Ariz. Admin. Code § 15-5-2004

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Section R15-5-2004 - Multi-Location and Multi-Business Taxpayers

A. A taxpayer with multiple licenses for separate businesses shall maintain separate records for each licensed business, including details relating to the computation of taxes and exempt sales and digital or hard copies of applicable exemption certificates, as provided in subsection (B).

B. The Department may request that records required to be maintained under this Section be made accessible for inspection or copying. To the extent reasonable or possible, the taxpayer shall make these records available to the Department in an electronic format, if requested.

C. A tax is levied upon the privilege of engaging in specified businesses within Arizona. Class codes for reporting gross receipts subject to tax have been determined by the Department based on statutory provisions. Each business classification is independent of the others even when transacted under one license. A person who engages in more than one type of business under each license shall maintain books and records so that the gross proceeds of sales or gross income of each taxable business classification is shown separately.

D. Except as provided in subsection (E), a marketplace facilitator shall maintain records that separately show sales made on its own behalf and sales made on behalf of marketplace sellers. Such records shall include details relating to the computation of taxes and exempt sales and also include digital or hard copies of applicable exemption certificates, as provided in subsection (B).

E. If a marketplace facilitator reported through non-amended returns and remitted transaction privilege tax on sales made on its own behalf and sales made on behalf of marketplace sellers for tax periods on or before August 27, 2019, the marketplace facilitator shall maintain records that show details relating to the computation of taxes and exempt sales, and also include copies of applicable exemption certificates for both sales made on their own behalf and on behalf of a marketplace seller. A marketplace facilitator shall have an alternate method to demonstrate the portion of sales made on behalf of marketplace sellers if under audit or for the purposes of claiming liability relief under A.R.S. § 42-5043 and R15-5-2216.

F. A remote seller shall maintain records that separately show sales made directly to its own customers and sales made on its behalf through a marketplace facilitator. Such records shall include details relating to the computation of taxes and exempt sales and also include digital or hard copies of applicable exemption certificates, as provided in subsection (B).

G. Failure to maintain appropriate books and records shall result in the imposition of the tax at the highest tax rate on gross proceeds of sales or gross income applicable to a classification under which the taxpayer is doing business.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R15-5-2004

Repealed effective April 13, 1987 (Supp. 87-2). New Section R15-5-2004 renumbered from R15-5-2215and amended effective October 14, 1993 (Supp. 93-4). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3010, effective 10/1/2019.