Tax Type
Retail Sales and Use Tax
Description
Amateur swimming organization; Nonprofit
Topic
Taxability of Persons and Transactions
Date Issued
08-31-1989
August 31, 1989
Re: Request for Ruling: Sales and Use Tax
Dear**************
This is in reply to your letter of August 7, 1989. in which you request a ruling whether your organization qualifies for exemption from the sales and use tax.
FACTS
Your organization, a nonprofit organization exempt from income taxation under §501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, promotes amateur swimming and will be doing business in Virginia in the coming year. You seek an exemption to allow your organization to purchase items exempt from the Virginia retail sales and use tax.
RULING
There is no general exemption from the Virginia retail sales and use tax for nonprofit organizations. The only exemptions from the tax are set out in Virginia Code §58.1-608, a copy of which is enclosed for your review. While the Taxpayer may serve many worthwhile purposes, absent a statutory exemption that would allow the Taxpayer to make Purchases exempt from the tax, the department has no authority to grant such an exemption.
Therefore, the Taxpayer is required to pay the tax to the retailer on all purchases of tangible personal property if the retailer is registered to collect the tax. If the retailer is not registered to collect the tax. the Taxpayer must report and pay the use tax on a Consumer Use Tax Return, Form ST- 7.
If I can be of further assistance. please contact the department,
Sincerely.
W. H. Forst
Tax Commissioner
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