§818.21. Supplier or permissive supplier; duties as trustee
A. All tax payments due to this state that are received by a supplier or permissive supplier licensed to collect the tax shall be held by the supplier or permissive supplier in trust for the state of Louisiana, and the supplier or permissive supplier as trustee of the taxes paid has a fiduciary duty to remit to the secretary the amount of tax received and is liable for the taxes paid to them. Where the tax collected for any period is in excess of the tax rate, the total tax collected must be paid over to the secretary.
B. A supplier or permissive supplier shall notify a licensed distributor, licensed exporter, or licensed importer who received gasoline or diesel fuel from the supplier or permissive supplier during a reporting period of the number of taxable gallons received.
C. A supplier or permissive supplier of gasoline or diesel fuel at a terminal shall notify the secretary within the time period established by the secretary of any licensed distributors, licensed exporters, or licensed importers who did not pay the tax due the supplier or permissive supplier. The notice shall be transmitted in the form required by the secretary.
D. A supplier or permissive supplier who receives a payment of tax shall not apply the payment of tax to a debt that the person making the payment owes for gasoline or diesel fuel purchased from the supplier or permissive supplier.
Acts 2005, No. 252, §1, eff. July 1, 2006.
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