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another state or city on such telecommunication services, shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed to the extent of the amount of such tax legally imposed in such other state or city; provided, however, the amount of credit shall not exceed the tax owed to the city under this Section. (e) The tax on telecommunication services imposed by this Section shall be collected from the service user by the service supplier. The amount of tax collected in one month shall be remitted to the tax administrator, and must be received by the tax administrator on or before the twentieth (20th) day of the following month. SECTION 5: Section 35 -155.1 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows: Sec. 35- 155.1. Bundling Taxable Items. If any nontaxable charges are combined with and not separately stated from taxable service charges on the customer bill or invoice of a service supplier, the combined charge is subject to tax unless the service supplier identifies, by reasonable and verifiable standards, the portions of the combined charge that are nontaxable and taxable through the service supplier's books and records kept in the regular course of business, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and not created and maintained for tax purposes. If the service supplier offers a combination of taxable and non - taxable services, and the charges are separately stated, then for taxation purposes, the values assigned the taxable and non - taxable services shall be based on its books and records kept in the regular course of business and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and not created and maintained for tax purposes. The service supplier has the burden of proving the proper valuation and apportionment of taxable and non- taxable charges. SECTION 6: Section 35 -155.2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby added such that it reads as follows: Sec. 35- 155.2. Substantial Nexus /Minimum Contact. For purposes of imposing a tax or establishing a duty to collect and remit a tax under this article, "substantial nexus" and "minimum contacts" shall be construed broadly in favor of the imposition, collection and /or remittance of the utility users' tax to the fullest extent permitted by State and Federal law, and as it may change from time to time by judicial interpretation or by statutory enactment. Any telecommunication service (including VoIP) used by a person with a service address in the city, which service is capable of terminating a call to another person on the general telephone network, shall be subject to a rebuttable presumption that "substantial nexus /minimum contacts" exists for purposes of imposing a tax, or establishing a duty to collect and remit a tax, under this article. A service supplier Ordinance No. NS -2860 Page 7 of 13