For the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers at the rate of 212 percent of the gross receipts of any retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in this state on or after August 1, 1933, and to and including June 30, 1935, and at the rate of 3 percent thereafter, and at the rate of 212 percent on and after July 1, 1943, and to and including June 30, 1949, and at the rate of 3 percent on and after July 1, 1949, and to and including July 31, 1967, and at the rate of 4 percent on and after August 1, 1967, and to and including June 30, 1972, and at the rate of 334 percent on and after July 1, 1972, and to and including June 30, 1973, and at the rate of 434 percent on and after July 1, 1973, and to and including September 30, 1973, and at the rate of 334 percent on and after October 1, 1973, and to and including March 31, 1974, and at the rate of 434 percent thereafter.
Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 6051
Imposition of Tax
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case Loeffler v. Target Corporation (2014)
Most recently applied in 6 Cal. 5th 951 - McClain v. Sav-On Drugs (March 2019)
Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 117, Sec. 2
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