What are information services?

Information services include:

1. Electronic data retrieval or research; and

2. Collecting, compiling, analyzing or furnishing of information such as general or specialized news, other current information or financial information, by printed or electronic means.

3. Cable television, direct-to-home satellite, video programming and satellite digital audio radio services.

Information services include delivering or providing access to information through databases or subscriptions. Information services include services that meet the aforementioned definitions regardless of whether the services are transferred physically or electronically.

Examples of Information Services

Newsletters:

• Penguin Random House

• The Shimm

• Morning Brew

Tax Guides:

• Wolters Kluwer CCH AnswerConnect

Research Publications:

• The New England Journal of Medicine

• American Economic Review

Financial market, investment, circulation, credit, stock market or bond rating reports:

• Fitch Ratings

• Qapital

• The Motley Fool

Mailing Lists:

• Mailchimp

• Constant Contact

• Aweber

Abstracts of title:

• Self-explanatory

News clipping services:

• Brand24

• Talkwalker

Wire services or reports:

• The Associated Press

• Reuters

• Bloomberg News

Scouting reports:

• National Scouting Report

• Total Football Analysis

• Scouted Notebook

Surveys:

• Self-explanatory

Bad check lists:

• ChexSystems

• TeleCheck

• Certegy

Broadcast rating services:

• Neilsen Media Research

• Television Bureau of Advertising

Credit reports:

• Equifax

• Experian

• TransUnion

Subscriptions to genealogical, financial, or similar databases:

• Ancestry

• FamilySearch

Severe weather alerts, for an annual fee:

• Storm Shield

• WeatherTAP

Pharmaceutical market research data:

• IQVITA Longitudinal Prescription Data

• Symphony Health Solutions

• Wolters Kluwer

• Nielsen Health

Internet user statistics:

• Google Analytics

• Mixpanel

• Amplitude

Legislative tracking services:

• LegisScan

• State Net

Sales lead generators:

• CIENCE

• RocketReach

• SalesRoads

Data retrieval and/or research such as stock quotations, court cases, administrative hearings:

• Nasdaq Consolidated Quotes and Trades

• Public Access to Court Electronic Records

Global positioning system services such as driving directions, sports, news or similar information provided through satellite audio programming services:

• Kayo Business Fleet GPS Tracker

• Family1st

• FleetUp

Cable television services, direct-to-home satellite services, video programming services, and satellite digital audio radio services, solely for the purposes of state sales and use tax:

• DirecTV

• Dish Network

• Starlink

• SiriusXM

• Cox

• Spectrum

Examples of services which are NOT information services:

• Real estate appraisal service

• Criminal background checks

• Polygraph tests

• Consulting services to advise clients on computer hardware/software needs

• Contract programing services that consist of the design, development and implementation of computer programs based on a client’s particular environment

• Attorney services

• Environmental testing services that include reports on factors such as the condition of the property, levels of a particular substance, habitability, etc.

• Payroll processing services

• Payment processing services

• Court stenography services

• Accident reconstruction services

• Preparation and filing of articles to form corporations or limited liability companies

• Educational seminars, classes or courses

• Bank account balances

• Medical lab tests

• Furnishing of academic transcripts

• Information sold to radio, television stations or newspapers

• Information gathered or compiled on behalf of a particular client that is of a proprietary nature and may not be sold to other. Examples include the following if proprietary in nature:

  • client specific purchase and sales data

  • custom market research reports

  • client specific website usage and information reports