Section 6094 Of Article 3. Presumptions And Resale Certificates From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) If a purchaser who gives a resale certificate makes any
use of the property other than retention, demonstration, or display
while holding it for sale in the regular course of business, the use
shall be taxable to the purchaser under Chapter 3 (commencing with
Section 6201) of this part as of the time the property is first used
by him, and, except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of
this section, the sales price of the property to him shall be the
measure of the tax.
(b) If such use is limited to the loan of the property to
customers as an accommodation while awaiting delivery of property
purchased or leased from the lender or while property is being
repaired for customers by the lender, the measure of the tax is the
fair rental value of the property for the duration of each loan so
made.
(c) If the property is used frequently for purposes of
demonstration or display while holding it for sale in the regular
course of business and is used partly for other purposes, the measure
of the tax is the fair rental value of the property for the period
of such other use or uses.
(d) If the property is mobile transportation equipment as defined
in Section 6023, and the use is limited to leasing the equipment, the
purchaser may elect to pay his use tax measured by the fair rental
value, if the election is made on or before the due date of a return
for the period in which the equipment is first leased. The election
must be made by reporting tax measured by the fair rental value on
the return for that period, or in such other manner as the board may
prescribe. Tax must thereafter be paid with the return for each
reporting period, measured by the fair rental value, whether the
equipment is within or without the state. The election may not be
revoked with respect to the equipment as to which it is made.
(e) As used in subdivision (d), the term "fair rental value" means
the rentals required by the purchaser under the lease except where
the board determines that such rentals are nominal. The term shall
not include any reimbursement payments made by the lessee to the
purchaser for such use tax.