(a) (1) (A) The Franchise Tax Board shall revise the returns required to be filed pursuant to this article, Article 2 (commencing with Section 18601), Section 18633, Section 18633.5, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 23771) of Chapter 4 of Part 11, and the accompanying instructions for filing those returns, in a form and manner approved by the State Board of Equalization, to allow a person to report and pay qualified use tax in accordance with Section 6452.1 and subparagraph (B).

(B) The returns and instructions shall require the following:

(i) That a taxpayer enter a number on the use tax line of the personal income tax return.

(ii) That a taxpayer who enters the number zero on the use tax line of the personal income tax return check one of two boxes, the first of which shall indicate that the taxpayer owes no use tax, and the second of which shall indicate that the taxpayer has remitted his or her use tax obligation for the taxable year directly to the State Board of Equalization.

(2) Within 10 working days of receiving from the Franchise Tax Board the returns and instructions described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), the State Board of Equalization shall do either of the following:

(A) Approve the form and manner of the returns and instructions and notify the Franchise Tax Board of this approval.

(B) Submit comments to the Franchise Tax Board regarding changes to the returns and instructions that shall be incorporated before the State Board of Equalization approves the form and manner of the returns and instructions.

(b) (1) Of payments and credits shown on the return, together with any other credits associated with that person’s tax year, of a person that reports qualified use tax on an acceptable tax return, an amount equal to the qualified use tax liability reported on that acceptable tax return in accordance with Section 6452.1 shall be applied to that liability.

(2) This subdivision shall apply to returns filed for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2015.

(c) The Franchise Tax Board shall transfer the qualified use tax received pursuant to Section 6452.1, and any information the State Board of Equalization deems necessary for its administration of the use tax, to the State Board of Equalization within 60 days from the date the use tax is received or the acceptable tax return is processed, whichever is later.

(d) Except as otherwise provided, this section shall be operative for returns filed for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2010.

(e) The amendments made by Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2011 shall apply to returns filed for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2011.

(f) The amendments to this section made by the act adding this subdivision shall apply to returns filed for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2017.

(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 563, Sec. 1. (AB 1593) Effective January 1, 2018.)