TIP # 00A01-19
DATE ISSUED: 07/11/00
Railroad Roadway Materials Exempt From Sales and Use Taxes
Effective July 1, 2000, railroad roadway materials are exempt from sales and use
taxes when used in the construction, repair, or maintenance of railroad
roadways. Railroad roadways are the track systems maintained by railroads.
Railroad roadway materials include rails, ties, ballasts, communication
equipment, signal equipment, power distribution equipment, and other track
materials. The term does not include construction equipment, tools, or
consumable supplies used in the construction, repair, or maintenance of railroad
roadways but which are not incorporated into the roadway.
The exemption is available when roadway materials are purchased by railroads
or by contractors engaged by railroads to construct, repair, or maintain railroad
roadways. A purchaser may extend to the seller a completed Purchaser's
Exemption Certificate to claim this exemption. Contractors should use a separate
certificate for each contract for which purchases of exempt materials are made.
The Department of Revenue will look to the purchaser for recovery of the tax if it
determines that the purchaser was not entitled to this exemption. (A suggested
Purchaser's Exemption Certificate is attached.)
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This document is intended to alert you to the requirements contained in Florida
laws and administrative rules. It does not by its own effect create rights or require
compliance.