Senate File 35 - Introduced SENATE FILE 35 BY ZAUN A BILL FOR An Act exempting investment counseling services and related 1 service charges from the state sales tax. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1575XS (3) 87 mm/sc
S.F. 35 Section 1. Section 423.2, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 1 2017, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. The sales price of any of the following enumerated 3 services is subject to the tax imposed by subsection 4 5 : alteration and garment repair; armored car; vehicle repair; 5 battery, tire, and allied; investment counseling; service 6 charges of all financial institutions , excluding service 7 charges for investment counseling ; barber and beauty; boat 8 repair; vehicle wash and wax; campgrounds; carpentry; roof, 9 shingle, and glass repair; dance schools and dance studios; 10 dating services; dry cleaning, pressing, dyeing, and laundering 11 excluding the use of self-pay washers and dryers; electrical 12 and electronic repair and installation; excavating and 13 grading; farm implement repair of all kinds; flying service; 14 furniture, rug, carpet, and upholstery repair and cleaning; fur 15 storage and repair; golf and country clubs and all commercial 16 recreation; gun and camera repair; house and building moving; 17 household appliance, television, and radio repair; janitorial 18 and building maintenance or cleaning; jewelry and watch 19 repair; lawn care, landscaping, and tree trimming and removal; 20 limousine service, including driver; machine operator; machine 21 repair of all kinds; motor repair; motorcycle, scooter, and 22 bicycle repair; oilers and lubricators; office and business 23 machine repair; painting, papering, and interior decorating; 24 parking facilities; pay television; pet grooming; pipe 25 fitting and plumbing; wood preparation; executive search 26 agencies; private employment agencies, excluding services 27 for placing a person in employment where the principal place 28 of employment of that person is to be located outside of the 29 state; reflexology; security and detective services, excluding 30 private security and detective services furnished by a peace 31 officer with the knowledge and consent of the chief executive 32 officer of the peace officer’s law enforcement agency; sewage 33 services for nonresidential commercial operations; sewing 34 and stitching; shoe repair and shoeshine; sign construction 35 -1- LSB 1575XS (3) 87 mm/sc 1/ 2
S.F. 35 and installation; storage of household goods, mini-storage, 1 and warehousing of raw agricultural products; swimming pool 2 cleaning and maintenance; tanning beds or salons; taxidermy 3 services; telephone answering service; test laboratories, 4 including mobile testing laboratories and field testing by 5 testing laboratories, and excluding tests on humans or animals 6 and excluding environmental testing services; termite, bug, 7 roach, and pest eradicators; tin and sheet metal repair; 8 transportation service consisting of the rental of recreational 9 vehicles or recreational boats, or the rental of vehicles 10 subject to registration which are registered for a gross 11 weight of thirteen tons or less for a period of sixty days or 12 less, or the rental of aircraft for a period of sixty days or 13 less; Turkish baths, massage, and reducing salons, excluding 14 services provided by massage therapists licensed under chapter 15 152C ; water conditioning and softening; weighing; welding; 16 well drilling; wrapping, packing, and packaging of merchandise 17 other than processed meat, fish, fowl, and vegetables; wrecking 18 service; wrecker and towing. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 This bill exempts the furnishing of investment counseling 23 services, including service charges by financial institutions 24 for investment counseling, from the state sales tax. 25 By operation of Code section 423.6, an item exempt from the 26 imposition of the sales tax is also exempt from the use tax 27 imposed in Code section 423.5. 28 -2- LSB 1575XS (3) 87 mm/sc 2/ 2