O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3.4 (2019)

Maximum amount of sales and use tax imposed and collected on the maintenance, refitting, and repair of any single boat

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Boat” means a vehicle used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on the water.

(2) “Event” means an uninterrupted period of time beginning when a boat arrives at a maintenance, refit, or repair facility in this state and ending when such boat departs such facility.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the maximum amount of sales and use tax imposed and collected to maintain, refit, or repair a boat in this state during a single event shall not exceed $35,000.00.

(c) The commissioner shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement and administer this Code section, including, but not limited to, calling for an annual report to be issued to the department and the chairpersons of the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Finance Committee that contains the following:

(1) The number of full-time and part-time positions created by the seller during the preceding tax year;

(2) The average salary of individuals employed in the reported positions; and

(3) The total revenue generated and sales and use taxes collected from qualifying events during the preceding year.

(d) This Code section shall be automatically repealed on June 30, 2031.

History

Code 1981, § 48-8-3.4, enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 155, § 1/HB 125; Ga. L. 2021, p. 289, § 5-4/SB 6.

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2021, p. 289, § 1-1/SB 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides, in part, that: “Part V of this Act

shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Georgia Economic Recovery Act of 2021.’” Law reviews. For article, “SB 6: The Review, Creation, and Extension of Georgia Tax Credits and Deductions,” see 38 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 167 (2021).