In any sale at retail of any new or remanufactured part of an item of tangible personal property to a purchaser, which sale is made by a retailer of such parts who will accept in return from such purchaser a core component or core part of such tangible personal property, the sales or use tax with respect to such sale shall be imposed on the difference between the purchase price and the amount allowed by the retailer on the returned core component or core part, provided the retailer shall collect the tax, at the time of sale, on the purchase price and, when the core component or core part is returned, shall refund such tax on the amount allowed by the retailer on the returned core component or core part. When any such core component or core part traded in is subsequently sold to a consumer or user, the taxes imposed under this chapter shall be applicable to such sale.
(P.A. 95-327, S. 1, 10; P.A. 96-172, S. 1, 3; P.A. 98-110, S. 10, 27.)
History: P.A. 95-327, S. 1 effective July 1, 1995, and applicable to sales occurring on or after that date; P.A. 96-172 applied provisions to motor bus parts and defined “motor bus”, effective July 1, 1996, and applicable to sales occurring on or after said date; P.A. 98-110 added proviso that the retailer must collect the tax on the purchase price when the core component or part is returned and refund the tax on the amount allowed on the returned component or part, effective May 19, 1998, and applicable to sales occurring on or after January 1, 1999.