The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) has updated Publication 34 (Motor Vehicle Dealers), to include 2020 legislation that, effective 1/1/2021, imposes new reporting and payments requirements on certain used vehicle dealers. The new discussion, entitled "Used Vehicle Dealers" (in the section on "Motor Vehicle Sales"), provides in part that effective 1/1/2021, certain used vehicle dealers are required to pay sales tax on their retail sales of vehicles when a vehicle registration application is submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The CDTFA previously discussed these changes in California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Special Notice L-766, 11/01/2020. The CDTFA also made a number of nonsubstantive changes to the publication. Publication 34 is designed to help motor vehicle dealers understand California’s sales and...