Article 3. Registration of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 20. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
Every service supplier in this state shall register with the
board upon a form prescribed by the board and shall set forth the
name under which it transacts or intends to transact business and
such other information as the board may require.
(a) When necessary to ensure compliance with this part, the
board may require any person subject to this part to place with it
the security that the board determines. Security in the form of cash,
insured deposits in banks or savings and loan institutions, or a
bond or bonds duly executed by an admitted surety insurer, payable to
the state, conditioned upon faithful performance of all of the
requirements of this part and expressly providing for the payment of
all taxes, penalties, and other obligations of the person arising out
of this part, shall be held in trust to be used solely in the manner
provided by this section. The amount of security shall be fixed by
the board, not to exceed twice the estimated average quarterly
liability of persons filing for quarterly periods, or three times the
estimated average monthly liability of persons filing for monthly
periods, determined in the manner that the board deems proper.
Security held by the board shall be released after a three-year
period in which the person has filed all returns and paid all tax due
to the state under this part or any amount of tax required to be
collected and paid to the state within the time required.
(b) If, when a person discontinues business, the board holds
security pursuant to this section in the form of cash or insured
deposits in banks or savings and loan institutions, the security when
applied to the account of the taxpayer shall be deemed a payment on
any liability of the person to the board on the date the business is
discontinued.
(c) This section shall not apply to a taxpayer who either has
timely filed all returns and paid all tax due to the state under this
part for the three consecutive years prior to the effective date of
this section, or has, on or before July 31, 1998, timely filed all
returns and paid all tax due to the state under this part since the
taxpayer registered with the board pursuant to Section 41040.
However, the board may require security from any such taxpayer who
fails to remain in compliance with the reporting and payment
requirements of this part subsequent to the effective date of this
section.