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Article 4. Exemption Certificates of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 4.
(a) If a purchaser certifies in writing to a seller that the
property purchased will be used in a manner or for a purpose
entitling the seller to regard the gross receipts from the sale as
exempted by this chapter from the computation of the amount of the
sales tax, and uses the property in some other manner or for some
other purpose, the purchaser shall be liable for payment of sales tax
as if he were a retailer making a retail sale of the property at the
time of such use, and the cost of the property to him shall be
deemed the gross receipts from such retail sale. The certificate
shall relieve the seller from liability for the sales tax only if it
is taken in good faith.
(b) For purposes of this section, "use" is the same as defined in Section 6009 without the exclusion defined in Section 6009.1.
(b) For purposes of this section, "use" is the same as defined in Section 6009 without the exclusion defined in Section 6009.1.
The board may provide for exemption certificates and other
tax clearance certificates to be issued by it or by retailers selling
vehicles as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 6271) of
Chapter 3.5, commercial coaches as defined in Section 18001.8 of the
Health and Safety Code or mobilehomes as defined by Section 18008 of
the Health and Safety Code. The certificates shall be used to allow a
completion of registration of a vehicle by the Department of Motor
Vehicles or a commercial coach or mobilehome by the Department of
Housing and Community Development. The certificates may indicate that
the board finds that no use tax is due or is likely to become due
with respect to the storage, use, or other consumption of the
vehicle, commercial coach, or mobilehome, or that the tax has been
paid or is to be paid in a manner not requiring the withholding of a
registration or transfer of registration. The certificates shall be
in such form as the board may prescribe and shall be executed, issued
and accepted for clearance of registration on such conditions as the
board may prescribe. The issuance, alteration, forgery, or use of
any such certificate in a manner contrary to the requirements of the
board constitutes a misdemeanor.
(a) A purchaser certifying under subparagraph (B) of
paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6011 or subparagraph (B)
of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6012 that he or she is
entitled to either a direct refund or credit against his or her
income tax for the federal excise tax paid shall do so in a form
prescribed by the board.
(b) If the purchaser provides the certificate referred to in subdivision (a) and uses the fuel in a manner that does not entitle the purchaser to a direct refund or credit against his or her income tax for the federal excise tax paid or if the purchaser does not receive such a refund or credit, the purchaser shall be liable for sales or use tax measured by the amount of federal excise tax paid to the extent the seller has not remitted sales or use tax measured by that amount. The certificate shall relieve the seller from liability for any sales or use tax due only if it is taken in good faith.
(c) Any person, including any officer or employee of a corporation, who certifies under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6011 or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6012 that he or she is entitled to either a direct refund or credit against his or her income tax for the federal excise tax paid on fuel when that person knows at the time of purchase that he or she shall not be entitled to the refund or credit is liable to the state for the amount of sales or use tax that would be due if he or she had not so certified. In addition to the tax, interest, and other penalties, the person shall be liable to the state for a penalty of 10 percent of the tax or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater, for purchases made for personal gain or to evade payment of taxes.
(d) Any person, including any officer or employee of a corporation, who, for the purpose of evading payment to the seller of a portion of the tax applicable to the transaction, certifies under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6011 or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6012 that he or she is entitled to either a direct refund or credit against his or her income tax for the federal excise tax paid on fuel when that person knows at the time of purchase that he or she is not entitled to such a refund or credit is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 7153.
(b) If the purchaser provides the certificate referred to in subdivision (a) and uses the fuel in a manner that does not entitle the purchaser to a direct refund or credit against his or her income tax for the federal excise tax paid or if the purchaser does not receive such a refund or credit, the purchaser shall be liable for sales or use tax measured by the amount of federal excise tax paid to the extent the seller has not remitted sales or use tax measured by that amount. The certificate shall relieve the seller from liability for any sales or use tax due only if it is taken in good faith.
(c) Any person, including any officer or employee of a corporation, who certifies under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6011 or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6012 that he or she is entitled to either a direct refund or credit against his or her income tax for the federal excise tax paid on fuel when that person knows at the time of purchase that he or she shall not be entitled to the refund or credit is liable to the state for the amount of sales or use tax that would be due if he or she had not so certified. In addition to the tax, interest, and other penalties, the person shall be liable to the state for a penalty of 10 percent of the tax or five hundred dollars ($500), whichever is greater, for purchases made for personal gain or to evade payment of taxes.
(d) Any person, including any officer or employee of a corporation, who, for the purpose of evading payment to the seller of a portion of the tax applicable to the transaction, certifies under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6011 or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 6012 that he or she is entitled to either a direct refund or credit against his or her income tax for the federal excise tax paid on fuel when that person knows at the time of purchase that he or she is not entitled to such a refund or credit is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 7153.
