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BOE PUBLICATION #47
• Designed or intended for use as a school building.
• Wholly or substantially manufactured at an offsite location for the purpose of being assembled, erected,
or installed on a site owned or leased by a school district or a community college district.
• Designed and manufactured in accordance with building standards adopted and approved pursuant to
Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) of Part 2.5 of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code
and must be approved by the structural safety section in the office of the State Architect.
Buildings that are not licensed by either the DMV or the Department of Housing and Community Development are
not factory-built school buildings.
Buildings that are licensed by either the DMV or the Department of Housing and Community Development are not
factory-built school buildings.
Tax applies to 40 percent of the sales price at which the factory-built school building is sold to a consumer,
excluding on-site installation labor. The following are examples of persons defined as consumers:
• A school district or a community college district.
• A contractor who purchases a factory-built school building for the purpose of fulfilling the requirements
of an existing contract with a school district or a community college district to furnish and install such a
building.
For information on the sale and installation of factory-built school buildings, as a construction contractor, please
refer to Regulation 1521, Construction Contractors, subdivision (b)(4), and to publication 9, Tax Tips for
Construction and Building Contractors. See page 31 for ordering information.
General Tax Information
This chapter provides general information on other tax issues that are common to the mobilehome and factorybuilt
housing industry, including sales tax reimbursement, bad debts, and recordkeeping. For more information,
you may obtain the regulations and publications noted in the chapter.
Sales tax reimbursement
Although you are liable for the sales tax on your taxable retail sales, you may collect an amount from your
customer equal to the tax you will owe. We presume that your customer agrees to pay you an amount for sales
tax if any of the following are true:
• The sales agreement or invoice specifically provides for the addition of an amount for sales tax or sales
tax reimbursement;
• Your invoice or other proof of sale shows the amount of tax you will collect from your customer; or
• You post a visible sign at your business location, or include on price tags or advertisements, a notice
that reimbursement for sales tax will be added to the sales price of all items or certain items (whichever
applies).
If you collect more tax on a sale than you owe, you must return the excess amount to the customer or pay it
directly to the BOE.
For more information, you may obtain a copy of Regulation 1700, Reimbursement for Sales Tax. (See page 31.)
Recordkeeping
Required records
You need to keep complete and accurate records of all of your business transactions. Our representatives may
examine your books, papers, records, and other documents to verify the accuracy of any return you file. If you
don’t file tax returns, they will use your records to determine how much tax you owe. You must keep adequate
records that show all of the following:
• Your gross receipts from all taxable and nontaxable sales or leases of goods and merchandise and any
related labor charges.
• All deductions allowed by law and claimed in filing returns.
• The total purchase price of all items you purchased for sale, use, or lease. Your records must include all
of the following:
• The normal books of account.
• All bills, receipts, invoices, orders, contracts, or other documents of original entry supporting the entries
in the books of account.
• Certificates of exemption or exclusion described elsewhere in this pamphlet.
• All schedules or work papers used in preparing your tax returns.
If you do not maintain adequate records, we may consider that to be evidence of negligence or intent to evade the
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