The issue on this appeal is whether the taxpayers-appellants should be assessed at the lower excise tax rate of one-half percent or at the retail rate of four percent. Taxpayers in this court, and the court below, urge that they qualify for the wholesale rate because they provide services through an "intermediary" and thus fall within HRS § 237-18(c), which provides that:
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