54:40B-5 Liability for payment of tax.
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5. a. Every distributor or wholesaler required to pay the tax imposed by this act shall be personally liable for the tax imposed under this act.
b. If a distributor or wholesaler fails to pay the tax imposed by this act when required to pay the same, then in addition to all other rights, obligations and remedies provided, the compensating use tax imposed in subsection c. of section 3 shall be payable by the retail dealer or consumer directly to the director, and it shall be the duty of the retail dealer or consumer to file a return, on a form prescribed by the director, with the director and to pay the tax to the director within 20 days of the date the tax was required to be paid or at other times as specified by the director.
L.1990, c.39, s.5; amended 2001, c.448, s.4.