17 NCAC 07B .2802          FLORIST WIRE SALES

(a)  Pursuant to G.S. 105-164.4B, a florist wire sale is a sale in which a retail florist takes a customer's order and transmits the order to another retail florist to be filled and delivered.

(b)  A retail florist in North Carolina that accepts a customer's order as part of a florist wire sale and transmits the order to another retail florist located inside or outside North Carolina shall collect and remit sales tax on the sales price of the order. The sales price of a florist wire sale includes charges for delivery, relay charges, and charges for other services. Charges are a part of the sales price regardless of whether the florist keeps the charges or forwards them to other florists through a florist delivery association or other person. The sales price is subject to sales and use tax even if the florist separately states the charges on an invoice or other similar billing document given to the purchaser at the time of sale.

(c)  A retail florist in North Carolina that receives a florist wire sale from another retail florist located inside or outside North Carolina is not liable for sales tax on the receipts derived from the transactions, pursuant to G.S. 105-164.4B(d)(3).

History Note:        Authority G.S. 105-164.3; 105‑164.4; 105-164.4B; 105‑164.6; 105‑262; 105-264; 105-467; 105-468; 105-469; 105-483; 105-498; 105-507.2; 105-509.1; 105-510.1; 105-511.3; 105-537; 105-538;

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2006; April 1, 1999; October 1, 1993; October 1, 1991; March 1, 1987;

Readopted Eff. January 1, 2024.