A. In order to administer the exemption for sales of computers, data processing equipment, related peripherals and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service and equipment related thereto to a qualified purchaser as provided by paragraph 11 of Section 1357 of this title, as applicable to the use tax imposed by law, there shall be made a use tax refund for state and local taxes paid by a qualified purchaser for the purchase of such items.

B. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall transfer each month from use tax collected the amount which the Commission estimates to be necessary to make the use tax refund provided by this section to an account designated as the Commission determines.

C. Any refund shall be paid from the account prescribed by this section at the time the claim for refund is approved by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The amount of the refund shall not exceed the total state and local use taxes paid together with accrued interest upon such total. The amount of interest paid to a qualified purchaser of computers, data processing equipment, related peripherals and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service and equipment related thereto upon the principal amount of any refund made to such purchaser for purposes of administering the exemption provided by paragraph 11 of Section 1357 of this title, shall be determined according to the provisions of this subsection. For any month during which the Oklahoma Tax Commission transfers a sum to the account prescribed by subsection B of this section, the Commission shall determine an interest rate by determining the rate of interest paid for a three-months Treasury Bill of the United States government as of the first working day of the month and such interest rate shall accrue upon any amount transferred during the month and upon the amounts previously transferred to the account together with interest previously accrued upon such amounts.

D. The qualified purchaser of computers, data processing equipment, related peripherals and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service and equipment related thereto shall file, within thirty-six (36) months of the date of purchase, with the Oklahoma Tax Commission the following documentation for any refund claimed:

1. Affidavit of the purchaser that the amount of use tax claimed has been remitted to the State of Oklahoma and that no refund of the use tax paid has previously been requested;

2. In cases where the purchaser remitted the use tax to its vendor, invoices indicating the amount of state and local use tax paid and affidavit of each vendor that state and local use tax billed to the purchaser has not been audited, rebated, or refunded to the purchaser but rather the use tax charged has been collected by the vendor and remitted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission; and

3. All additional documentation required to be submitted pursuant to rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

E. Only sales of computers, data processing equipment, related peripherals and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service and equipment may qualify for the refund established by this section, provided the total cost of said equipment equals or exceeds the sum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) and occurs after the effective date of this act.

F. The qualified purchaser shall file, within sixty (60) months of the date of the first purchase, with the Oklahoma Tax Commission a certification issued by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission in order to qualify for the refund authorized by this section.

Added by Laws 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 2, § 9, emerg. eff. Jan. 18, 1991. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 275, § 16, eff. July 1, 1993.