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Any person required to make, render, sign or verify any report or return under the provisions of this article who makes any false or fraudulent return with intent to defeat or evade the determination of an amount due and required to be paid hereunder, or who fails to make any required return to the Director of Finance, or who fails to pay any tax imposed by the provisions of this Article, or who violates any of the other terms of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this article, including but not limited to any exemption is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this article. The Council of the City hereby declares that it would have adopted this article and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Added by Ord. No. 107,030, Eff. 4/1/56.)
Section
21.6.1 Short Title.
21.6.2 Purpose.
21.6.3 Operative Date – Contract with State.
21.6.4 Sales Tax.
21.6.5 Use Tax.
21.6.6 Amendments.
21.6.6.1 Application of Provisions Relating to Exclusions and Exemptions.
21.6.7 Enjoining Collection Forbidden.
21.6.8 Existing Sales and Use Tax Ordinances Suspended.
21.6.9 Severability.
21.6.10 Use Tax Incentive Program.
The City Council of the City of Los Angeles hereby declares that this ordinance is adopted to achieve the following, among other, purposes, and directs that the provisions hereof be interpreted in order to accomplish those purposes:
(a) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which complies with the requirements and limitations contained in Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of California;
(b) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which incorporates provisions identical to those of the Sales and Use Tax Law of the State of California insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements and limitations contained in Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the said Revenue and Taxation Code;
(c) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which imposes a one per cent (1%) tax and provides a measure therefor that can be administered and collected by the State Board of Equalization in a manner that adapts itself as fully as practical to, and requires the least possible deviation from, the existing statutory and administrative procedures followed by the State Board of Equalization in administering and collecting the California State Sales and Use Taxes;
(d) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which can be administered in a manner that will, to the degree possible consistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the said Revenue and Taxation Code, minimize the cost of collecting city sales and use taxes and at the same time minimize the burden of record keeping upon persons subject to taxation under the provisions of this ordinance;
(e) (None)
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