27-15-227 - Privilege tax exemptions; elderly or handicapped persons and hotel enterprises. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 27-15-227. Privilege tax exemptions; elderly or handicapped persons and hotel enterprises.
 

(1)  Any person sixty-five years old or older, or any person blind, deaf or dumb, or maimed by loss of hand or foot, or loss of the use of the hand or foot, or any citizen of the United States who is disabled or suffering from an infirmity to the extent that he is unable to perform physical labor of not more than 50% of normal ability, and whose annual gross income is not more than $900.00, may exercise any of the privileges named below in this section, without the payment of a privilege tax under the provisions of this chapter, which exemption shall be restricted and limited to the following businesses: 
 

Broom factories, checking rooms, drays, fur dealers, ice cream carts, mattress renovators, sign painters, shoe repair shops, insurance agents. 

(2)  The privilege tax shall not apply to bakeries, checking rooms, and cold storage plants when such enterprises are operated in connection with a hotel solely for the use and convenience of its patrons, and the product or service of such enterprises is not sold to others than patrons of the hotel. 

(3)  Any person claiming an exemption under this section shall apply for and obtain a certificate of exemption as provided in sections 27-15-235 and 27-15-237. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 9678; Laws,  1940, ch. 120; Laws, 1944, ch. 138, § 59, eff from and after June 1, 1944.