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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024
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325.0000 Interstate and Foreign Commerce—Regulation 1620
Annotation 325.0094
(a) In General—Shipments Into California from Points Outside State
325.0094 Purchase of Motor Home. A California resident purchased a large motor home with about 10,000 miles from a dealer in Oregon on or about April 15, 1996. Since the purchase, the motor home has been stored in Oregon when not in use. The California resident claims he has taken two trips to date in the motor home, one for 1,500 miles in May 1996 and the other for 1,200 miles in June 1996, all outside California. He plans to use the vehicle in August 1996 to go to Canada, expects to put another 2,500 miles on it, and then bring it into California. The vehicle carries enough fuel for more than 2,000 miles so that owner claims he cannot provide fuel or maintenance receipts establishing the date or itinerary of any of the use.
It is necessary for a purchaser who claims that he did not purchase the property for use in this State to overcome the presumption in section 6248 that it was purchased for use in California. It is difficult for a purchaser to overcome the presumption that the vehicle was purchased for use in California solely upon declarations and odometer readings. It is reasonable to expect that the purchaser would have some documentation to support his contention that he used the vehicle outside California for more than 90 days. [See note below.] The type of documents that could be used to support the purchaser's contention are receipts for purchases made out of state for groceries to provision the vehicle, dining out and entertainment receipts or ticket stubs from movies, receipts for maintenance such as oil changes or other repairs to the vehicle, receipts for registration at parks or other facilities used during travel, receipts for dumping of waste, and telephone bills showing calls made from places outside the State. 9/27/96. (Am. 2006–1; Am. 2008–1).
(Note.—For the period October 2, 2004 through June 30, 2007, under certain conditions any vehicle, vessel, or aircraft purchased outside of California and brought into the state within 12 months from the date of its purchase is presumed to be acquired for storage, use, or other consumption in California and subject to use tax.) (Regulation 1620(b)(5).)