2025 Minnesota Statutes

295.54 CREDIT FOR TAXES PAID.

Subdivision 1.Taxes paid to another state.

A hospital, surgical center, or health care provider that has paid taxes to another jurisdiction measured by gross revenues and is subject to tax under sections 295.52 to 295.59 on the same gross revenues is entitled to a credit for the tax legally due and paid to another jurisdiction to the extent of the lesser of (1) the tax actually paid to the other jurisdiction, or (2) the amount of tax imposed by Minnesota on the gross revenues subject to tax in the other taxing jurisdictions.

Subd. 2.Pharmacy refund.

(a) A pharmacy may claim a quarterly refund equal to the amount paid by the pharmacy to a wholesale drug distributor subject to tax under section 295.52, subdivision 3, for legend drugs delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota, multiplied by the tax percentage specified in section 295.52, subdivision 3.

(b) Each qualifying pharmacy must apply for the refund on the quarterly return as prescribed by the commissioner, as required under the following schedule:

(1) for legend drugs delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota between January 1 and March 31, a pharmacy may file its refund request on or after July 1 of the calendar year in which the legend drugs are delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota;

(2) for legend drugs delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota between April 1 and June 30, a pharmacy may file its refund request on or after July 1 of the calendar year in which the legend drugs are delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota;

(3) for legend drugs delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota between July 1 and September 30, a pharmacy may file its refund request on or after October 1 of the calendar year in which the legend drugs are delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota; and

(4) for legend drugs delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota between October 1 and December 31, a pharmacy may file its refund request on or after January 1 of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the legend drugs are delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota.

(c) No refund is allowed if the claim for refund is filed more than one year after the end of the quarter in which the legend drugs were delivered by the pharmacy outside of Minnesota. Interest on refunds paid under this subdivision begins to accrue 60 days after the date a claim for refund is filed.

Subd. 3.Wholesale drug distributor credit.

A wholesale drug distributor who has paid taxes to another state or province or territory of Canada measured by gross revenues or sales and is subject to tax under sections 295.52 to 295.59 on the same gross revenues or sales is entitled to a credit for the tax legally due and paid to another state or province or territory of Canada to the extent of the lesser of (1) the tax actually paid to the other state or province or territory of Canada or (2) the amount of tax imposed by Minnesota on the gross revenues or sales subject to tax in the other taxing jurisdictions.

History:

1992 c 549 art 9 s 9; 1993 c 345 art 13 s 18; 1Sp1993 c 6 s 28; 1994 c 625 art 13 s 14; 1996 c 471 art 6 s 9-11; 1997 c 31 art 4 s 11; 1997 c 225 art 3 s 18,19,23; 1997 c 251 s 28; 2008 c 154 art 14 s 7; 1Sp2011 c 9 art 6 s 97; 1Sp2017 c 1 art 14 s 4; 1Sp2025 c 13 art 8 s 17