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(1) Sales price applies to the measure subject to sales tax and means the total amount of consideration, including cash, credit, property, and services, for which personal property or services are sold, leased, or rented, valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, without any deduction for the following:
(b) The cost of materials used, the cost of labor or service, interest, losses, all costs of transportation to the seller, all taxes imposed on the seller, and any other expense of the seller;
(c) Charges by the seller for any services necessary to complete the sale;
(e) Installation charges.
(2) Sales price includes consideration received by the seller from third parties if:
(a) The seller actually receives consideration from a party other than the purchaser and the consideration is directly related to a price reduction or discount on the sale;
(b) The seller has an obligation to pass the price reduction or discount through to the purchaser;
(c) The amount of the consideration attributable to the sale is fixed and determinable by the seller at the time of the sale of the item to the purchaser; and
(d) One of the following criteria is met:
(i) The purchaser presents a coupon, certificate, or other documentation to the seller to claim a price reduction or discount when the coupon, certificate, or documentation is authorized, distributed, or granted by a third party with the understanding that the third party will reimburse any seller to whom the coupon, certificate, or documentation is presented;
(ii) The purchaser identifies himself or herself to the seller as a member of a group or organization entitled to a price reduction or discount. A preferred customer card that is available to any patron does not constitute membership in such a group; or
(iii) The price reduction or discount is identified as a third-party price reduction or discount on the invoice received by the purchaser or on a coupon, certificate, or other documentation presented by the purchaser.
(3) Sales price does not include:
(a) Any discounts, including cash, terms, or coupons that are not reimbursed by a third party that are allowed by a seller and taken by a purchaser on a sale;
(b) Interest, financing, and carrying charges from credit extended on the sale of personal property or services, if the amount is separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document given to the purchaser;
(c) Any taxes legally imposed directly on the consumer that are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document given to the purchaser;
(d) United States postage charges on direct mail that are separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document given to the purchaser; and
(e) Credit for any trade-in as follows:
(i) The value of property taken by a seller in trade as all or a part of the consideration for a sale of property of any kind or nature; or
(ii) The value of a motor vehicle, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, or utility-type vehicle taken by any person in trade as all or a part of the consideration for a sale of another motor vehicle, motorboat, all-terrain vehicle, or utility-type vehicle.