(a) The following items shall not be included in rent:
(1) When coupons issued by a vendor are later accepted by the vendor as a discount against the transaction, the discount may be excluded from rental income as a cash discount. Amounts credited or refunded by a vendor for redemption of coupons issued by any person other than the vendor may not be excluded from rental income.
(2) Rebates issued by the vendor to a customer as a discount against the transaction may be excluded from rental income as a cash discount. Rebates issued by a person other than the vendor may not be excluded from rental income, even when the vendee assigns his right to the rebate to the vendor.
(b) If the amount specified in subsection (a) above is credited by a vendor subsequent to the reporting period in which the original transaction occurs, such amount may be excluded from the taxable rental income of that subsequent reporting period but only to the extent that the excludable amount was reported as taxable rental income in that prior reporting period.
(Ord. No. 10360, § 3, 12-19-06, eff. 1-1-07)