San Juan Capistrano Municipal Code Art. 4 Sales and Use Taxes

This article shall be known as the “Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law of the City of San Juan Capistrano.”

(§ 1, Ord. 241)

The rate of the sales tax and use tax imposed by the provisions of this article shall be one percent.

(§ 2, Ord. 241)

The provisions of this article shall be operative on January 1, 1974.

(§ 3, Ord. 241)

The Council hereby declares that the provisions of this article are adopted to achieve the following, among other, purposes and directs that the provisions of this article be interpreted in order to accomplish those purposes:

(a) To adopt a sales and use tax law which complies with the requirements and limitations set forth in Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State;

(b) To adopt a sales and use tax law which incorporates provisions identical to those of the Sales and Use Tax Law of the State insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements and limitations set forth in Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State;

(c) To adopt a sales and use tax law which imposes a tax and provides a measure therefor that can be administered and collected by the State Board of Equalization in a manner that adapts itself as fully as practicable to, and requires the least possible deviation from, the existing statutory and administrative procedures followed by the State Board of Equalization in administering and collecting the sales and use taxes of the State; and

(d) To adopt a sales and use tax law which can be administered in a manner that will, to the degree possible consistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State, minimize the cost of collecting City sales and use taxes and at the same time minimize the burden of record keeping upon persons subject to taxation under the provisions of this article.

(§ 4, Ord. 241)

The City shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all the functions incident to the administration and operation of this sales and use tax law.

(§ 5, Ord. 241)

For the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail, a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers in the City, at the rate set forth in Section 3-3.402 of this article, of the gross receipts of the retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in the City on and after the operative date of this article.

(§ 6, Ord. 241)

For the purposes of this article, all retail sales are consummated at the place of business of the retailer, unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer or his agent to an out-of-State destination or to a common carrier for delivery to an out-of-State destination. The gross receipts from such sales shall include delivery charges, when such charges are subject to the State sales and use tax, regardless of the place to which delivery is made. In the event a retailer has no permanent place of business in the State or has more than one place of business, the place at which the retail sales are consummated shall be determined under rules and regulations to be prescribed and adopted by the State Board of Equalization.

(§ 7, Ord. 241)

An excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in the City of tangible personal property purchased from any retailer on and after the operative date of this article for storage, use, or other consumption in the City at the rate set forth in Section 3-3.402 of this article of the sales price of the property. The sales price shall include delivery charges when such charges are subject to State sales or use tax, regardless of the place to which delivery is made.

(§ 8, Ord. 241)

Except as otherwise provided in this article and except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State, all of the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of said Code are hereby adopted and made a part of this article as though fully set forth in this article.

(§ 9, Ord. 241)

In adopting the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State, wherever the State is named or referred to as the taxing agency, the name of the City shall be substituted therefor. Such substitution, however, shall not be made when the word “State” is used as part of the title of the State Controller, the State Treasurer, the State Board of Control, the State Board of Equalization, the State Treasury, or the Constitution of the State. Such substitution shall not be made when the result of that substitution would require action to be taken by or against the City, or any agency thereof, rather than by or against the State Board of Equalization, in performing the functions incident to the administration or operation of the provisions of this article. Such substitution shall not be made in those sections, including, but not necessarily limited to, sections referring to the exterior boundaries of the State, where the result of the substitution would be to provide a exemption from such tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not otherwise be exempt from such tax while such sales, storage, use, or other consumption remains subject to tax by the State under the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of said Code, or to impose such tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not be subject to tax by the State under the said provisions of said Code. Such substitution shall not be made in Sections 6701, 6702 (except in the last sentence thereof), 6711, 6715, 6737, 6797, or 6828 of said Code. Such substitution shall not be made for the word “State” in the phrase “retailer engaged in business in this State” in Section 6203 of said Code or in the definition of said phrase in said Section 6203.

(§ 10, Ord. 241)

If a seller’s permit has been issued to a retailer pursuant to the provisions of Section 6067 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State, an additional seller’s permit shall not be required by the provisions of this article.

(§ 11, Ord. 241)

(a) The amount subject to tax shall not include any sales or use tax imposed by the State upon a retailer or consumer.

(b) The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State by any city and county, county, or city in the State shall be exempt from the tax due under this article.

(c) There are exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed principally outside the City in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property under the authority of the laws of the State, the United States, or any foreign government.

(d) In addition to the exemptions provided in Sections 6366 and 6366.1 of said Revenue and Taxation Code, the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of the State, the United States, or any foreign government shall be exempted from the use tax.

(§ 12, Ord. 241, as amended by § 1, Ord. 500, eff. December 6, 1983, operative January 1, 1984)

(a) The amount subject to tax shall not include any sales or use tax imposed by the State upon a retailer or consumer.

(b) The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State by any city and county, county, or city in the State shall be exempt from the tax due under this article.

(c) There are exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property to operators of waterborne vessels to be used or consumed principally outside the city in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the carriage of persons or property in such vessels for commercial purposes.

(d) The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of waterborne vessels and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the carriage of persons or property of such vessels for commercial purposes shall be exempted from the use tax.

(e) There are exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed principally outside the city in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property under the authority of the laws of the State, the United States, or any foreign government.

(f) In addition to the exemptions provided in Sections 6366 and 6366.1 of said Revenue and Taxation Code, the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of the State, the United States, or any foreign government shall be exempted from the use tax.

(§ 13, Ord. 241, as amended by § 2, Ord. 500, eff. December 6, 1983, operative on the operative date of any act of the Legislature of the State which amends Section 7202 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State or which repeals and reenacts said Section 7202 to provide an exemption from city taxes and use taxes for operators of waterborne vessels in the same, or substantially the same, language as that existing in subsections (7) and (8) of subsection (i) of said Section 7202 as said subsections read on October 1, 1983)

(§ 14, Ord. 241, as amended by § 1, Ord. 247; repealed by § 6, Ord. 500, eff. December 6, 1983)

All subsequent amendments of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State, which amendments relate to sales and use taxes and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Division 2 of said Code, shall automatically become a part of this article.

(§ 15, Ord. 241)

No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue in any suit, action, or proceeding in any court against the State or the City, or against any officer of the State or the City, to prevent or enjoin collection under this article or Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State.

(§ 16, Ord. 241)

In the event that the Redevelopment Agency of the City adopts an ordinance pursuant to the provisions of Section 7202.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State which provides for the levying of a sales and use tax within a project area of the Redevelopment Agency, any retailer or other person required to pay a sales or use tax pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be given a credit against amounts payable under this chapter in the amount of sales and/or use taxes payable to the Redevelopment Agency of the City under such ordinance adopted pursuant to the provisions of said Section 7202.6.

(§ 2, Ord. 593)