|  | 2.__Gross receipts.__"Gross receipts" means total payments, | 
| excluding any grants, donations or research funding, received as | 
| consideration for the provision of private nonmedical institution | 
| services in this State for periods of less than one year or for | 
| the provision of the service of renting or leasing of automobiles | 
| in this State for periods of less than one year.__"Gross | 
| receipts" includes any charges for automobile maintenance and | 
| service contracts, transportation charges for delivery of an | 
| automobile to a lessee, intercity fees and collision damage | 
| waiver charges, whether or not such charges are separately | 
| stated.__"Gross receipts" does not include cancellation charges | 
| or separate charges for the sale of gasoline or other motor fuel.__ | 
| Gross receipts are net of any refunds made by a service provider | 
| to a consumer. |