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Payment by credit cards is accepted.  \nPlease see instructions for further details.  \n\n| CDTFA USE ONLY |\n| --- |\n| EFF |\n| PM |\n\nREAD INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE PREPARING  \nPLEASE ROUND CENTS TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR  \n\n| 1 Total (gross) sales 1 |  |  |  |  | $ .00 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2 Purchases subject to use tax 2 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 3 Total (add lines 1 and 2) 3 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 4 Sales to other retailers for resale 4 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 5 Nontaxable sales of food products 5 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 6 Nontaxable labor (repair and installation) 6 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 7 Sales to the United States government 7 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 8 Sales in interstate or foreign commerce 8 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 9 Sales tax (if any) included in line 1 9 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 10 Other deductions (clearly explain) 10 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 11 Total of exempt transactions (add lines 4 through 10) 11 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 12 Taxable transactions (subtract line 11 from line 3) 12 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 13 Total sales and use tax (multiply line 12 by ) 13 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 14 Excess tax collected (enter excess tax collected, if any) 14 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 15 Total tax (add lines 13 and 14) 15 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 16 Less tax prepayments (see line 16 instructions) | 1st prepayment $ | 2nd prepayment $ |  | 16 | .00 |\n|  | o No taxable transactions | o No taxable transactions |  |  |  |\n| 17 Remaining tax due (subtract line 16 from line 15) 17 |  |  |  |  | .00 |\n| 18 PENALTY: (multiply line 17 by 10 percent [0.10] if payment is made, or your tax return is filed, after the due date shown above) |  |  | PENALTY: 18 |  | .00 |\n| 19 INTEREST: One month’s interest is due on tax for each month or fraction of a month that payment is delayed after the due date. 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