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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 3Pt. 1Ch. 3§ 3203 Fair Sales Tax Reporting

§ 3203 Fair Sales Tax Reporting

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§ 3203 Fair Sales Tax Reporting

Key Takeaways

  • •If you sell stuff at a fair in California, you must report your sales separately on your tax form.
  • •The state uses 0.75% of these fair sales to fund fairs and check working conditions for fair workers.
  • •Fair workers must get proper meal breaks and extra pay for working long hours or overtime.
  • •The money collected goes to the Fair and Exposition Fund to help fairs, but only if workers are treated fairly.

Example

If you sell hot dogs at the county fair, you have to write down how much money you made from those hot dogs on a special line on your tax form.

The state takes a tiny part (0.75%) of all the money made at fairs and uses it to help pay for fairs. But the fair workers must get proper breaks and extra pay if they work too long.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 3203 Fair Sales Tax Reporting

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a return filed with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) to report gross receipts for sales and use tax purposes shall segregate the gross receipts of the seller and the sales price of the property on a line or a separate form as prescribed by the CDTFA when the place of sale in this state or for use in this state is on or within the real property of a fair or any real property of a fair that is leased to another party. (b) For purposes of this section, “fair” means a fair as defined in Section 3101, 3102, 3103, or 3104. (c) The CDTFA shall add a line to a current return form or develop a separate form for purposes of this section. (d) (1) The CDTFA shall report the amount of the total gross receipts segregated on the returns filed for the prior fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a) to the Department of Finance on or before November 1 of each year. (2) The total gross receipts shall be subject to review by the CDTFA for errors. The review may be a review of a sample of returns. The CDTFA shall note any errors identified in the review and the approximate impact of those errors on the total gross receipts in its report to the Department of Finance to allow an adjusted total gross receipt amount to be determined. (e) An amount equal to three-quarters of 1 percent of the total amount of gross receipts, or adjusted gross receipts, for the prior fiscal year reported to the Department of Finance by the CDTFA as specified in subdivision (d) shall be included in the next annual Governor’s Budget for the Department of Food and Agriculture for allocation to fairs pursuant to Section 3204. No later than 30 days after the enactment of the annual Budget Act, the amount appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Food and Agriculture pursuant to this section shall be transferred by the Controller to the Fair and Exposition Fund in the State Treasury and shall be continuously appropriated and available to be allocated pursuant to Section 3204. (f) The CDTFA shall be paid the actual cost for administering the provisions of this section from the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (e) before any allocation is made to fairs in accordance with Section 3204. (g) (1) Any revenues deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to this section shall only be allocated to a fair if nonmanagement employees at that fair, or nonmanagement employees at any real property of that fair that is leased to another party, are provided the following working conditions: (A) The employee receives a meal period of not less than 30 minutes for a work period of more than five hours per day, unless the work period per day of the employee is less than six hours and the meal period is waived by mutual consent of both the employer and the employee. (B) The employee receives a second meal period of not less than 30 minutes for a work period of more than 10 hours per day, unless the work period per day of the employee is less than 12 hours, the second meal period is waived by mutual consent of both the employer and the employee, and the first meal period was not waived. (C) Any work in excess of 8 hours in one workday, any work in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek, and the first 8 hours worked on the seventh day of work in any one workweek is compensated at the rate of no less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay for an employee. (D) Any work in excess of 12 hours in one day is compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay for an employee. (E) Any work in excess of eight hours on any seventh day of a workweek is compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay for an employee. (2) This subdivision does not apply to full-time carnival ride operators employed by a traveling carnival. (3) For purposes of this subdivision, an employee shall not include an employee covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement if that agreement expressly provides for all of the following: (A) Wages, hours of work, and working conditions of the employees. (B) Meal periods for the employees, including final and binding arbitration of disputes concerning application of its meal period provisions. (C) Premium wage rates for all overtime hours worked, and a regular hourly rate of pay of not less than 30 percent more than the state minimum wage. (Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 559, Sec. 40. (AB 2143) Effective January 1, 2025.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

gross receiptsfairCDTFAFair and Exposition Fund

Related Statutes

  • § 3200 Fair And Exposition Fund
  • § 3201 Fair And Exposition Fund Oversight
  • § 3202 Fair Funding And Oversight
  • § 3205 Fair Funds Allocation Rules
  • § 3211 Fair And Exposition Fund Loans

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 3203.
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