Cal. RTC § 6359.8
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 6359.8, 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
When fruits or vegetables are shipped or transported in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce by common carriers, contract carriers, or proprietary carriers, as an incident to the exemption provided for in Section 6359, there are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part, the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, all of the following:
(a) Carbon dioxide used or employed in packing and shipping or transporting fruits or vegetables for human consumption, when those fruits or vegetables are not sold to the ultimate consumer in a package that contains the carbon dioxide.
(b) Any nonreturnable materials containing the carbon dioxide atmosphere.
(a) Carbon dioxide used or employed in packing and shipping or transporting fruits or vegetables for human consumption, when those fruits or vegetables are not sold to the ultimate consumer in a package that contains the carbon dioxide.
(b) Any nonreturnable materials containing the carbon dioxide atmosphere.
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