Credit for tax paid in another jurisdiction

Where a local sales or use tax has been paid with respect to tangible personal property by the purchaser either in another local tax jurisdiction within this state or in a tax jurisdiction outside this state, the sales and use tax may be credited against the sales and use tax authorized to be imposed by this part upon the same property. If the amount of sales or use tax so paid is less than the amount of the use tax due under this part, the purchaser shall pay an amount equal to the difference between the amount paid in the other tax jurisdiction and the amount due under this part. The commissioner may require such proof of payment in another local tax jurisdiction as the commissioner deems necessary and proper. No credit shall be granted, however, against the sales and use tax imposed under this part for tax paid in another jurisdiction if the sales and use tax paid in such other jurisdiction is used to obtain a credit against any other local sales and use tax levied in the special district or in the county which is conterminous with the special district; and sales and use taxes so paid in another jurisdiction shall be credited first against the sales and use tax levied under this part and then against the sales and use tax levied under Article 3 of this chapter, if applicable. History. Code 1981, § 48-8-105, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 655, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 217, § 2/HB 215. 48-8-106. Submission to voters of question as to whether to discontinue tax. (a) Whenever the governing authority of any county whose geographical boundary is conterminous with that of the special district in which the sales and use tax authorized by this part is being levied wishes to submit to the electors of the special district the question of whether the sales and use tax authorized by Code Section 48-8-102 925 48-8-106 shall be discontinued, the governing authority shall notify the election superintendent of the county whose geographical boundary is conterminous with that of the special district by forwarding to the superintendent a copy of a resolution of the governing authority calling for the referendum election. Upon receipt of the resolution, it shall be the duty of the election superintendent to issue the call for an election for the purpose of submitting the question of discontinuing the levy of the sales and use tax to the voters of the special district for approval or rejection. The election superintendent shall issue the call and shall conduct the election on a date and in the manner authorized under Code Section 21-2-540. Such election shall be conducted only on the date of and in conjunction with a referendum provided for by local Act on the question of whether to repeal the homestead exemption within such county which is funded from the proceeds of the sales and use tax levied and collected pursuant to this part. The election superintendent shall cause the date and purpose of the election to be published once a week for two weeks immediately preceding the date of the election in the official organ of such county. The ballot shall have written or printed thereon the following: “( ) YES ( ) NO Shall the 1 percent retail homestead option sales and use tax being levied within the special district within County for the purposes of funding capital outlay projects and of funding services to replace revenue lost to an additional homestead exemption of up to 100 percent of the assessed value of homesteads from county taxes for county purposes be terminated?” (b) All persons desiring to vote in favor of discontinuing the sales and use tax shall vote “Yes,” and those persons opposed to discontinuing the tax shall vote “No.” If more than one-half of the votes cast are in favor of discontinuing the sales and use tax and repealing the local Act providing for such homestead exemption, then the sales and use tax shall cease to be levied on the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which the commissioner receives the certification of the result of the election; otherwise, the sales and use tax shall continue to be levied, and the question of the discontinuing of the tax may not again be submitted to the voters of the special district until after 24 months immediately following the month in which the election was held. It shall be the duty of the election superintendent to hold and conduct such elections under the same rules and regulations as govern special elections. It shall be the superintendent’s further duty to canvass the returns, declare and certify the result of the election, and certify the result to the Secretary of State and to the commissioner. The expense of the election shall be borne by the county whose geographical boundary is conterminous with that of the special district holding the election. 926 History. Code 1981, § 48-8-106, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 655, § 1; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1, § 5; 48-8-109 Ga. L. 2015, p. 217, § 2/HB 215; Ga. L. 2016, p. 864, § 48/HB 737. 48-8-107. Inapplicability of tax to property ordered and delivered outside taxing special district. No sales and use tax provided for in Code Section 48-8-102 shall be imposed upon the sale of tangible personal property which is ordered by and delivered to the purchaser at a point outside the geographical area of the special district in which the sales and use tax is imposed under this part regardless of the point at which title passes, if the delivery is made by the seller’s vehicle, United States mail, or common carrier or by private or contract carrier licensed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or the Georgia Department of Public Safety. History. Code 1981, § 48-8-107, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 655, § 1; Ga. L. 2012, p. 580, § 20/HB 865; Ga. L. 2015, p. 217, § 2/HB 215. 48-8-108. Inapplicability of tax to certain sales or uses of building and construction materials for projects bid prior to referendum on tax. (a) As used in this Code section, the term “building and construction materials” means all building and construction materials, supplies, fixtures, or equipment, any combination of such items, and any other leased or purchased articles when the materials, supplies, fixtures, equipment, or articles are to be utilized or consumed during construction or are to be incorporated into construction work pursuant to a bona fide written construction contract. (b) No sales and use tax provided for in Code Section 48-8-102 shall be imposed in a special district upon the sale or use of building and construction materials when the contract pursuant to which the materials are purchased or used was advertised for bid prior to approval of the levy of the sales and use tax by the county whose geographical boundary is conterminous with that of the special district and the contract was entered into as a result of a bid actually submitted in response to the advertisement prior to approval of the levy of the sales and use tax. History. Code 1981, § 48-8-108, enacted by Ga. L. 1995, p. 655, § 1; Ga. L. 2015, p. 217, § 2/HB 215. 48-8-109. Rules and regulations.