Is a capital improvement exempt from sales tax in Mississippi?
No. Mississippi does not exempt capital improvements to real property the way most states do, because it taxes the contractor's gross receipts rather than running a sales tax on the customer. Work that would be exempt elsewhere is taxable here. A capital improvement is a permanent addition that becomes part of the property; a repair restores something to working order and is treated differently. Source: Miss. Code §27-65-21 (contractor's tax on commercial construction contracts exceeding $10,000).
| What | Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Capital improvement exempt to the customer | No |
| Certificate required | No state form |
| Repair labor — residential | Not taxable |
| Repair labor — commercial | Not taxable |
Where this gets more complicated
Mississippi levies a separate contractor's tax on the total contract price of qualifying COMMERCIAL contracts over $10,000, payable by the contractor, with a job bond and a materials exemption certificate. It is not an ordinary sales tax and this row cannot compute it — quotes in Mississippi commercial work carry the advisory rather than a number.
Source
Miss. Code §27-65-21 (contractor's tax on commercial construction contracts exceeding $10,000).
Read the statute in the Mississippi Code (Mississippi Legislature): legislature.ms.gov.
The linked sections open Justia’s free copy of the code, because the state’s own site has no stable address for each section.
This is a summary of a state’s published guidance, not tax or legal advice. Rates and rules change, local jurisdictions add their own, and the treatment of a specific job depends on the contract and the work. Check the citation and speak to a CPA or a state tax adviser before relying on it.
How Seayora uses this rule
Seayora resolves this rule on every invoice a contractor raises — per line, from the job site’s own address — and prints the rate, the jurisdiction and this citation on the document itself, so the estimate a customer accepts is the invoice they are billed. Where the rule is more nuanced than a single answer, Seayora refuses to guess a total rather than quoting a confident wrong one.
Guides on this rule
- Sales Tax Basics for Contractors and Service Businesses — When contractors charge sales tax: how states treat repairs, capital improvements and materials, what nexus means, and the exemption certificates to keep.
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