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Canned software, also referred to as prewritten, "shrink-wrapped" or standards software, is computer software that is designed for and distributed "as is" for multiple persons who can use it without modifying its code and which is not otherwise considered custom software.
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.
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.
The sale of electronic data products such as software, data, digital books (eBooks), mobile applications and digital images is generally not taxable (though if you provide some sort of physical copy or physical storage medium then the sale is taxable.)
Prewritten computer software is taxable as tangible personal property, whether it is sold as part of a package or as a separate component, regardless of how the software is conveyed to the purchaser.
All remote sellers and marketplace facilitators are required to collect and remit Sales and Use tax to the State of Arkansas if within the current or previous year the sale of tangible personal property, taxable services, a digital code, or specified digital products for delivery into Arkansas exceeded one hundred
Under Arkansas law, providing access to, and use of, software over the internet is not a specifically enumerated taxable service.
Some goods are exempt from sales tax under Arkansas law. Examples include prescription drugs, purchases made with food stamps, and some farming equipment.
Any custom software that is delivered through electronic means or via the load and leave method is not considered tangible personal property nor subject to sales tax. However, it is only tax-exempt if separately stated on the invoice from charges for manuals, disks, CDs or other tangible property, which is taxable.
Additionally, Ark. Code Ann. § 26- 52-304(a)(2) (Repl. 2014) specifically provides that the repair and maintenance of computer equipment or hardware in any form is subject to Arkansas sales tax.