Cal. RTC § 6041
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 6041, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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Official statutory text
For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Marketplace” means a physical or electronic place, including, but not limited to, a store, booth, internet website, catalog, television or radio broadcast, or a dedicated sales software application, where a marketplace seller sells or offers for sale tangible personal property for delivery in this state regardless of whether the tangible personal property, marketplace seller, or marketplace has a physical presence in this state.
(b) “Marketplace facilitator” means a person who contracts with marketplace sellers to facilitate for consideration, regardless of whether deducted as fees from the transaction, the sale of the marketplace seller’s products through a marketplace operated by the person or a related person and who does both of the following:
(1) Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following:
(A) Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance between the buyer and seller.
(B) Owning or operating the infrastructure, electronic or physical, or technology that brings buyers and sellers together.
(C) Providing a virtual currency that buyers are allowed or required to use to purchase products from the seller.
(D) Software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in paragraph (2), if such activities are directly related to a marketplace operated by the person or a related person.
(2) Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following activities with respect to the marketplace seller’s products:
(A) Payment processing services.
(B) Fulfillment or storage services.
(C) Listing products for sale.
(D) Setting prices.
(E) Branding sales as those of the marketplace facilitator.
(F) Order taking.
(G) Providing customer service or accepting or assisting with returns or exchanges.
(c) “Marketplace seller” means a person who has an agreement with a marketplace facilitator and makes retail sales of tangible personal property through a marketplace owned, operated, or controlled by a marketplace facilitator, even if that person would not have been required to hold a seller’s permit or permits, or required to collect the taxes imposed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6051) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201), or a fee administered pursuant to Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001), had the sale not been made through that marketplace.
(a) “Marketplace” means a physical or electronic place, including, but not limited to, a store, booth, internet website, catalog, television or radio broadcast, or a dedicated sales software application, where a marketplace seller sells or offers for sale tangible personal property for delivery in this state regardless of whether the tangible personal property, marketplace seller, or marketplace has a physical presence in this state.
(b) “Marketplace facilitator” means a person who contracts with marketplace sellers to facilitate for consideration, regardless of whether deducted as fees from the transaction, the sale of the marketplace seller’s products through a marketplace operated by the person or a related person and who does both of the following:
(1) Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following:
(A) Transmitting or otherwise communicating the offer or acceptance between the buyer and seller.
(B) Owning or operating the infrastructure, electronic or physical, or technology that brings buyers and sellers together.
(C) Providing a virtual currency that buyers are allowed or required to use to purchase products from the seller.
(D) Software development or research and development activities related to any of the activities described in paragraph (2), if such activities are directly related to a marketplace operated by the person or a related person.
(2) Directly or indirectly, through one or more related persons, engages in any of the following activities with respect to the marketplace seller’s products:
(A) Payment processing services.
(B) Fulfillment or storage services.
(C) Listing products for sale.
(D) Setting prices.
(E) Branding sales as those of the marketplace facilitator.
(F) Order taking.
(G) Providing customer service or accepting or assisting with returns or exchanges.
(c) “Marketplace seller” means a person who has an agreement with a marketplace facilitator and makes retail sales of tangible personal property through a marketplace owned, operated, or controlled by a marketplace facilitator, even if that person would not have been required to hold a seller’s permit or permits, or required to collect the taxes imposed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6051) or Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201), or a fee administered pursuant to Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001), had the sale not been made through that marketplace.
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