This guidance is intended as a general guide. For additional details reference Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 701: Agricultural Rules. This is generally considered the primary resource for Farmers taxes.

Landscaping, lawn care, and tree trimming and removal services are subject to Iowa sales and use tax. Persons providing such services must obtain a sales tax permit and remit sales tax to the Department of Revenue. Snow removal services are not a taxable service in Iowa. Expand each topic for full details.

This guidance addresses the taxability of purchases of tangible personal property, specified digital products, and services common to the manufacturing industry. This page is a general guide and is not binding on taxpayers or the Department. Refer to relevant Iowa Code provisions and administrative rules cited throughout the webpage for binding guidance, interpretations, and examples. For issues not addressed in this guidance, contact Taxpayer Services at 1-800-367-3388 or 515-281-3114 or submit a request for tax guidance.

A general guide but not an all-inclusive discussion of Iowa sales and use tax law. Generally considered the primary guidance resource for sales & use tax.

See Iowa Tax Issues for Nonprofit Entities for nonprofit entities that qualify for exemption.

On May 30, 2018, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 2417 (SF 2417), an extensive state tax reform bill to improve the tax structure in Iowa. This law modernizes and expands the types of businesses required to collect Iowa sales tax and local option sales tax. Specifically, marketplace facilitators and remote sellers that exceed a certain amount of revenue or transactions must charge Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax the same as retailers with a physical presence in Iowa. The 2019 legislature modified those new requirements.

On May 30, 2018, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 2417 (SF 2417), an extensive state tax reform bill to improve the tax structure in Iowa. This law modernizes and expands the types of businesses required to collect Iowa sales tax and local option sales tax. Specifically, marketplace facilitators and remote sellers that exceed a certain amount of revenue or transactions must charge Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax the same as retailers with a physical presence in Iowa.

In 2018, the Iowa legislature enacted Senate File 2417, a state tax reform bill that includes extensive changes to the state’s tax structure. Effective January 1, 2019, Iowa law began requiring marketplace facilitators to collect and remit Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax for sales made or facilitated on the business’s marketplace. Generally, a marketplace facilitator is a business that provides infrastructure or support for retail sales to occur and collects the sales price, processes payments, or receives compensation from the retail sale.

In 2018, the Iowa legislature enacted Senate File 2417, a state tax reform bill that includes extensive changes to the state’s tax structure. Beginning January 1, 2019, under Iowa Code section 423.2(6)(bq), the sale of storage services for tangible or electronic files, documents, and other records are subject to Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax. Storage of household goods, mini-storage, and warehousing of raw agricultural products were taxable prior to January 1, 2019 and remain taxable.

The 2020 Iowa legislature defined the term “computer peripheral” and added that term to the existing sales tax exemption for computers used in processing or storage of data or information by an insurance company, financial institution, or commercial enterprise (see Iowa Code section 423.3(47)). The Department is providing the following guidance, including non-exhaustive lists of devices, so taxpayers know whether certain devices are taxable or exempt as a computer or computer peripheral.

On June 24, 2020 Governor Reynolds signed into law House File 760. House File 760 added a new exemption from hotel & motel tax for certain guests staying with hospital patients. Additionally, this bill included changes for extended rentals. The Department has revised its website guidance on the taxation of hotel room rentals to reflect these changes, which went into effect on July 1, 2020.