STORES — hardware, electrical or plumbing supplies — wholesale or retail
This classification applies to the sale of hardware, electrical or plumbing supplies, including but not limited to nails, screws or threaded fasteners; hand or power tools; door or lock hardware; electrical wire, conduit, switches, outlets or circuit breakers; new or used gas or water fittings, pipe, valves, faucets or filters; bathroom fixtures; water heaters or boilers; insulation; and ventilating ducts. This classification also applies to the sale of oil, gas or water well supplies, such as pipe (new or used), tubing, flanges, fittings and valves, and includes incidental cleaning operations to prepare the pipe for sale. This classification also applies to the sale of welding supplies, including but not limited to welding rods, torch tips, gauges, electrode holders, welding generators, electric welders, protective clothing or eyewear, and welding gases such as oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or helium, including recharging bottles or tanks with gas. This classification also applies to stores engaged in the sale of medical gases.
This classification also applies to locksmith operations performed at fixed or outside locations.
When lumber or building material sales exceed 10% of gross receipts, employees, other than store salespersons or cashiers, engaged in handling, stocking or delivering lumber or building materials shall be separately classified as 8232(1), Lumberyards, or 8232(2), Building Material Dealers. When lumber or building material sales do not exceed 10% of gross receipts, such employees are included in Classification 8010.
Dealers of oil or gas well machinery or equipment shall be classified as 8107, Machinery and Equipment Dealers – N.O.C., or 8267, Machinery and Equipment Dealers – secondhand.
The manufacture of welding gases shall be classified as 4635, Oxygen or Hydrogen Mfg.
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Phraseology: STORES — hardware, electrical or plumbing supplies — wholesale or retail Footnote: This classification applies to the sale of hardware, electrical or plumbing supplies, including but not limited to nails, screws and threaded fasteners; hand or power tools; door or lock hardware; electrical wire, conduit, switches, outlets and circuit breakers; new or used gas or water fittings, pipe, valves, faucets and filters; bathroom fixtures, water heaters, boilers, insulation and ventilating ducts. This classification also applies to the sale of oil, gas or water well supplies, such as pipe (new or used), tubing, flanges, fittings and valves, and includes incidental cleaning operations to prepare the pipe for sale. This classification also applies to the sale of welding supplies, including but not limited to welding rods, torch tips, gauges, electrode holders, welding generators, electric welders, protective clothing or eyewear, and welding gases such as oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, or helium, including recharging bottles or tanks with gas. This classification also applies to stores engaged in the sale of medical gases. This classification also applies to locksmith operations performed at fixed or outside locations. When lumber sales exceed 10% of gross receipts, employees, other than store cashiers, engaged in handling or delivering lumber shall be separately classified as 8232(1), Lumberyards. When building material sales exceed 10% of gross receipts, employees, other than store cashiers, engaged in handling or delivering building materials shall be separately classified as 8232(2), Building Material Dealers. Dealers of oil or gas well machinery or equipment shall be classified as 8107, Machinery and Equipment Dealers – N.O.C., or 8267, Machinery and Equipment Dealers – secondhand. The manufacture of welding gases shall be classified as 4635, Oxygen or Hydrogen Mfg. | 1/1/2021 |
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