45 IAC 17-2-8 "Soliciting business" defined

Authority: IC 6-5.5-9-1

Affected: IC 6-5.5-3-1

Sec. 8. A taxpayer is not required to be physically present within Indiana to be soliciting business. Soliciting business includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) The distribution, by mail or otherwise, of catalogs, periodicals, advertising flyers, or other written solicitations of business to potential customers in Indiana, without regard to the state from where the distribution originated or where the materials were prepared.

(2) Display of advertisements on billboards or other outdoor advertising in this state.

(3) Advertisements in newspapers published in this state.

(4) Advertisements in trade journals or other periodicals, the circulation of which is primarily within this state.

(5) Advertisements in an Indiana edition of a national or regional publication or a limited regional edition of which this state is included as part of a broader regional or national publication, and which are not placed in other geographically defined editions of the same issue of the same publication.

(6) Advertisements in regional or national publications in an edition which is not by its contents geographically targeted to Indiana, but which is sold over the counter in Indiana or by subscription to Indiana residents.

(7) Advertisements broadcast on a radio or television station which are received by Indiana residents.

(8) Any other solicitation by telegraph, telephone, computer data base, cable, optic, microwave, or other communication system.

(Department of State Revenue; 45 IAC 17-2-8; filed Jan 22, 1991, 4:55 p.m.: 14 IR 1214)