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1995 SESSION
LD4546743Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 58.1-609.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 58.1-609.6. Media-related exemptions.
The tax imposed by this chapter or pursuant to the authority granted in §§ 58.1-605 and 58.1-606 shall not apply to the following:
1. Leasing, renting or licensing of copyright audio or video tapes, and films for public exhibition at motion picture theaters or by licensed radio and television stations.
2. Broadcasting equipment and parts and accessories thereto and towers used or to be used by commercial radio and television companies, cable television systems, or concerns which are under the regulation and supervision of the Federal Communications Commission and amplification, transmission and distribution equipment used or to be used by cable television systems.
3. Any publication issued daily, or regularly at average intervals not exceeding three months, and advertising supplements and any other printed matter ultimately distributed with or as part of such publications; however, newsstand sales of the same are taxable.
4. Catalogs, letters, brochures, reports, and similar printed materials,
except administrative supplies, the envelopes, containers and labels used for
packaging and mailing same, and paper furnished to a printer for fabrication
into such printed materials, when stored for twelve months or less in the
Commonwealth and distributed for use without the Commonwealth. As used in
this subdivision, "administrative supplies" includes, but is not limited to,
letterhead, envelopes, and other stationery; and invoices, billing forms,
payroll forms, price lists, time cards, computer cards, and similar supplies.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 5 of this section or the
definition of "advertising" contained in § 58.1-602, any advertising business
located outside the Commonwealth which purchases printing from a
printer within the Commonwealth shall not be deemed the user or consumer of
the printed materials when such purchases would have been exempt under
subdivision 3 and this subdivision.
5. Advertising as defined in § 58.1-602.