Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 3110
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 3110
- Commissioner: shall mean in this title only the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
- Distributor: means a person who imports or causes to be imported gasoline or other motor fuel for use, distribution, or sale within the State, or any person who produces, refines, manufactures, or compounds gasoline or other motor fuel within the State for use, distribution, or sale. See
- Month: means 30 days and "year" means 365 days. See
§ 3110. Additional assessment; time limit
(a) If the Commissioner is not satisfied that the report filed or the amount of tax paid by a distributor is accurate, after investigating and finding such inaccuracy, he or she may make an additional assessment of taxes due from the distributor based upon his or her investigation. A penalty equal to 10 percent and interest at the rate of one and one-half percent per month shall be payable on the additional assessment, with interest computed from the date the tax payment was due. The Commissioner shall give notice by mail to the distributor of the additional assessment. Payment shall be due within 30 days of the date of mailing the notice.
(b) When no report or payment of tax has been made as required by sections 3106 and 3108 of this title, or when a willfully false or fraudulent report has been filed, the tax may be assessed at any time. In all other cases, no assessment of additional tax, and the mailing of notice, shall be made after the expiration of three years from the date of filing a report. (Added 1985, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)