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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="7.5-101" title_number="7.5" title_name="Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Annual gross revenues” means income or revenue from all sources, before any expenses or taxes, computed according to generally accepted accounting principles.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Assessable base” means the annual gross revenues derived from digital advertising services in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Broadcast entity” means an entity that is primarily engaged in the business of operating a broadcast television or radio station.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Digital advertising services” includes advertisement services on a digital interface, including advertisements in the form of banner advertising, search engine advertising, interstitial advertising, and other comparable advertising services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Digital advertising services” does not include advertisement services on digital interfaces owned or operated by or operated on behalf of a broadcast entity or news media entity.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Digital interface” means any type of software, including a website, part of a website, or application, that a user is able to access.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“News media entity” means an entity engaged primarily in the business of newsgathering, reporting, or publishing articles or commentary about news, current events, culture, or other matters of public interest.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“News media entity” does not include an entity that is primarily an aggregator or republisher of third–party content.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“User” means an individual or any other person who accesses a digital interface with a device.</text>
  </level>
</section>
