Sec. 162.308. COMPUTATION OF TAXES; ALLOWANCES    


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  • (a) A licensed dealer or a person required to hold a dealer's license who makes a sale or delivery of liquefied gas into a fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle on which the tax is required to be collected is liable to this state for the tax imposed and shall report and pay the tax in the manner required by this subchapter.

    (b) A licensed interstate trucker shall report and pay to this state the tax at the rate imposed on each gallon of liquefied gas delivered by the trucker into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle, unless the tax has been paid to a licensed dealer, and shall report and pay the tax on each gallon of liquefied gas imported into this state in the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles owned or operated by the trucker and consumed in the operation of the motor vehicles on the public highways of this state.

    (c) The tax on one percent of the taxable gallons of liquefied gas sold in this state shall be allocated to the licensed dealer making the sale for the expense of collecting, accounting for, reporting, and timely remitting the taxes collected and for keeping the records. The allocation allowance shall be deducted by the licensed dealer when paying the tax to this state.

    (d) The tax of one-half of one percent of the taxable gallons of liquefied gas used in this state by persons licensed as interstate truckers shall be allocated to the interstate trucker making the use of the liquefied gas for the expense of accounting for, reporting, and timely remitting the taxes due.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 199, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1227 , Sec. 30, eff. September 1, 2009.