A seller shall not advertise or hold out or state to the public or to any buyer, directly or indirectly, that the tax or any part thereof imposed by this chapter will be assumed or absorbed by the seller or that it will not be added to the sales price or that it will be refunded or assumed, in whole or in part, except that a seafood processor may if it sees fit elect to absorb such tax, in which case it may so advise the seller. The seller, or in the case of the buyer of raw seafood products, the buyer, shall, whenever feasible separately state the tax to the buyer or a seller on each taxable transaction. When not feasible to state separately, the seller or buyer shall prominently display a sign provided by the city indicating the imposition of the tax. Nothing in this section shall prevent the buyer of raw seafood products from assuming the tax; however, if the buyer of raw seafood products assumes the tax, the buyer shall separately state the tax on a receipt the amount of tax assumed on each taxable transaction.
(Ord. 93-4, passed 12-8-92; Am. Ord. 00-02, passed 6-15-00)