1      BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

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            3                   SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

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            9                    REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT

           10                        JULY 28, 2015

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           16                  BUSINESS TAXES COMMITTEE 

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           27                      REPORTED BY:  Kathleen Skidgel 

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            1                        P R E S E N T

            2    For the Board              
                 of Equalization:           Diane L. Harkey
            3                               Chair
                 
            4                               Jerome E. Horton
                                            Member
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                                            Sen. George Runner (Ret.)
            6                               Member
                 
            7                               Fiona Ma, CPA 
                                            Member
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                                            Yvette Stowers 
            9                               Appearing for Betty T. 
                                            Yee, State Controller 
           10                               (per Government Code 
                                            Section 7.9)
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           12                               Joann Richmond 
                                            Chief 
           13                               Board Proceedings      
                                            Division
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           15    For the Department:        Susanne Buehler
                                            Chief
           16                               Tax Policy Division
                 
           17                               Monica Silva  
                                            Tax Counsel III
           18                               Legal Department
                                                 
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            1                               450 N STREET

            2                               SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

            3                               JULY 28, 2015

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            5             MR. HORTON:  Ms. Richmond, our next matter, 

            6    please.  

            7             MS. RICHMOND:  Our next matter is the 

            8    Business Taxes Committee.  Ms. Harkey is the Chair 

            9    of that committee.  

           10             Ms. Harkey.  

           11             MS. HARKEY:  Thank you very much.  I call 

           12    this Business Taxes Committee meeting to order.  

           13             The first item on the agenda is Regulation 

           14    1619, Foreign Consuls.  

           15             Please proceed.  We have Susanne Buehler 

           16    and Monica Silva.  

           17             MS. BUEHLER:  Good morning.  I am Susanne 

           18    Buehler with the Sales and Use Tax Department.  With 

           19    me today is Miss Monica Silva from our Legal 

           20    Department.  

           21             We have one agenda item for your 

           22    consideration this morning.  Staff requests your 

           23    approval and authorization to publish proposed 

           24    amendments to Sales and Use Tax Regulation 1619, 

           25    Foreign Consuls.  

           26             The proposed amendments clarify that sales 

           27    or use tax does not apply to the sale or lease of 

           28    tangible personal property to an eligible foreign 




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            1    mission or representative office for official 

            2    purposes.  

            3             They also add references regarding the 

            4    issuance of tax exemption cards by the American 

            5    Institute of Taiwan to eligible representative 

            6    offices and personnel.  

            7             We'd be happy to answer any questions you 

            8    may have on this topic.  

            9             MS. HARKEY:  Thank you.  

           10             Are there any public speakers?  

           11             Members, do you have any comments or 

           12    questions?  

           13             Seeing none, is there a motion?  

           14             MR. HORTON:  Move to approve the 

           15    amendments, adopt staff recommendation.  

           16             MS. STOWERS:  Second.  

           17             MS. HARKEY:  Okay.  Mr. Horton makes the 

           18    motion.  Ms. Stowers seconds.  

           19             No objection?  

           20             Done.  Thank you.  

           21             MS. BUEHLER:  Thank you.  

           22             MS. HARKEY:  That concludes our Business 

           23    Tax Committee.  

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            1                   REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE

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            3    State of California    )

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            5    County of Sacramento   )

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            7             I, KATHLEEN SKIDGEL, Hearing Reporter for 

            8    the California State Board of Equalization certify 

            9    that on July 28, 2015 I recorded verbatim, in 

           10    shorthand, to the best of my ability, the 

           11    proceedings in the above-entitled hearing; that I 

           12    transcribed the shorthand writing into typewriting; 

           13    and that the preceding pages 1 through 4 constitute 

           14    a complete and accurate transcription of the 

           15    shorthand writing.

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           17    Dated:  July 30, 2015

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           21                           KATHLEEN SKIDGEL

           22                           Hearing Reporter

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