§ 67-3-504 — Payment by supplier

(a) The taxes and fees on petroleum products imposed by §§ 67-3-202 - 67-3-205 shall be collected and remitted to the state by the supplier, as agent for the wholesaler who removes taxable gallons from the terminal racks. The supplier responsible for the tax payment and the wholesaler who removes the taxable fuel from the rack shall be identified in the terminal operator records. (b) The supplier who has out-of-state terminals and who has entered into a blanket precollection election under § 67-3-503 shall also remit gasoline tax imposed by § 67-3-201 on products originating at out-of-state terminals destined for Tennessee. (c) All taxes and fees accrued by the supplier with respect to gallons removed on such supplier's account during a calendar month shall be due and payable on or before the twentieth day of the month following the month of activity, unless such day falls on a weekend or state or banking holiday, in which case the taxes and fees are due the next succeeding business day.

Legislative History

Acts 1997 , ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-1604.