Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (b), a retail merchant shall remit the heavy equipment rental excise tax that the retail merchant collects under this chapter in the same manner as the state gross retail tax is remitted under IC 6-2.5.

     (b) The heavy equipment rental excise tax imposed under this chapter shall be sourced to the business location of the retail merchant from which the heavy rental equipment is rented.

     (c) The return to be filed for the payment of the heavy equipment rental excise tax may be either a separate return or may be combined with the return filed for the payment of the state gross retail tax, as prescribed by the department.

     (d) In the event of a misclassification, a person shall receive a credit:

(1) for any Indiana property tax paid on the equipment for a calendar year against any excise tax owed on the equipment in the same calendar year; and

(2) for any excise tax paid on the equipment for a calendar year against any Indiana property tax owed on the equipment in the same calendar year.

As added by P.L.188-2018, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.234-2019, SEC.28.