A. All taxes levied pursuant to the provisions of Section 421 of this title shall be collected and remitted by the distributor to the Oklahoma Tax Commission. B. The distributor shall submit a copy of each invoice from the manufacturer from which the distributor obtained the charity game equipment stating the amount and price of each item obtained. C. The distributor shall submit a copy of each invoice submitted for payment to a purchaser of charity game equipment. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to invoices to all purchasers whether or not items sold to the purchaser are subject to or are exempt from the taxes levied pursuant to Section 421 of this title. The distributor shall indicate on the invoice if the sale is exempt from taxation. D. The taxes shall be due and paid monthly, and shall be deemed delinquent if not paid on or before the last day of the month following the month during which the items were sold to an organization. E. The distributor shall not require a payment of the taxes levied pursuant to Section 421 of this title from any organization sooner than the fifteenth day of the month following the month during which items were sold to the organization. The distributor may require payment of the tax at the time of purchase from an organization if the organization does not make timely payments to the distributor as required by this section. F. In computing the amount of charity games tax due, the distributor shall be entitled to a credit against the tax payable in the amount of tax paid by the distributor that has become uncollectible from an organization. The credit shall be claimed on the first or second return following the date on which the distributor was entitled to collect the tax as provided in this section if the payment remains unpaid as of the filing date of that return or the credit shall be disallowed. G. An organization that fails to pay the tax to a distributor which has claimed a credit for the uncollectible taxes shall be liable for the remittance of the tax, interest and penalty due thereon and the Tax Commission may pursue collection thereof from the organization. Such a distributor shall be prohibited from making further sales to such an organization until the organization has paid all taxes due. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 205 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the Tax Commission shall notify the ABLE Commission of any organization which fails to remit the charity games tax to its distributor. H. The Tax Commission shall adopt rules establishing the evidence a distributor must provide to receive the credit. The claim for credit shall identify the defaulting organization and any tax liability that remains unpaid. I. Charity game equipment taxed pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, Section 401 et seq. of this title, shall be exempt from taxation pursuant to any other law of this state levying a sales tax, consumers tax, or use tax. J. A licensed distributor shall be allowed a discount of one percent (1%) of the taxes due pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act as remuneration for establishing and maintaining the records required by the ABLE Commission and the Oklahoma Tax Commission and for collecting such tax for the benefit of the state, if such tax is timely reported and remitted; provided, the discount provided by this section shall be limited to Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($3,300.00) per reporting period for each licensed distributor and any amount in excess of Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($3,300.00) per reporting period for each licensed distributor shall be retained by the state as an administrative expense and deposited to the General Revenue Fund. If the tax becomes delinquent, the licensed distributor forfeits any claim to the remuneration. K. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall, by rule, establish a procedure by which a licensed distributor shall be allowed a credit against subsequent tax liability for damaged bingo faces, U-PIK-EM bingo game sets, breakopen ticket games or charity game equipment upon which the tax required by the Oklahoma Charity Games Act has been paid and by which the distributor shall reimburse the organization which purchased such damaged bingo faces, U-PIK-EM bingo game sets, breakopen ticket games or charity game equipment for the tax paid by such organization. L. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall devise only such tax reporting forms as necessary for tax collection pursuant to the Oklahoma Charity Games Act and shall promulgate and enforce only such rules as are necessary to provide for the collection, remitting and verification of payment of taxes by distributors as required by this section. M. The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall have the authority to enter the licensed premises of any licensee to verify compliance with the taxation provisions of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act. Added by Laws 1992, c. 328, § 23, eff. Dec. 1, 1992, and adopted by State Question No. 650, Legislative Referendum No. 294, at election held Nov. 3, 1992. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 305, § 12, eff. July 1, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 280, § 12, eff. July 1, 1997; Laws 2004, c. 330, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
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