139.11

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139.11 Records and reports.

139.11(4)

(4) Confidentiality and publications.

139.11(4)(b)1.

1. Statistics on the total number of liters of the types and brands of intoxicating liquor sold in this state.

139.11(1)

(1) Preservation of records. Every person who manufactures, rectifies, distributes, imports, transports, stores, warehouses or sells intoxicating liquor or fermented malt beverages shall keep complete and accurate records of all such liquor or malt beverages purchased, sold, manufactured, rectified, brewed, fermented, distilled, produced, stored, warehoused, imported or transported within this state. Such records shall be of a kind and in the form prescribed by the secretary and shall be safely preserved to ensure accessibility for inspection by the secretary.

139.11(2)

(2) Report. Each brewer, brewpub, bottler, manufacturer, rectifier, and wholesaler shall on or before the 15th day of each calendar month or the dates prescribed by the secretary file a verified report of all fermented malt beverages or intoxicating liquor manufactured, received, sold, delivered, or shipped by him or her during the preceding calendar month, except that the department may allow wholesale, winery, and out-of-state shipper permittees whose tax liability is less than $500 per quarter to file on a quarterly basis. Quarterly reports shall be filed on or before the 15th of the next month following the close of the calendar quarter.

139.11(2m)

(2m) Timely filing. The provisions on timely filing under § 71.80 (18) apply to the tax under this subchapter.

139.11(3)

(3) Secretary’s powers. When the secretary finds that the records kept by any brewer, brewpub, bottler, manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, or retailer are in such condition that an unusual amount of time is required to determine therefrom the amount of tax due, the secretary may give notice of such fact to such person and may require the records to be kept in such form as the secretary prescribes. If such requirements are not complied with within 30 days after the date of the notice, the brewer, brewpub, bottler, manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, or retailer shall pay the expenses reasonably attributable to the determination of tax at the rate of $30 per day for each auditor. The secretary shall render a bill therefor by registered mail to the person charged with payment at the conclusion of the audit, which bill shall constitute notice of assessment and demand of payment thereof. The brewer, brewpub, bottler, manufacturer, rectifier, wholesaler, or retailer shall, within 10 days after the mailing of the bill, pay its amount, and such payment shall be credited to the appropriation made in § 20.566 (1)(a).

139.11(4)(a)

(a) Sections 71.78 (1) and (4) to (9) and 71.83 (2) (a) 3., relating to confidentiality of income, franchise and gift tax returns, apply to any information obtained from any person on a fermented malt beverage tax return, report, schedule, exhibit or other document or from an audit report relating to any of those documents, except that the department of revenue shall publish brewery production and sales statistics.

139.11(4)(b)

(b) Sections 71.78 (1) and (4) to (9) and 71.83 (2) (a) 3., relating to confidentiality of income, franchise and gift tax returns, do not apply to any information obtained from any person on an intoxicating liquor tax return, report, schedule, exhibit or other document or from an audit report relating to any of those documents. With the information provided to the department by any person, the department of revenue shall publish at least once each month:

139.11(4)(b)2.

2. A current and regularly updated list, made available on paper and on the department’s Internet Web site, of permit holders that minimally includes detailed information on the name, address, contact person, and date of permit issuance for every manufacturer’s and rectifier’s permit issued under § 125.52, winery permit issued under § 125.53, direct wine shipper’s permit issued under § 125.535, wholesaler’s permit issued under § 125.54, and out-of-state shipper’s permit issued under § 125.58.

139.11(4)(b)3.

3. A report summarizing the identity, quantity, and price of all products sold under each winery permit issued under § 125.53 and each direct wine shipper’s permit issued under § 125.535.

139.11(4)(b)4.

4. A report summarizing the sales quantity and product data available for all products sold under each wholesaler’s permit issued under § 125.54.