Section 500.28 - Collection of tax - Liability wholesaler, retailer, end-user, producer or ultimate consumer or vendorA. In the event the tax imposed by Section 500.4 of this title is not otherwise precollected, the tax shall be collected: 1. Upon the first receipt of motor fuel when received from a source outside of the state by any wholesaler, retailer or end-user and the tax is imposed upon, and shall be the liability of, any such wholesaler, retailer or end-user who first received the motor fuel into the state;2. Upon the first sale or use of motor fuel when produced in this state by any person and the tax is imposed upon the first sale or use by such person. The tax is imposed upon, and shall be the liability of, the producer of the motor fuel; and3. Upon the first sale of compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas by a wholesaler to a retailer or end-user and the tax is imposed upon, and shall be the liability of any such wholesaler to remit the same to the Tax Commission on or before the same date and in the same manner as provided in Section 500.20 of this title.B. In the event the tax imposed by Section 500.4 of this title is not otherwise precollected or collected pursuant to the provisions of subsection A of this section, it shall be collected from the ultimate consumer in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Commission, for the use of motor fuel on the highways by any consumer, unless such person is otherwise exempted pursuant to paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of Section 500.10 of this title, upon the delivery into the fuel supply tank of a highway vehicle of, including, but not limited to:1. Any diesel fuel that contains a dye; or2. Any motor fuel on which a claim for refund has been made.C. The ultimate vendor of motor fuel, other than a federally recognized Indian tribe, shall be jointly and severally liable for the backup tax precollected by subsection A of this section if the ultimate vendor knows or has reason to know that the motor fuel, as to which tax imposed by this act has not been paid, is or will be consumed in a nonexempt use.Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 500.28
Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 375, s. 5, eff. 1/1/2014.Added by Laws 1996, HB 2208, c. 345, § 28, eff. 10/1/1996; Amended by Laws 2006 , SB 1947, c. 327, § 3, emerg. eff. 7/1/2006; Amended by Laws 2011 , HB 1815, c. 163, § 5, eff. 1/1/2012.