Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4384 – Reporting and payment of tax
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4384
- Distributor: means any person engaged in this State in the business of producing or manufacturing cigarettes in this State, importing cigarettes into this State, making delivery sales or making wholesale purchases or sales of cigarettes in this State on which the tax imposed by this chapter has not been paid. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4361
- Licensed distributor: means a distributor licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4361
- Month: means a calendar month. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, society, club, corporation, financial institution, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee or any other group or combination acting as a unit, the State or Federal Government or any political subdivision or agency of either government. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
- Return: means any document, digital file or electronic data transmission containing information required by this Title to be reported to the State Tax Assessor. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
- Tax: means the total amount required to be paid, withheld and paid over or collected and paid over with respect to estimated or actual tax liability under this Title, any credit or reimbursement allowed or paid pursuant to this Title that is recoverable by the assessor and any amount assessed by the assessor pursuant to this Title, including any interest or penalties provided by law. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 111
- Unstamped cigarettes: means cigarettes to which stamps issued by the State Tax Assessor pursuant to section 4366-A are not affixed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Sec. 4361
A person who is not a licensed distributor who imports, receives or otherwise acquires unstamped cigarettes for use or consumption in the State in a quantity greater than 2 cartons in any one month from a person other than a licensed distributor shall file, on or before the last day of the month following each month in which unstamped cigarettes were acquired, a return on a form prescribed by the State Tax Assessor together with payment of the tax imposed by this chapter at the rate provided in section 4365. The return must report the number of unstamped cigarettes imported, received or otherwise acquired during the previous calendar month and additional information the assessor may require. [PL 2007, c. 438, §100 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 705, §7 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 438, §100 (AMD).