Laws, Regulations and Annotations

Search

Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024

Sales And Use Tax Law

Revenue and Taxation Code

Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 1. Sales and Use Taxes
Chapter 3. The Use Tax

Article 2. Registration

Section 6225


Text of Section Operative January 1, 2024, Through December 31, 2028

6225. Use tax registration. (a) In order to facilitate the collection of use tax imposed by this part, a qualified purchaser shall register with the department on a form prescribed by the department and shall set forth the name under which the qualified purchaser transacts or intends to transact business, the location of the qualified purchaser's place or places of business, and other information as the department may require.

(b) Article 1 (commencing with Section 6451) of Chapter 5 shall apply to a qualified purchaser, except that a return showing the total sales price of the tangible personal property purchased by the qualified purchaser, the storage, use, or other consumption of which became subject to the use tax during the preceding calendar year, and which was not paid to a retailer required to collect the tax or which was not paid to a retailer the qualified purchaser reasonably believed was required to collect the tax, shall be filed, together with a remittance of the amount of the tax due, with the department on or before April 15.

(c) A "qualified purchaser" means a person that meets all of the following conditions:

(1) The person is not required to hold a seller's permit pursuant to this part.

(2) The person is not required to be registered pursuant to Section 6226.

(3) The person is not a holder of a use tax direct payment permit as described in Section 7051.3.

(4) The person makes more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in purchases subject to use tax per calendar year and that tax has not otherwise been paid on those purchases to a retailer engaged in business in this state or to a retailer who is authorized by the department, under the rules and regulations as it may prescribe, to collect the tax.

(5) The person is not otherwise registered with the department to report use tax.

(d) This section shall not apply to the purchase of a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 6271) of Chapter 3.5.

(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.

History—Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 16XXXX (AB 18XXXX), in effect July 28, 2009, but operative October 23, 2009. Stats. 2023, Ch. 355 (AB 1097), in effect January 1, 2024, replaced "board" with "department" throughout; deleted "of this part" after "Chapter 5" in subdivision (b); substituted "makes more than ten" for "receives at least one hundred" after "The person" in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c); substituted "$10,000" for "$100,000" after "thousand dollars" in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c); substituted "purchases subject to use tax per" for "gross receipts from business operations" before "per calendar year" in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c); added "and that tax has not otherwise been paid on those purchases to a retailer engaged in business in this state or to a retailer who is authorized by the department, under the rules and regulations as it may prescribe, to collect the tax" after "per calendar year" in paragraph (4) of subdivision (c); deleted "of this part" after "of Chapter 3.5" in subdivision (d); added subdivision (e).


Text of Section Operative January 1, 2029

6225. Use tax registration.(a) In order to facilitate the collection of use tax imposed by this part, a qualified purchaser shall register with the board on a form prescribed by the board and shall set forth the name under which the qualified purchaser transacts or intends to transact business, the location of the qualified purchaser’s place or places of business, and other information as the board may require.

(b) Article 1 (commencing with Section 6451) of Chapter 5 shall apply to a qualified purchaser, except that a return showing the total sales price of the tangible personal property purchased by the qualified purchaser, the storage, use, or other consumption of which became subject to the use tax during the preceding calendar year, and which was not paid to a retailer required to collect the tax or which was not paid to a retailer the qualified purchaser reasonably believed was required to collect the tax, shall be filed, together with a remittance of the amount of the tax due, with the board on or before April 15.

(c) A “qualified purchaser” means a person that meets all of the following conditions:

(1) The person is not required to hold a seller’s permit pursuant to this part.

(2) The person is not required to be registered pursuant to Section 6226.

(3) The person is not a holder of a use tax direct payment permit as described in Section 7051.3.

(4) The person receives at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in gross receipts from business operations per calendar year.

(5) The person is not otherwise registered with the board to report use tax.

(d) This section shall not apply to the purchase of a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 6271) of Chapter 3.5.

(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2029.

History—Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 355 (AB 1097), in effect January 1, 2023, but operative January 1, 2023.