Title 47 — Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]

(a)(1) The District shall levy and collect a tax on motor vehicle fuels equal to 8.0% of the average wholesale price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline for the applicable base period, excluding federal and state taxes, sold or otherwise disposed of by an importer or by a us…

The Provisions of this subchapter shall be subject to the provisions of the International Fuel Tax Agreement as required by subchapter II of this chapter.

As used in §§ 47-2301 to 47-2315: (1) The term “motor vehicle” means all vehicles propelled by internal-combustion engines, electricity, or steam, except traction engines, road rollers, and vehicles propelled only upon rails and tracks. (2) The term “motor vehicle fuels” means ga…

(a) No person shall bring into, or produce, refine, manufacture, or compound in the District of Columbia motor vehicle fuel to be used by him or to be sold, bartered, delivered for value, or exchanged for goods, and no person shall engage in the business of importer of motor vehi…

Each importer engaged in the District of Columbia in the sale or other disposition or use of motor vehicle fuel shall render to the Assessor of the District of Columbia, on or before the 25th day of each calendar month, on forms prescribed, prepared, and furnished by the said Ass…

Invoices shall be rendered by importers and distributors to all purchasers from them of motor vehicle fuel within the District of Columbia except in case of retail sales. Said invoices shall contain a statement, printed thereon in a conspicuous place, that the liability to the Di…

(a) The tax in respect to motor vehicle fuel so sold or otherwise disposed of or used in any calendar month shall be paid by the importer on or before the 25th day of the next succeeding calendar month to the Collector of Taxes of the District of Columbia, who shall issue a recei…

The records of all purchases, receipts, sales, other dispositions, and uses of motor vehicle fuel of every importer, distributor, user, or dealer shall, at all times during the business hours of the day, be subject to inspection by the Assessor and the Collector of Taxes of the D…

It shall be unlawful for any person to accept or receive from any importer or distributor, except in cases of retail sales, any motor vehicle fuel unless the statement provided for in § 47-2305 appears upon the invoice for the fuel. If any such motor vehicle fuel is received and …

No tax on motor vehicle fuels exported or sold for exportation from the District of Columbia to any other jurisdiction or nation shall be imposed.

Repealed Repealed.

When under authority of law gasoline or other motor vehicle fuel is sold by an agency of the United States within the District of Columbia, for use in privately-owned vehicles, such agency of the United States shall, by agreement with the Mayor of the District of Columbia, arrang…

All prosecutions for violations of the provisions of §§ 47-2301 to 47-2315 or regulations prescribed thereunder may be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, upon information filed by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia or any of his assistants; and all …

Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed in any wise to affect the provisions of §§ 47-2829 to 47-2831.

Nothing in §§ 47-2301 to 47-2315 shall be construed as affecting the application to motor vehicles of the personal property tax in force on May 3, 1924, which personal property tax shall continue to be levied, assessed, and collected on motor vehicles.

The Mayor shall, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter.

If a report required by this subchapter is not filed, or if the report when filed is incorrect or insufficient, or if the tax as imposed by this subchapter has been determined to be due from a licensee or another person, the amount of tax due shall be determined by the Mayor from…

Repealed Repealed.

Where any tax has been erroneously or illegally collected by the District, the tax shall be refunded if application under oath is filed with the Mayor for such refund within 3 years from the payment thereof. Such application must be made by the person upon whom such tax was impos…

Any person aggrieved by a final determination of tax or by a denial of a claim for refund, other than a refund of tax finally determined in § 47-2316, may within 6 months from the date of assessment of the deficiency, or from the date of the denial of a claim for refund, appeal t…

(a) All motor vehicle fuels found in any place in the District of Columbia at such time and under such circumstances that the taxes levied and imposed by this subchapter should have been collected and paid, and on which such taxes have not been paid as required by this subchapter…

The Mayor may issue rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of § 47-2005 or this subchapter or both, in order to properly administer the provisions of § 47-2005 or this subchapter, or both.

(a) If any provision of § 47-2005 or this subchapter, or both, including any amendment made by § 47-2005 or this subchapter, or both, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the provisions of § 47-2005 or this subchapter, or bot…

Assessments in accordance with existing law shall be made for paving and repaving roadways, where such roadways are paved or repaved, with funds derived from the collection of the tax on motor vehicle fuels.

All moneys derived from assessments for paving and repaving roadways under provisions of existing law shall be paid into the General Fund of the District of Columbia as established by § 47-131.

Any projects or portions of projects chargeable to the Gasoline Tax Road and Street Improvement Fund during the fiscal year 1925 and subsequent fiscal years and uncompleted at the close of those years shall be a continuing charge upon the Fund until completed and shall, except in…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of the District with the duly authorized representatives of any jurisdiction of the United States or of a foreign country to satisfy the requirements of the IFTA. The Mayor is expressly authorized to enter …

(a) The Mayor shall implement a program for a uniform system of licensing and payment of fuel taxes by interjurisdictional motor carriers fleets consistent with the IFTA. (b) Repealed. (c)(1) Commercial vehicles exhibiting the following characteristics shall declare a jurisdictio…

The Mayor shall adopt audit procedures consistent with the IFTA to review the uniform mileage schedules and fleet records of apportioned operators that declare the District their jurisdictional base. The audit procedures shall involve at least 15% of the IFTA apportioned vehicles…

The Mayor shall establish a registration fee schedule for commercial vehicles to carry out the purpose of this subchapter. The money generated from the fees shall be placed in a designated account and used to offset the cost of implementing the provisions of this subchapter.