(A) The Tax Commissioner is required by W.Va. Code § 11-15B-35 to maintain a database for all jurisdictions levying a sales or use tax in the state. The Recorder shall furnish the Tax Commissioner with information the Tax Commissioner requires for that database that will allow the Tax Commissioner to maintain a database that assigns each five-digit and nine-digit zip code within the city to the proper rate of tax. If any nine-digit zip code area includes area outside the city, the single state and local rate assigned that that area in the Tax Commissioner’s database will be the lowest rate applicable to that area; provided that, when sales occur at and are sourced to a physical location of the seller located in the city in that nine-digit zip code area, the seller shall collect the tax imposed by § 31.17(A) of this chapter.
(B) Whenever boundaries of the city change, whether by annexation or de-annexation, the Recorder shall promptly notify the Tax Commissioner in writing of the change in boundaries; provide the Tax Commissioner with the nine-digit zip code or codes for the area annexed or de-annexed; and any other information the Tax Commissioner may require to maintain the database. An ordinance annexing property into the city, or an ordinance removing property from the corporate limits of the city may not take effect any sooner than the first day of a calendar quarter that begins 60 days after the city provides written notice to the Tax Commissioner of a change in the boundaries of the city.
(C) The nine-digit database shall be maintained by the city until such time as the tax commissioner allows use of a different system to determine whether a location is within or outside the corporate limits of the city.
(Ord. passed 11-12-2019)