Bill Text: AZ SB1179 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: Ignition interlock devices; TPT exemption
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-20 - Governor Signed [SB1179 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2013-SB1179-Engrossed.html
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Senate Engrossed |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-first Legislature First Regular Session 2013
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SENATE BILL 1179 |
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AN ACT
amending sections 42-5071 and 42‑6004, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to ignition interlock devices.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 42-5071, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-5071. Personal property rental classification
A. The personal property rental classification is comprised of the business of leasing or renting tangible personal property for a consideration. The tax does not apply to:
1. Leasing or renting films, tapes or slides used by theaters or movies, which are engaged in business under the amusement classification, or used by television stations or radio stations.
2. Activities engaged in by the Arizona exposition and state fair board or county fair commissions in connection with events sponsored by such entities.
3. Leasing or renting tangible personal property by a parent corporation to a subsidiary corporation or by a subsidiary corporation to another subsidiary of the same parent corporation if taxes were paid under this chapter on the gross proceeds or gross income accruing from the initial sale of the tangible personal property. For the purposes of this paragraph, "subsidiary" means a corporation of which at least eighty per cent of the voting shares are owned by the parent corporation.
4. Operating coin‑operated washing, drying and dry cleaning machines or coin‑operated car washing machines at establishments for the use of such machines.
5. Leasing or renting tangible personal property for incorporation into or comprising any part of a qualified environmental technology facility as described in section 41‑1514.02. This paragraph shall apply for ten full consecutive calendar or fiscal years following the initial lease or rental by each qualified environmental technology manufacturer, producer or processor.
6. Leasing or renting aircraft, flight simulators or similar training equipment to students or staff by nonprofit, accredited educational institutions that offer associate or baccalaureate degrees in aviation or aerospace related fields.
7. Leasing or renting photographs, transparencies or other creative works used by this state on internet web sites websites, in magazines or in other publications that encourage tourism.
8. Leasing or renting certified ignition interlock devices installed pursuant to the requirements prescribed by section 28‑1461. For the purposes of this paragraph, "certified ignition interlock device" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28‑1301.
B. The tax base for the personal property rental classification is the gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the business, but the gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the following shall be deducted from the tax base:
1. Reimbursements by the lessee to the lessor of a motor vehicle for payments by the lessor of the applicable fees and taxes imposed by sections 28‑2003, 28‑2352, 28‑2402, 28‑2481 and 28‑5801, title 28, chapter 15, article 2 and article IX, section 11, Constitution of Arizona, to the extent such amounts are separately identified as such fees and taxes and are billed to the lessee.
2. Leases or rentals of tangible personal property which that, if it had been purchased instead of leased or rented by the lessee, would have been exempt under:
(a) Section 42‑5061, subsection A, paragraph 8, 9, 12, 13, 25, 29, 50 or 55.
(b) Section 42‑5061, subsection B, except that a lease or rental of new machinery or equipment is not exempt pursuant to:
(i) Section 42‑5061, subsection B, paragraph 13 if the lease is for less than two years.
(ii) Section 42-5061, subsection B, paragraph 21.
(c) Section 42‑5061, subsection J, paragraph 1.
(d) Section 42‑5061, subsection N.
3. Motor vehicle fuel and use fuel that are subject to a tax imposed under title 28, chapter 16, article 1, sales of use fuel to a holder of a valid single trip use fuel tax permit issued under section 28‑5739 and sales of aviation fuel that are subject to the tax imposed under section 28‑8344.
4. Leasing or renting a motor vehicle subject to and upon which the fee has been paid under title 28, chapter 16, article 4.
5. Amounts received by a motor vehicle dealer for the first month of a lease payment if the lease and the lease payment for the first month of the lease are transferred to a third‑party leasing company.
C. Sales of tangible personal property to be leased or rented to a person engaged in a business classified under the personal property rental classification are deemed to be resale sales.
D. In computing the tax base, the gross proceeds of sales or gross income from the lease or rental of a motor vehicle does not include any amount attributable to the car rental surcharge under section 28‑5810 or 48‑4234.
E. Until December 31, 1988, leasing or renting animals for recreational purposes is exempt from the tax imposed by this section. Beginning January 1, 1989, the gross proceeds or gross income from leasing or renting animals for recreational purposes is subject to taxation under this section. Tax liabilities, penalties and interest paid for taxable periods before January 1, 1989 shall not be refunded unless the taxpayer requesting the refund provides proof satisfactory to the department that the monies paid as taxes will be returned to the customer. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Section 42-6004, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-6004. Exemption from municipal tax
A. A city, town or special taxing district shall not levy a transaction privilege, sales, use or other similar tax on:
1. Exhibition events in this state sponsored, conducted or operated by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code if the organization is associated with a major league baseball team or a national touring professional golfing association and no part of the organization's net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
2. Interstate telecommunications services, which include that portion of telecommunications services, such as subscriber line service, allocable by federal law to interstate telecommunications service.
3. Sales of warranty or service contracts.
4. Sales of motor vehicles to nonresidents of this state for use outside this state if the vendor ships or delivers the motor vehicle to a destination outside this state.
5. Interest on finance contracts.
6. Dealer documentation fees on the sales of motor vehicles.
7. Sales of food or other items purchased with United States department of agriculture food stamp coupons issued under the food stamp act of 1977 (P.L. 95‑113; 91 Stat. 958) or food instruments issued under section 17 of the child nutrition act (P.L. 95‑627; 92 Stat. 3603; P.L. 99‑661, section 4302; 42 United States Code section 1786) but may impose such a tax on other sales of food. If a city, town or special taxing district exempts sales of food from its tax or imposes a different transaction privilege rate on the gross proceeds of sales or gross income from sales of food and nonfood items, it shall use the definition of food prescribed by rule adopted by the department pursuant to section 42‑5106.
8. Sales of internet access services to the person's subscribers and customers. For the purposes of this paragraph:
(a) "Internet" means the computer and telecommunications facilities that comprise the interconnected worldwide network of networks that employ the transmission control protocol or internet protocol, or any predecessor or successor protocol, to communicate information of all kinds by wire or radio.
(b) "Internet access" means a service that enables users to access content, information, electronic mail or other services over the internet. Internet access does not include telecommunication services provided by a common carrier.
9. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income retained by the Arizona exposition and state fair board from ride ticket sales at the annual Arizona state fair.
10. Through August 31, 2014, sales of Arizona centennial medallions by the historical advisory commission.
11. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from a commercial lease in which a reciprocal insurer or a corporation leases real property to an affiliated corporation. For the purposes of this paragraph:
(a) "Affiliated corporation" means a corporation that meets one of the following conditions:
(i) The corporation owns or controls at least eighty per cent of the lessor.
(ii) The corporation is at least eighty per cent owned or controlled by the lessor.
(iii) The corporation is at least eighty per cent owned or controlled by a corporation that also owns or controls at least eighty per cent of the lessor.
(iv) The corporation is at least eighty per cent owned or controlled by a corporation that is at least eighty per cent owned or controlled by a reciprocal insurer.
(b) For the purposes of subdivision (a) of this paragraph, ownership and control are determined by reference to the voting shares of a corporation.
(c) "Reciprocal insurer" has the same meaning prescribed in section 20‑762.
12. The gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from a commercial lease in which a corporation leases real property to a corporation of which at least eighty per cent of the voting shares of each corporation are owned by the same shareholders.
13. The leasing or renting of certified ignition interlock devices installed pursuant to the requirements prescribed by section 28-1461. For the purposes of this paragraph, "certified ignition interlock device" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-1301.
B. A city, town or other taxing jurisdiction shall not levy a transaction privilege, sales, use, franchise or other similar tax or fee, however denominated, on natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas used to propel a motor vehicle.
C. A city, town or other taxing jurisdiction shall not levy a transaction privilege, sales, gross receipts, use, franchise or other similar tax or fee, however denominated, on gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from any of the following:
1. A motor carrier's use on the public highways in this state if the motor carrier is subject to a fee prescribed in title 28, chapter 16, article 4.
2. Leasing, renting or licensing a motor vehicle subject to and upon which the fee has been paid under title 28, chapter 16, article 4.
3. The sale of a motor vehicle and any repair and replacement parts and tangible personal property becoming a part of such motor vehicle to a motor carrier who is subject to a fee prescribed in title 28, chapter 16, article 4 and who is engaged in the business of leasing, renting or licensing such property.
4. Incarcerating or detaining in a privately operated prison, jail or detention facility prisoners who are under the jurisdiction of the United States, this state or any other state or a political subdivision of this state or of any other state.
5. Transporting for hire persons, freight or property by light motor vehicles subject to a fee under title 28, chapter 15, article 4.
6. Any amount attributable to development fees that are incurred in relation to the construction, development or improvement of real property and paid by the taxpayer as defined in the model city tax code or by a contractor providing services to the taxpayer. For the purposes of this paragraph:
(a) The attributable amount shall not exceed the value of the development fees actually imposed.
(b) The attributable amount is equal to the total amount of development fees paid by the taxpayer or by a contractor providing services to the taxpayer and the total development fees credited in exchange for the construction of, contribution to or dedication of real property for providing public infrastructure, public safety or other public services necessary to the development. The real property must be the subject of the development fees.
(c) "Development fees" means fees imposed to offset capital costs of providing public infrastructure, public safety or other public services to a development and authorized pursuant to section 9‑463.05, section 11‑1102 or title 48 regardless of the jurisdiction to which the fees are paid.
D. A city, town or other taxing jurisdiction shall not levy a transaction privilege, sales, use, franchise or other similar tax or fee, however denominated, in excess of one-tenth of one per cent of the value of the entire product mined, smelted, extracted, refined, produced or prepared for sale, profit or commercial use, on persons engaged in the business of mineral processing, except to the extent that the tax is computed on the gross proceeds or gross income from sales at retail.
E. In computing the tax base, any city, town or other taxing jurisdiction shall not include in the gross proceeds of sales or gross income:
1. A manufacturer's cash rebate on the sales price of a motor vehicle if the buyer assigns the buyer's right in the rebate to the retailer.
2. The waste tire disposal fee imposed pursuant to section 44‑1302.
F. A city or town shall not levy a use tax on the storage, use or consumption of tangible personal property in the city or town by a school district or charter school.
Sec. 3. Retroactivity; refunds; nonseverability
A. Section 42-5071, subsection A, paragraph 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, providing that leasing or renting certified ignition interlock devices, as defined in section 28-1301, Arizona Revised Statutes, installed pursuant to the requirements prescribed in section 28‑1461, Arizona Revised Statutes, are not subject to tax under section 42‑5071, Arizona Revised Statutes, applies retroactively to taxable periods beginning from and after August 31, 2004.
B. Any claim for refund of transaction privilege tax based on the retroactive application of section 42-5071, subsection A, paragraph 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, shall be submitted to the department of revenue on or before December 31, 2013, pursuant to section 42‑1118, Arizona Revised Statutes. A failure to file a claim on or before December 31, 2013 constitutes a waiver of the claim for refund under this section.
C. The burden is on the taxpayer to establish by competent evidence the amount of tax paid for all taxable periods and the amount, if any, attributable to leasing or renting certified ignition interlock devices, as defined in section 28-1301, Arizona Revised Statutes, installed pursuant to the requirements prescribed in section 28‑1461, Arizona Revised Statutes, and qualifying for exemption under the amendment to section 42-5071, Arizona Revised Statutes, as provided by this act. The department of revenue shall:
1. Review all timely filed claims.
2. Determine, on audit if necessary, the correct amount of each claim.
3. Notify the taxpayer of its determination. The notice is final unless a taxpayer appeals in the manner provided in section 42-1119, Arizona Revised Statutes.
D. Notwithstanding section 42-1119, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department of revenue shall not make a refund until after determination of the amount of all refund claims filed pursuant to this section. If a taxpayer appeals the department's determination, the department, pursuant to the rules protecting confidentiality under title 42, chapter 2, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, may notify other taxpayers who have filed claims as to the nature of any delay and, if possible, estimate the possible extent of the delay.
E. The aggregate amount of the refund under this section shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. If the aggregate amount of claims under this section that are ultimately determined to be correct exceeds ten thousand dollars, the department shall reduce each claim proportionately so that the total refund amount equals ten thousand dollars.
F. Interest shall not be allowed or compounded on any refundable amount if paid before July 1, 2014, but if the amount cannot be determined or paid until after June 30, 2014, interest accrues after that date under section 42‑1123, Arizona Revised Statutes.
G. If any part of this section is finally adjudicated to be invalid, this entire section is void. The provisions of this section are intended to be nonseverable.
