HomeMy WebLinkAbout53-05RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCiLL OF THE CITY OF
URGING STATE ADOPTION OF SENATE BILL 1344 WITH CERTAi~N AMENDMENTS.
RESOLVED by the Council. of the City of 'i~i c.~ {., tlc.at th~s
Council go on record as supporting and urging the immediat:e ~doption of' Senate
Bill 1344 appropriately amended to allow a retailer a credit of 1% against sales
tax of all sales made within a city' having an ordinance which levies a sales tax
measured by gross receipts from sales of tangible personal propert:v of' rot more
nor less than 1%, and appropriately amended to allow a retailer a credit a.gainst
use tax of 1% of the sales price in al! cities having an ordinance whicl~,, i,e¥ies a
tax on storage, use, or other consumption in said municipality of ta~.gibJ.e personal
property purchased from any retailer of not more. nor less than. 1% of l:he sales price.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the following arguments are presenled in
support of this resolution.:
1o The Bill, sponsored by the California Retailers Associatio~::., is not a
tax increase measure in either purpose or effect but is designed to acLieve rnuch
needed uniformity of tax and tax procedure throughout the state. All ci~;ies in
state have the legally unregulated power to levy sales and use taxes and s*~bstantia, l~y
all cities have already done so, an ever increasing number of ther. n i:~ the fu'[], arnour~t
of 1% referred to in the Bill..
2o Senate Bill 1344 is specifically so worded that with the so~.e amendmer~t
proposed by this resolution it cannot be, and city support thereof' can?¢_ot be~ construed
as endorsement of forfeiture of local autonomy, a subvention, suS)jecting city sa~es
and use tax to appropriation by the state, nor permitting any basis of account~ing
between cities and counties other than that the tax be fully returned.
accordance with actual source of collection. As so amended, tke Bi.i~! merei[y
constitutes a device for: economy, by unLfication eliminatiz~g duphcatior~ of
lection and administration; equity'~ 'by elimination of unfair advan?:~ges now er~joyed
by a few retailers solely as a result of local sales and use tax free geographic
location of place of business; and convenience, by elimination of the current
multiplicity of required reports and returns.
3. The Bill as so amended represents the limits of any s~c!~ proposal /'or
uniformity of sales and use tax throughout the state which could receive subst:antia[
city support; however, it would return sufficient moneys to the countries tkrougho'~xt
the state to provide much needed relief to present high ad valorem' ,= ray: levies against
property within the state.
4. The tax can be collected and returns audited by the State: Board of
Equalization in the manner and at the time of collection and audit of state sa}.es
and use tax without additional cost to the state.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this
~ day of ., ~ z/c.~e,..{~ .~ 1953.
NOES: ~.~
ABSENT: ']'?
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