I. If a person who provides communications services in this state claims to be a reseller of such services, such person shall apply to the department for a resale number. Such applicant shall state facts which will show the department why such applicant is not liable for tax under this chapter on any of his purchases and shall furnish such additional information as the department may reasonably require.
II. Upon approval of the application, the department shall assign a resale number to the applicant and shall certify such number to him. The department may cancel any such number which is obtained through misrepresentation, or which is used to provide communications services tax-free when such services in fact are not for resale, or which no longer applies because of the person’s having discontinued the making of resales.

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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 82-A:9

  • Communications services: means services for transmitting, emitting, or receiving signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by any electromagnetic system capable of 2-way communication and includes, without limitation, messages or information transmitted through use of local, toll and wide area telephone service; private line services and networks, whether leased, rented or owned; channel services; telegraph services; teletypewriter services; cable television; computer exchange services; mobile telecommunications services; prepaid wireless telecommunications services; VoIP; facsimile services; specialized mobile radio; stationary 2-way radio; paging services; or any other form, whether stationary, portable or mobile, of 2-way communications; or any other transmission of messages or information by electronic or similar means, between or among points by wire, cable, fiber-optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite or similar facilities. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 82-A:2
  • Department: means the department of revenue administration. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 82-A:2
  • Person: means any natural individual, firm, trust, estate, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, corporation or a receiver, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed by order of any court; the federal and state governments and their agencies and departments, including state universities created by statute; or any county, city, town, school district or other political subdivision of this state. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 82-A:2
  • Retailer: means and includes every person engaged in the business of making sales at retail as defined in this chapter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 82-A:2
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4

III. Except as provided in this section, providing communications services in this state shall not be made tax-free on the ground of being a sale for resale unless the person has an active resale number from the department and furnishes that number to the retailer in connection with certifying to the retailer that any sale to such person is nontaxable because of being a sale for resale.