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  1350                                         STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 
                                              DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
                                                                                                            ST-8 
                                EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE                                           (Rev. 7/14/16) 
                                                  FOR SALES AND USE TAX                                     5009
                                                      (Single Sale Only)

Purchaser's Name                                                Date                        This form is to be completed 
                               (Please Print)                                               by purchaser and seller must 
Signature                                                               Amount of Sale $    maintain  copy  of  exemption 
                                                                                            certificate.  Do  not  send 
Address  
                                                                                            certificate  to  SC  Department 
  
                                                                                            of Revenue.
  
The undersigned hereby certifies that the purchases of tangible personal property made under this certificate are made in 
accordance with the exemption checked below: that in the event the property so purchased is used for purposes other 
than specified, the purchaser assumes full liability and must file a return and pay the tax due thereon. 
  
Description of tangible personal property purchased

  SCHEDULE OF EXEMPTIONS FOUND AT CHAPTER 36 OF TITLE 12 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF  
                               SOUTH CAROLINA 1976, AS AMENDED 
Check Applicable Exemption:  
  
  Tangible personal property sold to the federal government; [12-36-2120(2)]. 
    
  Textbooks,  books,  magazines,  periodicals,  newspapers,  and  access  to  on-line  information  systems  used  in  a  course  of 
  study  in  primary  and  secondary  schools  and  institutions  of  higher  learning  or  for  student's  use  in  the  school  library  of 
  these schools and institutions; [12-36-2120(3)(a)]. 
     
  Books,  magazines,  periodicals,  newspapers,  and  access  to  on-line  information  system  sold  to  publicly  supported  state, 
  county,  or  regional  libraries;  items  in  this  category  may  be  in  any  form,  including  microfilm,  microfiche,  and  CD  ROM; 
  [12-36-2120(3)(b)]. 
    
  Fuel, lubricants and supplies for use or consumption aboard ships in intercoastal trade or foreign commerce. This exemption 
  does not exempt or exclude from the tax the sale of materials and supplies used in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repair 
  or reconditioning of ships and other watercraft; [12-36-2120(13)]. 
    
  Wrapping  paper,  wrapping  twine,  paper  bags  and  containers  used  incident  to  the  sale  and  delivery  of  tangible  personal 
  property; [12-36-2120(14)].  
     
  Machines used in manufacturing, processing, agricultural packaging, recycling, compounding, mining, or quarrying tangible 
  personal property for  sale. 'Machines' include the parts of machines, attachments, and replacements used, or manufactured 
  for  use,  on  or  in  the  operation  of  the  machines  and  which  (a)  are  necessary  to  the  operation  of  the  machines  and  are 
  customarily so used,  or (b) are necessary to comply with the order of an agency of the United States or of this State for the 
  prevention or  abatement of pollution of air, water, or noise that is caused or threatened by any machine used as provided in 
  this section. This exemption does not include automobiles or trucks. As used in this item 'recycling' means a process by which 
  materials that otherwise would become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and reused, or returned to use in 
  the form of raw materials or products, including composting, for sale; [12-36-2120(17)].  
     
  Electricity,  natural  gas,  fuel  oil,  kerosene,  LP  gas,  coal  or  any  other  combustible  heating  material  or  substance  used  for 
  residential purposes. Individual sales of kerosene or LP gas of twenty gallons or less by retailers are considered used for 
  residential heating purposes; [12-36-2120(33)]. 
    
  Prescription  medicines  used  to  prevent  respiratory  syncytial  virus,  prescription  medicines  and  therapeutic 
  radiopharmaceuticals used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, lymphoma, leukemia, or related diseases including 
  prescription medicines used to relieve the effects of any such treatment [12-36-2120(28)(a)]. 
    
  Prescription drugs dispensed to medicare part A patients residing in a nursing home [12-36-2120 (28)(f)]. 
    
  Any  device,  equipment  or  machinery  operated  by  hydrogen  or  fuel  cells,  any  device,  equipment  or  machinery  used  to 
  generate, produce or distribute hydrogen and designated specifically for hydrogen applications or for fuel cell applications and 
  any  device,  equipment  or  machinery  used  predominantly  for  the  manufacturing  of,  or  research  and  development  involving 
  hydrogen or fuel cell technologies [12-36-2120(71)]. 
    
  Injectable medications and injectable biologics, so long as the medication or biologic is administered by or pursuant to the 
  supervision of a physician in an office which is under the supervision of a physician, or in a Center for Medicare or Medicaid 
  Services  (CMS)  certified  kidney  dialysis  facility.  For  purposes  of  this  exemption,  "biologics"  means  the  products  that  are 
  applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of human beings and that are produced using living 
  organisms,  materials  derived  from  living  organisms,  or  cellular,  subcellular,  or  molecular  components  of  living  organisms. 
  [12-36-2120(80)] 
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Purchaser's Name 

The undersigned hereby certifies that the purchases of tangible personal property made under this certificate are made in 
accordance with the exemption checked below: that in the event the property so purchased is used for purposes other 
than specified, the purchaser assumes full liability and must file a return and pay the tax due thereon. 
  
When Claiming an exemption on Page 2, be sure to attach Page 1.  Both pages must be retained by seller.

Check Applicable Exemption:  
  
  Construction  materials  used  by  an  entity  organized  under  Section  501(c)(3)  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code  as  a  nonprofit 
  corporation to build, rehabilitate, or repair a home for the benefit of an individual or family in need. For purposes of this item, 
  an individual or family in need' means an individual or family, as applicable, whose income is less than or equal to eighty 
  percent of the county median income." [12-36-2120(81)]. 
     
  Parts and supplies used by persons engaged in the business of repairing or reconditioning aircraft. This exemption does not 
  extend to tools and other equipment not attached to or that do not become a part of the aircraft;" [12-36-2120(52)].  
    
  Children's  clothing  sold  to  a  private  charitable  organization  exempt  from  federal  and  state  income  tax,  except  for  private 
  schools, for the sole purpose of distribution by that organization to needy children. For purposes of this item:  
     (a) "clothing" means those items exempt from sales and use tax pursuant to item (57)(a)(i) and (iii) of this section;  
           and  
     (b) "needy children" means children eligible for free meals under the National School Lunch Program of the United  
                      States Department of Agriculture." [12-36-2120(82)  

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