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# Computers, Electronics & Appliances TICs

| TIC | Label | Level | Description |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| 30000 | Computers, Electronics, and Appliances | Top-level | Parent category for computers, software, digital products, peripherals, and Energy Star / WaterSense appliances. |
| 20060 | ↳ Energy Star rated product | under 30000 | Any equipment, appliance, or electronics sold with the ENERGY STAR label (joint EPA/DOE program). For specific products, use 21001-21017. |
| 20105 | ↳ WaterSense products | under 30000 | A product meeting EPA water-efficiency/performance criteria and authorized to bear the WaterSense label. Use 21018-21023 for specific products. |
| 20106 | ↳ Water-conserving products | under 30000 | Items used/planted for conserving groundwater, recharging water tables, or reducing evaporation (soaker/drip hose, moisture controls, mulch, rain barrels, permeable ground cover, plants/trees/grasses, surfactants, soil/compost). Use 21023 for WaterSense landscape irrigation controllers. |
| 30015 | ↳ Software (custom) | under 30000 | Non-prewritten computer software (coded instructions) designed/developed to a specific purchaser's specifications, including upgrades. Modifying/enhancing prewritten software to a purchaser's specs remains prewritten unless separately stated. By default delivered on tangible storage media. |
| 30025 | ↳ ↳ Download (custom software) | under 30015 | Custom/non-prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. |
| 30035 | ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer (custom software) | under 30015 | Custom/non-prewritten software delivered via tangible storage media not physically transferred to the purchaser. |
| 30230 | ↳ ↳ Required Maintenance Contract | under 30015 | A software maintenance contract the customer must purchase as a condition of the retail sale of software. States may limit the definition (prewritten only, optional, mandatory, no-electronic-update variants, or update/upgrade-only). |
| 30240 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Download | under 30230 | Updates to non-prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. |
| 30250 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer | under 30230 | Updates to non-prewritten software delivered via tangible storage media not physically transferred to the purchaser. |
| 30040 | ↳ Software (prewritten) | under 30000 | Prewritten computer software not designed for a specific purchaser. Combining prewritten programs remains prewritten. Software developed for a specific purchaser but sold to others is prewritten. By default delivered on tangible storage media. |
| 30300 | ↳ ↳ Optional Maintenance Contract | under 30040 | A software maintenance contract the customer is not obligated to purchase as a condition of sale; may include training sessions. |
| 30310 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Download | under 30300 | Updates to prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. |
| 30320 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer | under 30300 | Updates to prewritten software delivered via tangible storage media not physically transferred to the purchaser. |
| 30400 | ↳ ↳ Updates only (media) | under 30040 | Optional updates-only maintenance contract, not required as a condition of purchase of prewritten software. |
| 30410 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Download | under 30400 | Updates to prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. |
| 30420 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer | under 30400 | Updates to prewritten software delivered by an installer. |
| 30430 | ↳ ↳ Support only | under 30040 | Optional support-only maintenance contract, not required as a condition of purchase of prewritten software. |
| 30070 | ↳ Remotely Accessed Prewritten Software | under 30000 | Prewritten software accessed remotely. (Referenced as a parent in the source for cloud/remote-access subcodes 93200-93206; its own definition row was not in the export.) |
| 93200 | ↳ ↳ Remote Processing Software | under 30070 | Remote data processing service controlled/directed by the customer using specialized or proprietary software. |
| 93201 | ↳ ↳ Remote Processing Service | under 30070 | Remote data processing service NOT controlled/directed by the customer using specialized/proprietary software. |
| 93202 | ↳ ↳ Infrastructure as a Service | under 30070 | Remote single- or multi-tenant server instances the customer remotely manages. |
| 93203 | ↳ ↳ Remote Storage Service | under 30070 | Separately stated remote data storage capacity. |
| 93204 | ↳ ↳ Remote CPU Service | under 30070 | Separately stated remote computing resources (may include remote storage). |
| 93205 | ↳ ↳ Remotely Accessed Software for Business Use | under 30070 | Prewritten remotely accessed software used exclusively for business. In all but one state, identical to 30070. |
| 93206 | ↳ ↳ Remotely Accessed Software for Personal Use | under 30070 | Prewritten remotely accessed software used exclusively for non-business purposes. |
| 30100 | ↳ Computer | under 30000 | An electronic device that accepts digital information and manipulates it based on a sequence of instructions. Often exempt during holidays if for individual (non-business) use. May be sold standalone or bundled with peripherals/software for a single price. |
| 93011 | ↳ ↳ Computer Peripheral | under 30100 | Input/display/control connected directly to a computer (monitor, keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone, speakers). Excludes software, games, game peripherals (93012), printers (93015), printer supplies (93016), PDAs (93013). |
| 93012 | ↳ ↳ Gaming Peripherals | under 30100 | Input/display/control connected to a computer solely for gaming (joysticks, steering wheels, pedals). Excludes software or standard computer peripherals (93011). |
| 93013 | ↳ ↳ Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) | under 30100 | A handheld data organizer. Excludes smartphones (Blackberry, iPhone, Android, etc.). |
| 93015 | ↳ ↳ Printers | under 30100 | Laser, ink jet, thermal transfer, or dot matrix printers. Excludes computer peripherals (93011) and printer supplies (93016). |
| 93016 | ↳ ↳ Printer Supplies | under 30100 | Paper, inks, toner cartridges, and printer repair/maintenance parts. Excludes printers, computers, peripherals, furniture. |
| 93018 | ↳ ↳ Equipment Protection Plan | under 30100 | Optional, separately stated charges for TPP maintenance/repair/warranty contracts. Not software maintenance contracts (30200-30430). Exempt entities may qualify with an exemption certificate. |
| 30101 | ↳ Bulk sales of computers | under 30000 | Bulk sales of computers. |
| 30200 | ↳ Prewritten software updates (parent node) | under 30000 | Parent/grouping node referenced by child TICs but not defined as its own row in the source export. Added so children nest correctly. |
| 30210 | ↳ ↳ Download | under 30200 | Updates to prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. (Parent node 30200 referenced but not defined as its own row in source.) |
| 30220 | ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer | under 30200 | Updates to prewritten software delivered via tangible storage media not physically transferred to the purchaser. |
| 30330 | ↳ Non-prewritten software updates (parent node) | under 30000 | Parent/grouping node referenced by child TICs but not defined as its own row in the source export. Added so children nest correctly. |
| 30340 | ↳ ↳ Download | under 30330 | Updates to non-prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. (Parent node 30330 referenced but not defined as its own row in source.) |
| 30350 | ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer | under 30330 | Updates to non-prewritten software delivered by an installer. |
| 30370 | ↳ Non-prewritten software updates (parent node) | under 30000 | Parent/grouping node referenced by child TICs but not defined as its own row in the source export. Added so children nest correctly. |
| 30380 | ↳ ↳ Download | under 30370 | Updates to non-prewritten software delivered by means other than tangible storage media. (Parent node 30370 referenced but not defined as its own row in source.) |
| 30390 | ↳ ↳ Delivered by installer | under 30370 | Updates to non-prewritten software delivered by an installer. |
| 31000 | ↳ Digital Products | under 30000 | Parent for products transferred electronically (obtained by means other than tangible storage media). |
| 31035 | ↳ ↳ Digital Audio-Visual Works (Movies) | under 31000 | A series of related images shown in succession imparting motion, with any accompanying sounds, obtained by means other than tangible storage media. |
| 31040 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Normal/permanent use | under 31035 | Digital audio-visual works with permanent-use rights. Excludes downloadable audio, streaming video, e-books, or less-than-permanent (rental) video (see 31050, 31060). |
| 31050 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Rental | under 31035 | Downloaded audio-visual works with rights of less than permanent use. |
| 31060 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Subscription | under 31035 | Downloaded or streaming audio-visual works with rights conditioned on continued payments. |
| 31065 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Reseller/Distributor | under 31035 | Digital audio-visual works sold to users other than the end user. |
| 31069 | ↳ ↳ Audio Works (Music) | under 31000 | Works from the fixation of musical, spoken, or other sounds (incl. ringtones), obtained by means other than tangible storage media. |
| 31070 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Normal/permanent use | under 31069 | Digital audio works (music, audio books) downloaded with permanent-use rights. Excludes downloadable video, streaming audio, e-books, or rental audio (see 31080, 31090). |
| 31080 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Rental | under 31069 | Downloaded audio works with rights of less than permanent use. |
| 31090 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Subscription | under 31069 | Downloaded or streaming audio works with rights conditioned on continued payments. |
| 31095 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Reseller/Distributor | under 31069 | Digital audio works sold to users other than the end user. |
| 93105 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Exempt Entity Works | under 31069 | Audio-visual works, literature, pamphlets, periodicals, tracts, and books published/sold by 501(c)(3) entities where no net earnings inure to a private individual/shareholder. |
| 31099 | ↳ ↳ Digital Books | under 31000 | Downloaded digital books with permanent-use rights (recreational, educational, religious). Excludes audio books (31070) and any digital goods delivered by tangible means. |
| 31100 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Normal/permanent use | under 31099 | Digital books with permanent-use rights. |
| 31110 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Rental | under 31099 | Digital books with rights of less than permanent use. |
| 31120 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Subscription | under 31099 | Digital books with rights conditioned on continued payments. |
| 31121 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Subscription (products transferred electronically) | under 31099 | Subscriptions to products transferred electronically. |
| 31125 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Reseller/Distributor | under 31099 | Digital books sold to users other than the end user. |
| 32000 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Digital textbooks | under 31099 | Digital textbooks. |
| 91001 | ↳ ↳ Credit Reports | under 31000 | An issued report of digital information used to establish creditworthiness of an individual or entity. |
| 93101 | ↳ ↳ Other/Miscellaneous | under 31000 | Electronically delivered (downloaded) digital goods with permanent-use rights (e.g., desktop wallpaper, ringtone, theme). Excludes prewritten software delivered electronically and mobile apps (use 30050). |
| 93102 | ↳ ↳ Digital Games | under 31000 | Games for computers or mobile devices. |
| 93103 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Downloadable Games | under 93102 | Games delivered via download with permanent or temporary use rights. Excludes online-game subscriptions or games delivered on tangible media. |
| 93104 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Online Games | under 93102 | Subscriptions to one or more online (server/internet-based) games or virtual worlds. Related game software is separate. |
| 93110 | ↳ ↳ News and Information | under 31000 | Newspapers and periodicals delivered electronically. |
| 93111 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Newspapers | under 93110 | Published works appearing as new editions daily or faster. Excludes video, audio, podcasts, e-books, periodicals. |
| 93112 | ↳ ↳ ↳ ↳ Single Issue | under 93111 | Downloadable single issues of newspapers. |
| 93113 | ↳ ↳ ↳ ↳ Subscription | under 93111 | Access to newspapers delivered via download or online, for periodic subscription fees. |
| 93115 | ↳ ↳ ↳ Periodicals | under 93110 | Published works appearing at regular intervals of more than one day. Excludes video, audio, podcasts, e-books, newspapers. |
| 93116 | ↳ ↳ ↳ ↳ Single Issue | under 93115 | Downloadable single issues of periodicals. |
| 93117 | ↳ ↳ ↳ ↳ Subscription | under 93115 | Access to periodicals delivered via download or online, for periodic subscription fees. |
| 93119 | ↳ ↳ Website (subscription-based) | under 31000 | See Remote Access to Prewritten Software (30070). |