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330.0000 Leases of Tangible Personal Property—In General—Regulation 1660
Annotation 330.3750
(c) Continuing Sale and Purchase
330.3750 Single Lease. A taxpayer originally purchased equipment for use in manufacturing furniture in a foreign country. The equipment was purchased ex-tax. The taxpayer immigrated to California and brought the equipment with him/her. The taxpayer stored the equipment in this state for about a year while he/she looked for an opportunity to open another furniture manufacturing business. The taxpayer decided to minimize his/her income taxes by retaining ownership of the equipment and lease it rather than contributing it to a corporation. There were 22 pieces of equipment subject to the lease, which generated lease receipts of $644,915 over a five-year period.
A lessor exercises the privilege of selling tangible personal property over the period of months or years. A lessor must regularly collect the rent, take steps to maintain and insure the property and account for receipts and expenses. Even a single lease is therefore significant exercise of the selling privilege and justifies the tax. (Regulation 1595(a)(1).) 5/27/93.