Other exemptions

List compiled by Dylan Grundman, OpenSky Policy Institute

Business across state lines

  • Aircraft owned by an out-of-state resident or business
  • Property purchased in other states to be used in another state
  • Property shipped out-of-state
  • Property taxed in another state
  • Property to be transported out-of-state
  • State reciprocal agreements for industrial machinery

Commercial agriculture

  • Agricultural chemicals
  • Agricultural machinery
  • Feed or water for livestock
  • Livestock
  • Mineral oil as dust suppressant
  • Oxygen for use in aquaculture.
  • Seeds sold to commercial producers
  • Veterinary medicine for livestock
  • Water for irrigation

Common carrier

  • Common or contract carrier accessories
  • Common or contract carrier safety equipment
  • Common or contract carrier vehicles and repair parts
  • Railroad rolling stock and repair parts

Consumer goods

  • Prescription drugs
  • Durable medical equipment
  • Nondurable medical equipment
  • Merchandise trade-ins
  • Motor vehicle/motorboat trade-ins
  • Motor vehicle discounts for the disabled
  • Newspapers
  • Tele-floral deliveries ordered in other states

Energy

  • Aviation fuel
  • Energy used in agriculture
  • Energy used in industry
  • Minerals, oil, and gas severed from the ground.
  • Motor fuels

Food

  • Church meals
  • Concessions
  • Food for elderly, handicapped, and Supplemental Security Income recipients
  • Food for human consumption (groceries)
  • Meals provided by hospitals or other institutions to patients or inmates
  • Meals provided to students and campers at a flat rate
  • School lunches and other food sold at schools
  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

General business

  • Biochips
  • Community-based energy development project purchases
  • Component/ingredient parts
  • Containers holding tax-exempt contents
  • Data centers
  • Horse racetracks
  • Intercompany leases
  • Intercompany sales
  • Manufacturing machinery and equipment
  • Molds and dies
  • Nonreturnable containers
  • Sale of a business or farm machinery
  • Sales for resale
  • Transfer of property in change of business ownership
  • Water used for manufacturing purposes

Miscellaneous

  • Cash discounts/coupons
  • Casual sales (i.e. garage sales)
  • Lease-to-purchase agreements
  • Separately-stated finance charges
  • Separately-stated taxes

Nonprofits, government-related, and other exempt entities and events

  • Churches and nonprofit colleges and medical facilities
  • Contractor as purchasing agent for public agencies
  • Fine art purchases by a museum
  • Foreign diplomats
  • Licensees of the state racing commission
  • Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
  • Nebraska Lottery
  • Nebraska State Fair Board
  • Nonprofit corporations formed by exempt governmental entities
  • Nonprofit Nebraska-licensed health clinics
  • Nonprofit Nebraska-licensed mental health centers
  • Political campaign fundraisers
  • Political subdivisions of the State
  • Public or private educational institutions
  • Public records
  • Purchasing agents for public construction improvements
  • Sales by religious organizations
  • Sales on Native American Indian reservations
  • School-supporting fundraisers
  • U.S. government
  • Wyuka Cemetery