture, fabrication, processing, finishing, or packaging of articles of commerce. Manufacturing is the performance as a business of an integrated series of operations which place tangible personal property in a form, composition, or character different from that in which it was acquired, and transforms it into a different product with a distinctive name, character, or use.

B.       Purchase of repair or replacement parts for exempt machinery or equipment is not subject to the use tax. Repair or replace- ment parts are defined as those individual component and con- stituent items which, together, comprise exempt machinery or equipment.

Historical Note

Amended effective November 7, 1978, unless otherwise noted (Supp. 78-6). Amended subsection (B) effective March 18, 1981 (Supp. 81-2). Former Section R15-5- 2320 renumbered to R15-5-2362, new Section R15-5- 2320 renumbered from R15-5-2321 and amended effec- tive September 29, 1993 (Supp. 93-3).