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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="11-217" title_number="11" title_name="Sales and Use Tax" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Exemptions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “research and development” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>basic and applied research in the sciences and engineering; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the design, development, and governmentally required pre-market testing of prototypes, products, and processes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Research and development” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>market research;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>research in the social sciences or psychology and other nontechnical activities;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>routine product testing;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>sales services; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>technical and nontechnical services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The sales and use tax does not apply to a sale of tangible personal property, a digital code, or a digital product for use or consumption in research and development.</text>
  </level>
</section>
