Cal. RTC § 6406
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 6406, 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
[Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 24. Superseded January 1, 2027; see amendment by Stats. 2026, Ch. 23.]
A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the taxes imposed on any person by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201) of this part, by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251), and by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 37021) of Part 17 of this division by reason of the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property in this state to the extent that the person has paid a retail sales or use tax, or reimbursement therefor, imposed with respect to that property by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia prior to the storage, use, or other consumption of that property in this state. The credit shall be apportioned to the taxes against which it is allowed in proportion to the amounts of those taxes.
A credit, otherwise permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section, shall not be allowed against taxes which are measured by periodic payments made under a lease, to the extent that the taxes imposed by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia were also measured by periodic payments made under a lease for a period prior to the storage, use, or other consumption of the property in this state.
[Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 23, Sec. 18. (SB 122) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.]
(a) A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the taxes imposed on any person by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201) of this part, by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), and by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) by reason of the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property in this state to the extent that the person has paid a retail sales or use tax, or reimbursement therefor, imposed with respect to that property by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia prior to the storage, use, or other consumption of that property in this state. The credit shall be apportioned to the taxes against which it is allowed in proportion to the amounts of those taxes.
(b) A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the total sales taxes imposed on any retailer by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6051) of this part, by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), and by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) with respect to a retail sale in this state of a digital product transferred electronically or accessed remotely to the extent that the retailer has paid a retail sales tax imposed with respect to that digital product by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia at the time of sale.
(c) A credit allowed by this section shall not be allowed against taxes that are measured by periodic payments made under a lease, to the extent that the taxes imposed by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia were also measured by periodic payments made under a lease for a period before the storage, use, or other consumption of the property in this state.
(d) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the taxes imposed on any person by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201) of this part, by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251), and by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 37021) of Part 17 of this division by reason of the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property in this state to the extent that the person has paid a retail sales or use tax, or reimbursement therefor, imposed with respect to that property by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia prior to the storage, use, or other consumption of that property in this state. The credit shall be apportioned to the taxes against which it is allowed in proportion to the amounts of those taxes.
A credit, otherwise permitted by the foregoing provisions of this section, shall not be allowed against taxes which are measured by periodic payments made under a lease, to the extent that the taxes imposed by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia were also measured by periodic payments made under a lease for a period prior to the storage, use, or other consumption of the property in this state.
[Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 23, Sec. 18. (SB 122) Effective June 29, 2026. Operative January 1, 2027, by its own provisions.]
(a) A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the taxes imposed on any person by Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 6201) of this part, by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), and by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) by reason of the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property in this state to the extent that the person has paid a retail sales or use tax, or reimbursement therefor, imposed with respect to that property by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia prior to the storage, use, or other consumption of that property in this state. The credit shall be apportioned to the taxes against which it is allowed in proportion to the amounts of those taxes.
(b) A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the total sales taxes imposed on any retailer by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 6051) of this part, by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 7200), and by any ordinance enacted pursuant to Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) with respect to a retail sale in this state of a digital product transferred electronically or accessed remotely to the extent that the retailer has paid a retail sales tax imposed with respect to that digital product by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia at the time of sale.
(c) A credit allowed by this section shall not be allowed against taxes that are measured by periodic payments made under a lease, to the extent that the taxes imposed by any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia were also measured by periodic payments made under a lease for a period before the storage, use, or other consumption of the property in this state.
(d) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall become operative on January 1, 2027.
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