Real Estate and Personal Property. Leased Equipment must determine if it's a True Lease or a Conditional Sale
or Financing lease to determine taxability of Lessor or Lessee. Secured Property and Unsecured Property for
purposes of assessment are defined as, secured property is property on the secured roll that creates a lien on
the real property; Unsecured Property are taxes on the unsecured roll that create a personal liability for the
assessed. Assessments on the two parts of the roll have different due dates, delinquency dates, and tax
collection procedures. In addition, in any given year, the tax rates between the secured and unsecured rolls may
be different. Personal property may be placed on the secured roll when the property is physically located on
the real property on the lien date and is assessed to the person or entity which owned the real property. In
general, personal property is sub-classified according to type as provided on property statements: equipment,
supplies, vessels, aircraft, and manufactured homes. Vehicles licensed paying license fees in lieu of tax are
exempt in CA. |