Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Form
50-260
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STEP 4: Units Sold and Sales Amount
Breakdown of Units Sold for Reporting Month
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Vessel and Outboard Motor Inventory Fleet Transactions Dealer Sales Subsequent Sales
Breakdown of Sales Amounts for Reporting Month
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Vessel and Outboard Motor Inventory Fleet Transactions Dealer Sales Subsequent Sales
STEP 5: Signature
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Print Name Title
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Authorized Signature Date
If you make a false statement on this report, you could be found guilty of a Class A misdemeanor or a state jail felony under Penal Code Section 37.10.
Additional Instructions
1
Type of Sale: Place one of the following codes by each sale
reported:
VM – vessel and outboard motor inventory – the sale of
water
craft used or capable of being used for transportation on
water that is not more than 65 feet in length (vessels) and the
sale of self-contained internal combustion propulsion systems
which are used to propel vessels and which are detachable
as a unit from the vessel (outboard motors). The term “vessel”
also includes a vehicle that is designed to carry watercraft and
is either a “trailer” or “semitrailer” as dened by Transportation
Code Section 501.002(23) and (29). The term “vessel” does not
include watercraft of more than 65 feet in length; or a seaplane
on water; or canoes, kayaks, punts, rowboats, rubber rafts,
or other vessels under 14 feet in length when paddled, poled,
oared, or windblown. This category does not include a eet
transaction, dealer sale, or subsequent sale, each of which is
dened below. Only this type of sale has a unit property tax (see
below). [See, Tax Code Sections 23.124(a)(8), (14), (15); and
Parks and Wildlife Code, Section 31.003.]
FL – eet transaction – the sal
e of ve or more vessels or
outboard motors from a dealer’s vessel and outboard motor
inventory to the same business entity within one calendar year.
[Tax Code Section 23.124(a)(7).]
DL – dealer sale – the sale from a dealer’s vessel and outboard
motor inventory to another dealer, that is, a person who holds
a dealer’s and manufacturer’s number issued by the Parks and
Wildlife Department under the authority of Parks and Wildlife
Code Section 31.041, or is authorized by law or interstate reci-
procity agreement to purchase vessels or outboard motors in
Texas without paying the sales tax. The term does not include
the man
ufacturer of vessels or outboard motors. [See, Tax Code
Section 23.124(a)(3).]
SS – subsequent sale – a dealer-nanced sale of a vessel or
outboard motor that, at the time of the sale, has been the sub-
ject of a dealer-nanced sale from the same dealer’s vessel and
outboard motor inventory in the same calendar year. [Tax Code
Section 23.124(a)(12).]
2
Sales Price: The price as set forth on the “Application for Texas
Certicate of Number/Title, for Boat/Seller, Donor or Trader’s
Affidavit” for a vessel, the “Application for Texas Certicate of
Title for an Outboard Motor/Seller, Donor or Trader’s Affidavit”
for an outboard motor, or the “Application for Texas Certicate
of Title” for a trailer treated as a vessel, or the price that would
appear if those forms were used.
3
Unit Property Tax: To compute, multiply the sales price by the
unit property tax factor. For eet, dealer and subsequent sales
that are not included in the vessel and outboard motor inven-
tory, the unit property tax is $-0-. Contact either the county tax
assessor-collector or county appraisal district for the current
unit property tax factor. The unit property tax factor is calcu-
lated by dividing the prior year aggregate tax rate by 12. If the
aggregate tax rate is expressed in dollars per $100 of valuation,
divide by $100 and then divide by 12. It represents one-twelfth
of the preceding year’s aggregate tax rate at the location. If no
unit property tax is assigned, state the reason.
4
Total Unit Property Tax for This Month: Enter the total amount
of unit property tax. This is the total amount of unit property tax
that will be submitted with the statement to the collector.