3-2-6. Establishment and operation of reporting system for collection of taxes on malt beverages, distilled spirits, and wines; applicability to reporting system of provisions of law relating to revenue stamps.
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With respect to malt beverages and wine, the commissioner shall provide, and with respect to distilled spirits, the commissioner may provide, by regulation, that the taxes on malt beverages, wine, and distilled spirits shall be collected by a reporting system.
Pursuant to the establishment of a reporting system authorized by subsection
(a)of this Code section, the commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations which shall include, but shall not be limited to, provisions for:
Records to be made and kept;
Penalties to be assessed for failure to comply with the reporting system;
Bonds or other security to be posted with the commissioner; and
Other matters relative to the administration and enforcement of collecting the tax under the reporting system.
In the event the commissioner prescribes a reporting system for collection of taxes imposed on distilled spirits by this title, all of the laws applicable to revenue stamps shall apply to the reporting system insofar as they can be made applicable.
There is established a reporting system for the collection of state excise taxes imposed by this title on all taxable wine. The reporting system shall be conducted as follows:
Every licensed wholesale dealer, importer, and broker located within this state shall file a monthly report with the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, setting forth his taxable wine sales for the month and shall remit with the report the appropriate excise taxes on the wine. The reports and remittances shall be filed with the commissioner not later than the fifteenth day of the month next following the month of sale; and
Every licensed manufacturer, winery, producer, shipper, importer, and broker shipping wines or causing wines to be shipped into the state shall file a monthly report with the commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, which shall set forth the total quantity of wines shipped into the state during the month and which shall have attached to it legible copies of all invoices covering the shipments. The monthly reports shall be filed with the commissioner not later than the fifteenth day of the month next following the month of shipment.