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HOUSE BILL NO. 473 – Tobacco tax, pymt, refund, when

HOUSE BILL NO. 473

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H0473...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
TOBACCO/CIGARETTE TAX - Amends existing law to provide that, under certain
circumstances, refunds or credits may be given for taxes paid on cigarettes
or tobacco products; and to provide that if such accounts are thereafter
collected, the tax per unit shall be paid based on the amount actually
received, divided by the price per unit of the original sale and multiplied
by the appropriate tax rate.
                                                                        
02/01    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax

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 H0473
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 473
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO THE TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS; AMENDING SECTION 63-2559, IDAHO CODE,
  3        TO PROVIDE THAT TAXES PREVIOUSLY PAID ON CIGARETTES  OR  TOBACCO  PRODUCTS
  4        REPRESENTED BY ACCOUNTS FOUND TO BE WORTHLESS AND ACTUALLY CHARGED OFF FOR
  5        INCOME  TAX  PURPOSES  MAY  BE CREDITED UPON SUBSEQUENT PAYMENT OF THE TAX
  6        PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER, OR, IF NO SUCH TAX IS DUE, REFUNDED,  TO PROVIDE
  7        IF SUCH ACCOUNTS ARE THEREAFTER COLLECTED, THE TAX PER UNIT SHALL BE  PAID
  8        BASED ON THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY RECEIVED DIVIDED BY THE PRICE PER UNIT OF THE
  9        ORIGINAL  SALE  MULTIPLIED BY THE APPROPRIATE TAX RATE; DECLARING AN EMER-
 10        GENCY AND PROVIDING RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.
                                                                        
 11    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 12        SECTION 1.  That Section 63-2559, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 13    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        63-2559.  WHEN  CREDIT  MAY  BE  OBTAINED  FOR TAX PAID. (1) Where tobacco
 15    products upon which the tax imposed by this  chapter  has  been  reported  and
 16    paid,  are  shipped or transported by the distributor to retailers without the
 17    state, to be sold by those retailers, or are returned to the  manufacturer  by
 18    the  distributor  or  destroyed  by the distributor, credit of such tax may be
 19    made to the distributor in accordance with regulations prescribed by the  com-
 20    mission.
 21        (2)  For  sales made on or after January 1, 2000, taxes previously paid on
 22    cigarettes or tobacco products represented by accounts found to  be  worthless
 23    and  actually  charged off for income tax purposes may be credited upon subse-
 24    quent payment of the tax provided in this chapter, or, if no such tax is  due,
 25    refunded. If such accounts are thereafter collected, the tax per unit shall be
 26    paid  based  on  the amount actually received divided by the price per unit of
 27    the original sale and multiplied by the appropriate tax rate.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION 2.  An emergency existing  therefor,  which  emergency  is  hereby
 29    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 30    passage and approval, and retroactively to January 1, 2000.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS09491


     The purpose of this legislation is to amend section 63-2559
of the Idaho Code, to provide that taxes previously paid on
cigarettes and tobacco products by accounts found to be worthless
may be credited upon subsequest payment of the tax provided by
law. If no tax is due or refunded, the tax per unit shall be paid
based on the amount actually received, divided by the price per
unit of the original sale, multiplied by the appropriate tax
rate. This bill provides retroactive application.




                          FISCAL NOTE

     The estimated amount is $20,000 annually.


CONTACT: Rep. Kent Kunz
         Karleane Allen, Idaho Wholesale Marketers Assn.
Phone:   (208) 375-5806


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL IMPACT                       H 473