Needles Municipal Code § 20-4 Uniform Local Sales And Use Tax

Except as otherwise provided in this article and except insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of part 1.5 of division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the provisions of part 1 of division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code are hereby adopted and made a part of this article as though fully set forth herein.

In adopting the provisions of part 1 of division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, wherever the State of California is named or referred to as the taxing agency, the name of this city shall be substituted therefor. The substitution, however, shall not be made when the word “State” is used as part of the title of the State Controller, the State Treasurer, the State Board of Control, the State Board of Equalization, the State Treasury, or the Constitution of the State of California; the substitution shall not be made when the result of that substitution would require action to be taken by or against the city, or any agency thereof rather than by or against the State Board of Equalization , in performing the functions incident to the administration or operation of this article; the substitution shall not be made in those sections, including, but not necessarily limited to, sections referring to the exterior boundaries of the State of California, where the result of the substitution would be the provide an exemption from this tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not otherwise be exempt from this tax while such sales, storage, use or other consumption remain subject to tax by the state under the provisions of part 1 of division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, or to impose this tax with respect to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which would not be subject to tax by the state under the said provision of that Code; the substitution shall not be made in section 6701, 6702 (except in the last sentence thereof), 6711, 6715, 6737, 6797 or 6828 of the Revenue and Taxation Code; and the substitution shall not be made for the word “State” in the phrase “retailer engaged in business in this “State” in section 6203 or in the definition of that phrase in section 6203.

If a seller’s permit has been issued to a retailer under section 6067 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, an additional seller’s permit shall not be required by this article.