Section 45IAC2.2-5-57. Not-for-profit organization; sales under 30 day rule

   (a) The state gross retail tax shall not apply to sales by any qualified not-for-profit organization of tangible personal property for not more than thirty (30) days during any calendar year for the purpose of raising money to be used for carrying on the not-for-profit purpose of such organization.

  (b) In general, the gross receipts from sales by not-for-profit organizations are taxable. This subsection exempts from tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property by a qualified not-for-profit organization in connection with certain fund-raising activities as described in this regulation [45 IAC 2.2].

  (c) The gross receipts from the sale or lease of tangible personal property by a qualified not-for-profit organization are exempt under this subsection if the sales are made to raise money to further the not-for-profit purpose of the organization and if the sales are conducted for not more than thirty days during any calendar year. Such sales may be made by all qualified not-for-profit organizations. The tangible personal property sold need not be related to the qualified purpose of the organization, provided such receipts are expended to further the exempt purpose of the organization.

  (d) Any organization which makes such sales for thirty-one or more days during any calendar year is a retail merchant and, therefore, is subject to the state gross retail tax. (Refer to Regs. 6-2.5-5-26(b) [45 IAC 2.2-5-58] for exemption of certain sales by qualified not-for-profit organization which are not predominantly social.)

  (e) Sales conducted for not more than thirty days. Each day during which any selling activities are conducted constitutes a "selling day" for purposes of determining whether a qualified not-for-profit organization has conducted sales for more than thirty days during any calendar year. The solicitation, acceptance, or receipts of a sales order during any day during more than thirty days during any calendar year, then all gross receipts from all sales made during the year are subject to tax. For purposes of applying these rules, the thirty days need not be consecutive.

─EXAMPLE─

(1) A church conducts a bake sale each Sunday after services. All gross receipts including the receipts collected during the first thirty selling days are subject to tax because the selling activities are conducted for more than thirty days during the calendar year.

(2) A hospital's women's auxiliary solicits orders for cookies during a three-month period. Orders are accepted at the point of solicitation but the cookies are delivered on the last day of the three-month solicitation period. These sales are taxable. Selling activities are conducted for more than thirty days during the calendar year because each day during which an order is solicited constitutes a selling date.

__________

  (f) Furthering the not-for-profit purpose of the organization. The gross receipts from fund raising sales conducted for not more than thirty days are exempt only if such receipts are expended to further the not-for-profit purpose of the exempt organization. For purposes of this section, the payment of such receipts to offset the direct cost of the product sold will be considered an expenditure to further the not-for-profit purpose of the organization.

  (g) Definition. Refer to Regulation 6-2.5-5-25(a)(010)(2) [45 IAC 2.2-5-55(b)] for the definition of a "qualified not-for-profit organization". (Department of State Revenue; Ch. 5, Reg. 6-2.5-5-26(a)(010); filed Dec 1, 1982, 10:35 am: 6 IR 53)