Section 241 Of Article 1. Taxable And Exempt Property From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The first fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of personal
property that consists of hand tools owned and supplied by an
employee that are required as a condition of that employee's
employment are exempt from taxation.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Hand tools" means hand-held implements and equipment,
including hand-held power tools, of which any one may be transported
to and from the workplace and which are necessary for the ordinary
and regular performance of the employee's work, and also means the
appropriate storage containers used to store those implements and
that equipment.
(2) "Hand tools owned and supplied by an employee" means only
those hand tools that are either owned by the employee prior to the
employment or acquired and paid for by the employee during the
employment, that the employee will continue to own after termination
of the employment.
(3) "Employee" means any individual who is employed by an employer
that directly or indirectly supervises that person and exercises
control over the wages and working conditions of individual workers.
"Employee" does not include a self-employed individual or an
independent contractor.