The tax does not apply to compensation paid by common carriers to their customers for tangible personal property which is lost or damaged while in possession of such carriers. However, if a common carrier retains such property and converts it to its own use, the carrier shall pay the tax on the salvage value. When a common carrier sells damaged or unclaimed property, it must collect and remit the applicable tax.
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 560-12-2-.60
Ga. L. 1937-38, Extra Sess., pp. 77, et seq., as amended (Ga. Code Ann., Secs. 92-8405, 8406, 8409, 8427); Ga. L. 1951, pp. 360, 385 (Ga. Code Ann., Sec. 92-3438a).