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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC-1580 - Sales & Use Tax AgreementCity of AGREEMENT FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL SALES AND USE TAXES To carry out Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and the sales and usetax ordinance of the City hereinabove designated, hereinafter called the City, copy of which ordinance is attached hereto, the City and the State Board of Equalization, hereinafter called the Board, do agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Unless the context requires otherwise, wherever the following terms appear in this Agreement they shall be interpreted to mean the following: 1. "Local Taxes" shall mean the sales and use taxes, penalties, and interest imposed by the City under an ordinance which complies with Part 1.5, Division 2, of the Revenue and Taxation Code. 2. "Conforming Taxing Jurisdiction" shall mean any county, city, or city and county of this State which has adopted a sales and use tax ordinance of the kind described in Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and which has entered into a contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of the ordinance. 3. "City Ordinance" shall mean the Uniform City Sales and Use Tax Ordinance attached hereto, as amended from time to time. ARTICLE II ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF LOCAL TAXES A. Administration. The Board and the City agree that the Board shall perform ex- clusively all functions incident to the administration and operation of the City ordinance. B. Other applicable laws. The City agrees that all provisions of law applicable to the administration and operation of the State Sales and Use Tax Law shall be applicable co the administration and operation of the City ordinance and that money collected pursuant to the City ordinance may be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Retail Sales Tax Fund and may be drawn from chat Fund for the purpose of making refunds, for the purpose of compensating and reimbursing the Board pursuant to Article IV of this Agreement and for the purpose of trans- mitting to the City the amount to which the City is entitled. C. Transmittal of money. Except as otherwise provided herein, all local taxes collected under the provisions of the City ordinance shall be transmitted to the City periodically as promptly as feasible. Such transmittals shall be made at least twice in each calendar quarter. Transmittals may be made by mail or by deposit to the account of the City in a bank in Sacra- mento designated by the City. A statement shall be furnished indicating the amount withheld pursuant to Article IV of this agreement. D. Rules. The Board shall prescribe and adopt such rules and regulations as in its judgment are necessary or desirable for the administration and operation of the City ordinance and the distribution of the local taxes collected thereunder. BT-527 REV. 4 (8-73) E. Preference. Us the payor instructs otherwise and pt as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Board shall give no preference in applyingmoney received for sales and use taxes owed by a taxpayer but shall apply all monies collected to the satisfaction of the claims of the State and the claims of the City as their interests appear. F. Security. The Board agrees that any security which it hereafter requires to be fur- nished under the State Sales and Use Tax Law will be upon such terms that it also will be available for the payment of the claims of the City for local taxesowing to it as its interest appears. The Board shall not be required to change the terms of any security now held by it and the City shall not participate in any security now held by the Board. G. Names of sellers. The Board agrees to furnish the names, addresses, account num- bers, and the business classification codes of all sellers holding sellers' permits within the City. H. Records of the Board. When requested by resolution of the City Council of the City, the Board shall permit any duly authorized officer or employee of the City to examine the sales and use tax records of the Board pertaining to sales and use taxescollected for the City by the Board. pursuant to this Agreement. Information obtained by the City from the examination of the Board's records shall be used by the City only for purposes related co the collection of local sales and use taxes by the Board pursuant to this Agreement. I. City tax rate. The City agrees that any change in the rate of its conforming local sales and use tax will be made effective at the beginning of a calendar quarter and that it will give the Board at least two months' notice thereof and that it will also give notice to the Board of Supervisors of the County in which the City lies. J. Annexation. The City agrees that the Board shall not be required to give effect to an annexation, for the purpose of collecting and distributing city sales and use taxes, earlier than the first day of the calendar quarter which commences not less than two months after notice to the Board. The notice shall include two maps of the annexed area together with the address of the property nearest to the extended city boundary on every street crossing that boundary. ARTICLE III ALLOCATION OF TAX A. Deficiency determination. All local taxes collected as a result of determinations or billings made by the Board, and all amounts refunded or credited may be distributed or charged to the respective conforming taxing jurisdictions in .the same ratio as the taxpayer's self - declared local tax for the period for which the determination, billing, refund, or credit applies. B. Allocation. When the 1 o c al tax is collected from or refunded or credited to the following: (1) Retailers having traveling sellers' permits or certificates of authority to collect use tax issued by the Board; (2) Persons regarded by the Board as retailers pursuant to Section 6015 of the Reve- nue and Taxation Code; (3) Persto'n fot'whom no continuing account number was active at the date of pay- ment; or (4) Other retailers or purchasers having no permanent place of business within the State as determined by the Board; BT-527 REV. 4 (8-73) or when the local tax is collected by way of deduction from, or when a refund of local tax is made in conjunction with, refunds of motor vehicle fuel license taxes, or when local tax is col- lected and direct allocation is impractical, the Board may distribute or charge such local tax to all conforming taxing jurisdictions in the county in which the sale or use occurred using the ratios reflected by the distribution of taxes collected from all other taxpayers in that county. To the extent that this cannot be done in a manner consistent with the economic and efficient performance of the duties of the Board under the Revenue and Taxation Code and the provisions of this Agreement, the Board may distribute or charge such local tax to all conforming taxing jurisdictions of this State using the ratios reflected by the distribution of taxes collected from all other taxpayers in the State. In making allocations under this paragraph county tax imposed at a rate in excess of 1, percent shall be excluded. C. Vehicles, Vessels, and Aircraft. For the purposes of allocating local tax with respect to vehicles required to be registered or identified under the Vehicle Code, and with respect to vessels and aircraft, the address of the registered owner appearing upon the applica- tion for registration or identification may be used by the Board in determining the city of use. To the extent this cannot be done in a manner consistent with the economic and efficient perfor- mance of the duties of the Board under the Revenue and Taxation Code and this Agreement, the Board may allocate tax with respect to such vehicles, vessels, and aircraft in the manner pro- vided in Paragraph B of this Article. ARTICLE IV COMPENSATION The City agrees to pay the Board as the Board's cost of administering the City ordi- nances such amount as is provided by law. Such amounts shall be deducted from the taxes collected by the Board for the City. ARTICLE V MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS A. Communications. Communications and notices may be sent by first-class United States Mail. A notification is complete when deposited in the mail. Communications and notices to be sent to the Board shall be addressed to: State Board of Equalization P.O. Box 1799 Sacramento, California 95808 Attention: Executive Secretary Communications and notices to be sent to the City shall be addressed to: City of latypert . Beath 3300. Sswpst ant. ash 1ievptrt Ilsaeb. Ot 12060 anaz lwt Pisani* *islettr BT-527 REV. 4 (8-73) 3 - B. Term. The datis Agreement is the date on,wh. it is approved by the i5e partment .of General Services. The Agreement shall .take effect on a first day of the calendar quarter next succeeding the date of such approval, but in no case before the operative date of the City ordinance, nor ona day other than the first day of a calendar quarter. This Agreement shall continue unrsl September 30 next following the operative date of the City ordinance, and shall thereafter be renewed automatically from year to year unless one of the parties gives written notice of termination at least two ;months before the end of the term. The Board may ter - a inate this Agreement in the manner provided by law. C. This Agreement replaces and supersedes the Agreement..' dated Unit 104. SA heretofore entered into by the Board and the City, which prior Agreement is hereby terminated. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION BT-527 REV.. 4 (8-73)