Rituximab (Rituxan and MabThera) is a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis that has not improved with other types of medications, as well as certain forms of vasculitis. It works by turning off a part of the immune system that is not working properly in autoimmune diseases.
For the purpose of this sales tax exemption, âdirectlyâ means having an immediate effect on an item or in an activity, without an intervening, ancillary or prior effect.
A local sales and use tax of 2% applies to all food that is exempt from the State sales and use tax. Sales of electricity to farmers and manufacturing plants are exempt. Sales of electricity for all other purposes are taxed at the combined general rate of 7% as is piped natural gas.