(a) The board of supervisors of any county may license, for revenue and regulation, and fix the license tax upon, every kind of lawful business transacted in the unincorporated area of the county, including shows, exhibitions, and games. The board may provide for collection of the license tax by suit or otherwise.

(b) Any board which imposes a license tax pursuant to subdivision (a) upon a business operating both within and outside the board’s taxing jurisdiction shall levy the tax so that the measure of tax fairly reflects that proportion of the taxed activity actually carried on within the taxing jurisdiction.

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Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 7284

  • board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
  • County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
  • 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.

(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 466, Sec. 6.)