This form is a simple model for a bill of sale for personal property used in connection with a business enterprise. Adapt to fit your circumstances.
Business Tangible Personal Property Form For St. Louis In Contra Costa
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Contra Costa
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US-00167
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The County Ordinance requires that you obtain a license for conducting business within the unincorporated areas, - even if your business is located outside our limits or you have a business license from another city.
Tangible personal property can be subject to ad valorem taxes, meaning the amount of tax payable depends on each item's fair market value. In most states, a business that owned tangible property on January 1 must file a tax return form with the property appraisal office no later than April 1 in the same year.
2026 REQUEST FOR VALUE REVIEW (PROP 8) California State Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 51 authorizes the Assessor to temporarily lower the assessed value of any real property when it is greater than the market value as of January 1, lien date.
"Tangible personal property." "Tangible personal property" means personal property which may be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or which is in any other manner perceptible to the senses.
Certain properties, or portions of properties, are exempt from taxation under the California Constitution. The most common types are homeowner, disabled veterans, welfare, charitable, and institutional exemptions.
California use tax is a tax on the use of tangible personal property not otherwise subject to sales tax and is taxed at 7.25%. Use tax is typically owed when someone purchases a product while paying less than the applicable sales tax or paying no sales tax at all.
Under Article XIII, Section I of the California Constitution, all property is taxable unless it is exempt. Each year Personal Property is reassessed as of lien date, January 1st.
The California Constitution states in part that, "Unless otherwise provided by this Constitution or the laws of the US, (a) All property is taxable". That is, unless otherwise exempted, all forms of tangible property are taxable in California and the Assessor is required to assess business personal property.
An annual filing of a Business Property Statement is a requirement of section 441(d) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
