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For the purpose of the proper administration of this chapter and to prevent evasion of the tax hereby imposed, it shall be presumed that all motor vehicles used in the city of the types described in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subdivision three of section 11-801 of this chapter are used principally in the city or used principally in connection with a business carried on within the city and are subject to the tax until the contrary is established; and it shall be presumed that all motor vehicles used in the city of the types described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision four of section 11-801 of this chapter are used regularly, even though not principally in the city and are subject to the tax until the contrary is established. The burden of proving that a motor vehicle is not taxable under this chapter shall be on the owner of the motor vehicle.
Every owner of a motor vehicle subject to tax under this chapter shall keep such records of his or her vehicles and of their use in the city in such form as the commissioner of finance may by regulation require. Such records shall be offered for inspection and examination at any time upon demand by the commissioner of finance or the commissioner's duly authorized agent or employee and shall be preserved for a period of three years except that the commissioner of finance may consent to their destruction within that period or may require that they be kept longer.
a. By July thirteenth, nineteen hundred sixty or, upon acquiring any motor vehicle subject to tax hereunder after such date, within two days of such acquisition, every owner shall file with the commissioner of finance a certificate of registration in such form as prescribed by the commissioner of finance.
b. In order to determine whether motor vehicles are subject to the tax under this chapter and to facilitate administration thereof an information registration certificate in such form as is prescribed by the commissioner of finance shall be filed with the commissioner of finance by any person who owns or acquires:
1. A motor vehicle of a type described in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subdivision three of section 11-801 of this chapter which is registered in the city under the vehicle and traffic law or is used in the city in connection with a business carried on within the city; or
2. A motor vehicle of the type described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision four of section 11-801 of this chapter which is registered in the city under the vehicle and traffic law or is used in the city. Such an information registration certificate shall be filed by July thirteenth, nineteen hundred sixty or, if a motor vehicle is acquired after such date, within two days after such acquisition. An information registration certificate, however, need not be filed with respect to any motor vehicle for which a registration certificate has been filed pursuant to subdivision a of this section. The commissioner of finance may, by regulation, provide that information registration certificates need not be filed with respect to a type of motor vehicle or with respect to any general group within a type of motor vehicle.
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