33. a. The effective date of any sales and use tax rate change shall be the first day of a calendar quarter and a sales and use tax rate change for services covering a period starting before and ending after that effective date shall first apply as follows: for a rate increase, the new rate shall apply to the first billing period starting on or after the effective date, and for a rate decrease, the new rate shall apply to bills rendered on or after the effective date;

b. The State shall make a reasonable effort to: provide sellers with as much advance notice as practicable of a rate change, limit the effective date of a rate change to the first day of a calendar quarter, and notify sellers of legislative changes in the tax base and amendments to sales and use tax rules and regulations; however, failure of a seller to receive notice or failure of the State to provide notice or limit the effective date of a rate change shall not relieve the seller of its obligation to collect sales or use taxes;

c. Any exemption, exception or exclusion from sales and use taxation shall be enacted only in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement;

d. The State shall be subject to the uniform rules for the remittance of funds as provided in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement;

e. The State shall be subject to the privacy and confidentiality provisions provided in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement for participants in the system and consumers who deal with Model 1 sellers;

f. The uniform rules for the recovery of bad debts contained in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement shall be in effect; and

g. The State shall not use registration with the central registration system and the collection of sales and use taxes in the member states as a factor in determining whether the seller has nexus with this State for any tax at any time.

L.2005,c.126,s.33; amended 2006, c.44, s.17.