There is hereby levied and there shall be paid by every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming within the municipality tangible personal property purchased or brought into this municipality, an excise tax on the storage, use, or other consuming within the municipality of such property at the rate that, when combined with the excise tax levied pursuant to the original use tax ordinance, shall be equal to the prevailing total of all sales taxes levied by the municipality on the purchase price of such property. Such tax shall be paid by every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming, within the municipality, tangible personal property purchased or brought into the municipality. The additional tax levied hereunder shall be paid at the time of importation or storage of the property within the municipality and shall be assessed to only property purchased outside the state; provided, that the tax levied herein shall not be levied against tangible personal property intended solely for use outside the municipality, but which is stored within the municipality pending shipment outside the municipality or which is temporarily retained in the municipality for the purpose of fabrication, repair, testing, alteration, maintenance, or other service. Any person liable for payment of the tax authorized herein, may deduct from such tax any local or municipal sales tax previously paid on such goods or services; provided, that the amount deducted shall not exceed the amount that would have been due if the taxes imposed by the municipality had been levied on the sale of such goods or services.
(Prior Code, § 37.067) (Ord. 1064, passed 1-8-1985; Ord. 1416, passed 11-11-2003; Ord. 1593, passed 4-8-2008)