(a) There are hereby levied and imposed and shall be collected annual privilege taxes, against the persons, on account of the business and other activities and in the amounts to be determined by the application of rates against values or gross income or gross proceeds as set forth in this article.
(b) If any person liable for any tax under this article shall ship or transport his products, or any part thereof, out of the City without making sale of such products, the value of the products in the condition or form in which they exist immediately before transportation out of the City shall be the basis for the assessment of the tax imposed in those sections.
(c) Gross income included in the measure of the tax under this article, except in the production of natural gas, shall neither be added nor deducted in computing the tax levied under the other sections of this article.
(d) In determining value, however, as regards sales from one to another of affiliated companies or persons, or under other circumstances where the relation between the buyer and the seller is such that the gross proceeds from the sale are not indicative of the true value of the subject matter of the sale, the value upon which such privilege tax shall be levied shall correspond as nearly as possible to the gross proceeds from the sale of similar products of like quality or character where no common interest exists between the buyer and the seller but where the circumstances or conditions are otherwise similar.
(e) Sufficiency of Contacts. The municipal business and occupation tax is imposed on each person engaged in privileges taxable under this article if such person is engaged in purposive revenue generating activities within the municipal limits of the City and such person has sufficient contacts to sustain the City's taxing jurisdiction. By way of example (but not limitation), if a person's activities within the city contributes to the establishment and maintenance of a market, such contacts are considered to be sufficient to sustain the city's taxing jurisdiction assuming federal constitutional nexus standards are satisfied.
(Ord. 2005-06-03. Passed 3-20-06.)