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5-C.__Information services.__"Information services" includes
services of newspaper publishers; periodicals publishers; book
publishers; electronic publishers; database, directory and other
publishers; video and sound recording producers; data processing
service providers; contracted computer programers; and website
development and maintenance providers.

 
Sec. H-4. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§§8-C and 8-D are enacted to read:

 
8-C.__Personal care services.__"Personal care services"
includes services provided by barbers, beauticians, manicurists,
tattoo artists, body piercers, massage therapists,
reflexologists, tanning salons, exercise and fitness centers and
dance instructors and dance studios.

 
8-D.__Personal property services.__"Personal property
services" includes cleaning, repair, moving, rental, storage,
maintenance and improvement of personal property, including motor
vehicles, watercraft, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles,
appliances, bicycles, jewelry, cameras, timepieces, firearms,
musical instruments, electronic and electrical goods, furniture,
rugs, upholstery and antiques.__"Personal property services" does
not include the rental of items subject to a tax under chapter
358.

 
Sec. H-5. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§14, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 497,
§24, is amended to read:

 
A. "Sale price" includes:

 
(1) Services which and labor, whether included in the sale
price or separately charged or stated that are a part
of a retail sale; and

 
(2) All receipts, cash, credits and property of any kind
or nature and any amount for which credit is allowed by
the seller to the purchaser, without any deduction on
account of the cost of the property sold, the cost of
the materials used, labor or service cost, interest
paid, losses or any other expenses.

 
Sec. H-6. 36 MRSA §1752, sub-§14, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673,
Pt. V, §16 and affected by §29, is further amended to read:

 
B. "Sale price" does not include:

 
(1) Discounts allowed and taken on sales;


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