Arizona Laws 42-6016. Mobile food vendors; definitions
A. A city, town or other taxing jurisdiction may levy a transaction privilege, sales, use, franchise or other similar tax or fee as provided by the model city tax code on a person engaging in business as a mobile food vendor subject to the restaurant classification pursuant to section 42-5074 for sales of food or beverages for immediate service and consumption and the retail classification pursuant to section 42-5061 for sales of incidental retail items if the adopted tax:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 42-6016
- Department: means the department of revenue. See Arizona Laws 42-1001
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: means a natural person, individual, proprietor, proprietorship, company, corporation, organization, association, joint venture, partner, partnership, trust, estate or limited liability company, the federal or state government, a political subdivision of a state or any other legal entity or combination of entities that owns, controls or has possession of real or personal property. See Arizona Laws 42-11001
1. Applies only with respect to transactions that occur within the jurisdictional boundaries of the city, town or taxing jurisdiction.
2. Is administered in a manner that is consistent with the treatment of restaurants or similar establishments where food or beverages are prepared and served for consumption on or off the premises.
3. Is administered, collected and enforced by the department and remitted to the city, town or other taxing jurisdiction in a uniform manner.
B. The taxpayer shall maintain records that show separately the taxable receipts from transactions in the respective cities, towns or other taxing jurisdictions in which the taxpayer conducts business. If the taxpayer fails to comply with this subsection, the department shall collect the tax based on the taxpayer’s total receipts, applying the highest tax rate levied by any city, town or other taxing jurisdiction.
C. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Mobile food unit" means a food establishment that is licensed by this state, that is readily movable and that dispenses food or beverages for immediate service and consumption and other incidental retail items from any vehicle as defined in section 28-101.
2. "Mobile food vendor" means any person who owns, controls, manages or leases a mobile food unit or contracts with a person to prepare foods and vend from, drive or operate a mobile food unit.