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(a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part the gross receipts from the sale of and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of watercraft and any sales of tangible personal property becoming a component part of that watercraft in the course of constructing, repairing, cleaning, altering, or improving the same, and charges made for labor and services rendered in respect to that constructing, repairing, cleaning, altering, or improving, if any of the following conditions are met:
(1) The watercraft is for use in interstate or foreign commerce involving the transportation of property or persons for hire.
(2) The watercraft is for use in commercial deep sea fishing operations outside the territorial waters of this state by persons who are regularly engaged in commercial deep sea fishing.
(3) The watercraft is functionally used 80 percent or more of the time in the transporting for hire of property or persons to vessels or offshore drilling platforms located outside the territorial waters of this state.
(b) For purposes of this section, it shall be rebuttably presumed that a person is not regularly engaged in the business of commercial deep sea fishing if the person has gross receipts from commercial fishing operations of less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) a year.
(c) For purposes of this section, it shall be rebuttably presumed that the watercraft is not regularly used in interstate or foreign commerce involving the transportation for hire of property or persons, if the yearly gross receipts of the person using that watercraft in the transportation of property or persons do not exceed 10 percent of the cost of that watercraft to him or her, or twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), whichever is less.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 6368 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/revenue-and-taxation-code/rtc-sect-6368/
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