Missouri Laws 142.875 – Final report
1. Every licensee shall, upon the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of the business or upon the cancellation, revocation or termination by law of a license pursuant to section 142.899, or as otherwise provided, within fifteen days, make a report as required pursuant to this chapter marked “Final Report”, and shall pay all motor fuel taxes, penalties and interest that may be due the state except as may otherwise be provided by law.
2. For purposes of this section, any person who was licensed to remit motor fuel taxes by this state prior to January 1, 1999, and who is not licensed as a supplier pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to have the license terminated pursuant to this section as of January 1, 1999.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 142.875
- Director: the director of revenue. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- Distributor: a person who either produces, refines, blends, compounds or manufactures motor fuel, imports motor fuel into a state or exports motor fuel out of a state, or who is engaged in distribution of motor fuel. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- Eligible purchaser: a distributor who has been authorized by the director to purchase motor fuel on a tax-deferred basis. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Motor fuel: gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and blended fuel. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- Person: natural persons, individuals, partnerships, firms, associations, corporations, estates, trustees, business trusts, syndicates, this state, any county, city, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of the state, federally recognized Indian tribe, or any corporation or combination acting as a unit or any receiver appointed by any state or federal court. See Missouri Laws 142.800
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Supplier: includes a permissive supplier unless specifically provided otherwise. See Missouri Laws 142.800
3. Any distributor licensed prior to January 1, 1999, who is ineligible to elect eligible purchaser status, or who otherwise does not apply for or does not receive eligible purchaser status in accordance with section 142.851, may in the alternative elect to make payment of the tax calculated and interest provided for in section 32.065 pursuant to the final report provided for in this section if the tax is paid in installments agreed to by the director not to exceed twelve months after January 1, 1999.
4. If a person elects pursuant to subsection 3 of this section to defer payment, the person shall not be eligible to claim eligible purchaser status pursuant to section 142.851 for a period of thirty-six months following the election.
5. Any former licensee shall be given the opportunity to apply for eligible purchaser status as provided in sections 142.848 and 142.851, prior to January 1, 1999. Should such determination not be complete before January 1, 1999, collection of tax shown on the final report of the former licensee shall be delayed until the determination is complete. However, the final report shall be due not later than thirty days after a denial of eligible purchaser status becomes final.
6. The final report required by this chapter shall be accompanied by payment of the liability of the final month. A one-time alternative payment method is set out in this section upon January 1, 1999, as part of the conversion from the predecessor act.