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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies provisions of the Sales and Use Tax Act related to determining the
10 location of certain transactions.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 ▸ provides that when a dealer sells an aircraft, manufactured home, mobile home,
14 modular home, motor vehicle, or watercraft over the Internet, the location of the
15 transaction is where the purchaser takes receipt of the property; and
16 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
17 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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19 Other Special Clauses:
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21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 59-12-213, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 384
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 59-12-213 is amended to read:
27 59-12-213. Location of a transaction involving a sale of aircraft, a manufactured
28 home, a mobile home, a modular home, a motor vehicle, or watercraft.
29 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b) or (4), the location of a sale of the
30 following tangible personal property is determined as provided in this section:
31 (i) aircraft;
32 (ii) a manufactured home;
33 (iii) a mobile home;
34 (iv) a modular home;
35 (v) a motor vehicle; or
36 (vi) watercraft.
37 (b) The location of the sale of tangible personal property described in Subsection (1)(a)
38 is determined in accordance with Sections 59-12-211 and 59-12-212 if the tangible personal
39 property described in Subsection (1)(a) is transportation equipment as defined in Section
40 59-12-211.
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42 property described in Subsection (1)(a) is sold by a dealer of that tangible personal property,
43 the location of the sale of that tangible personal property is the business location of the dealer.
44 (b) If an item of tangible personal property described in Subsection (1)(a) is sold by a
45 dealer of that tangible personal property that does not have a business location in the state, the
46 location of the sale of that tangible personal property is the location where the purchaser takes
47 receipt of the tangible personal property.
48 (3) If an item of tangible personal property described in Subsection (1)(a) is sold by a
49 person other than a dealer of that tangible personal property, the location of the sale of that
50 tangible personal property is:
51 (a) if the tangible personal property is required to be registered with the state before the
52 tangible personal property is used on a public highway, on a public waterway, on public land,
53 or in the air, the location of the street address at which the tangible personal property is
54 registered; or
55 (b) if the tangible personal property is not required to be registered as provided in
56 Subsection (3)(a), the location of the street address at which the purchaser of the tangible
57 personal property resides.
58 (4) This section does not apply to the lease or rental of tangible personal property
59 described in Subsection (1)(a).