1166-a. Special supplemental tax on passenger car rentals. (a) In addition to the tax imposed under section eleven hundred sixty of this article and in addition to any tax imposed under any other article of this chapter, there is hereby imposed and there shall be paid a tax at the rate of five percent upon the receipts from every rental of a passenger car which is a retail sale of such passenger car within the metropolitan commuter transportation district as defined in subdivision (a) of section eight hundred of this chapter.
(b) Except to the extent that a passenger car rental described in subdivision (a) of this section has already been or will be subject to the tax imposed under such subdivision and except as otherwise exempted under this article, there is hereby imposed on every person and there shall be paid a use tax for the use within the metropolitan commuter transportation district as defined in subdivision (a) of section eight hundred of this chapter; of any passenger car rented by the user which is a purchase at retail of such passenger car, but not including any lease of a passenger car to which subdivision (i) of section eleven hundred eleven of this chapter applies. For purposes of this paragraph, the tax shall be at the rate of five percent of the consideration given or contracted to be given for such property, or for the use of such property, including any charges for shipping or delivery as described in paragraph three of subdivision (b) of section eleven hundred one of this chapter, but excluding any credit for tangible personal property accepted in part payment and intended for resale.
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