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The majority of states which have addressed the issue and have concluded that software (at least unbundled software) is not tangible personal property for ad valorem tax purposes and therefore is generally not taxable.
In a recent private letter ruling, the South Carolina Department of Revenue held that software subscription services are tangible personal property subject to sales and use taxes.
Yes. Charges for maintenance agreements (whether optional or mandatory) that are made in conjunction with, or as part of the sale of, computer software sold and delivered by tangible means are includable in "gross proceeds of sales" or "sales price", and, therefore, subject to the tax.
Ideally, all software purchases should be taxable to final users and exempt for business users. Instead, states tax some kinds of software and exempt others, based on whether it is customized or off-the-shelf and whether it is on CD or downloaded, all silly distinctions for tax purposes.
Service fees for the installation of software are subject to sales tax. Moreover, charges for software maintenance services including delivery of updates for prewritten software are generally taxable. However, maintenance contracts that only provide support services for canned software are not taxable.
In most states, where services aren't taxable, SaaS also isn't taxable. Other states, like Washington, consider SaaS to be an example of tangible software and thus taxable. Just like with anything tax related, each state has made their own rules and laws.
Software sold and delivered to a purchaser electronically is not subject to the sales and use tax.
In a recent private letter ruling, the South Carolina Department of Revenue held that software subscription services are tangible personal property subject to sales and use taxes.
But, in most, it's a mixed bag. California exempts most software sales but taxes one type: canned software delivered on tangible personal property an actual object you can touch or hold, such as a disc. Nebraska taxes most software sales with the exception of one type: SaaS.
Sales of digital products are exempt from the sales tax in South Carolina.