As used in this act:

1. "Affiliated person" means a person that, with respect to another person:

a.has a direct or indirect ownership interest of more than five percent (5%) in the other person, or

b.is related to the other person because a third person, or group of third persons who are affiliated with each other as defined in this subsection, holds a direct or indirect ownership interest of more than five percent (5%) in the related person;

2. "Forum" means a place where sales at retail occur, whether physical or electronic. The term includes a store, a booth, a publicly accessible Internet website, a catalog or similar place;

3. "Marketplace facilitator" means a person that facilitates the sale at retail of tangible personal property. For purposes of this section, a person facilitates a sale at retail if the person or an affiliated person:

a.lists or advertises tangible personal property for sale at retail in any forum, and

b.either directly or indirectly through agreements or arrangements with third parties, collects the payment from the purchaser and transmits the payment to the person selling the property.

The term includes a person that may also be a vendor;

4. "Marketplace seller" means a person that has an agreement with a marketplace facilitator pursuant to which the marketplace facilitator facilitates sales for the person;

5. "Notice and reporting requirements" means the notice requirements under Section 4 of this act and the reporting requirements under Sections 5 and 6 of this act;

6. "Referral" means the transfer by a referrer of a potential purchaser to a person that advertises or lists products for sale on the referrer's platform;

7.a."Referrer" means the person, other than a person engaging in the business of printing or publishing a newspaper, that, pursuant to an agreement or arrangement with a marketplace seller or remote seller, does the following:

(1)agrees to list or advertise for sale at retail one or more products of the marketplace seller or remote seller in a physical or electronic medium,

(2)receives consideration from the marketplace seller or remote seller from the sale offered in the listing or advertisement,

(3)transfers by telecommunications, Internet link or other means, a purchaser to a marketplace seller, remote seller or affiliated person to complete a sale,

(4)does not collect a receipt from the purchaser for the sale.

b.The term does not include a person that:

(1)provides Internet advertising services, and

(2)does not provide the marketplace seller's or remote seller's shipping terms or advertise whether a marketplace seller or remote seller collects a sales or use tax.

c.The term includes a person that may also be a vendor; and

8. "Remote seller" means a person, other than a marketplace facilitator, a marketplace seller or a referrer, that does not maintain a place of business in this state that, through a forum, sells tangible personal property at retail, the sale or use of which is subject to the tax imposed by Section 1354 or 1402 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The term does not include an employee who in the ordinary scope of employment renders services to his employer in exchange for wages and salaries.

Added by Laws 2018, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 17, § 2, emerg. eff. April 10, 2018.