California Use Tax Basics (Publication 110)
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The TRA Office helps taxpayers when they are unable to resolve a matter through normal channels (for example, by speaking to a supervisor); when they want information regarding procedures relating to a particular set of circumstances, or when there are apparent rights violations.

Guides

• Storage and Use Exclusion
• Use Tax Collection Requirements Based on Sales into California Due to the Wayfair Decision

Publications

• 44 District Taxes (Sales and Use Taxes)
• 46 Leasing Tangible Personal Property
• 52 Vehicles and Vessels: Use Tax
• 61 Sales and Use Taxes: Tax Expenditures
• 79 Documented Vessels and California Tax
• 79A Aircraft and California Tax
• 105 District Taxes and Sales Delivered in California
• 123 California Businesses: How to Identify and Report California Use Tax Due
• 126 Mandatory Use Tax Registration for Service Enterprises

Regulations

• 1567 Banks and Insurance Companies
• 1661 Leases of Mobile Transportation Equipment
• 1684 Collection of Use Tax by Retailers
• 1685 Payment of Tax by Purchasers
• 1686 Receipts for Tax Paid to Retailers
• 1823 Application of Transactions (Sales) Tax and Use Tax
• 1827 Collection of Use Tax by Retailers (district taxes)

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• Get It In Writing — The Sales and Use Tax Law can be complex, and you are encouraged to put your tax questions in writing.
• Contact Us — A listing of CDTFA contacts for your questions and concerns.
• Local and District Tax Guide for Retailers – A tax guide for retailers to learn more about how to properly collect, report, and pay local and district taxes.
  Please note: The tab, Online Retailers: Registration and Local Tax, located on this guide, provides additional registration and local tax information for online retailers.