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the general public and referral to and coordination of
community resources available to hearing-impaired persons;

 
MM. Credit unions that are organized under the laws of this
State. This paragraph remains in effect only for the time
that federally chartered credit unions are, by reason of
federal law, exempt from payment of state sales tax;

 
NN. Nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to
develop housing for low-income people;

 
OO. Nonprofit organizations whose primary purpose is to
obtain, medically evaluate and distribute eyes for use in
corneal transplantation, research and education; and

 
PP. Centers for innovation as described in Title 5, section
13141.

 
2. Exempt activities. The exemptions provided by this section
to a person based upon its charitable, nonprofit or other public
purposes apply only to purchases intended to be used by the
person primarily in the activity identified by the particular
exemption. Exemption certificates issued by the State Tax
Assessor pursuant to this section must identify the exempt
activity and must state that the certificate may be used by the
holder only for purchases intended to be used by the holder
primarily in the exempt activity. When an otherwise qualifying
person is engaged in both exempt and nonexempt activities, an
exemption certificate may be issued to the person only if the
person has established to the satisfaction of the assessor that
the applicant has adequate accounting controls to limit the use
of the certificate to exempt purchases.

 
§4953. Credit for worthless accounts

 
The tax paid on sales represented by accounts charged off as
worthless may be credited against the tax due on a subsequent
return filed within 3 years of the charge-off. For purposes of
this section, a worthless account is a bad debt as defined in
Section 166 of the Code, adjusted to exclude finance charges or
interest, taxes charged on the sale price and expenses incurred
in attempting to collect the debt. A credit may be taken on the
return filed for the period during which the account is written
off as uncollectible in the claimant's books and records and is
eligible to be deducted for federal income tax purposes. If a
deduction is taken for a bad debt and the debt is subsequently
collected in whole or in part, the tax on the amount so collected
must be paid and reported on the return filed for the period in
which the collection is made.


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