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

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For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Closing-out sale” means and includes any sale in connection with which there is any representation by the person conducting such sale that the sale is being conducted, or is required or compelled to be conducted, for reasons of economic or b…

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No person in contemplation of a closing-out sale shall order any goods, wares, or merchandise for the purpose of selling and disposing of the same at such sale, and any unusual purchase and additions to the stock of such goods, wares, or merchandise within 60 days prior to the fi…

No person carrying on or conducting a closing-out sale or a sale of goods, wares, or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, under a license as provided in § 47-2102 [repealed] shall, during the continuance of such sale, add any goods, wares, or merchandise to th…

No person shall conduct a closing-out sale or a sale of goods, wares, or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise beyond the termination date specified for such sale, except that an extension may be authorized upon proper showing of need; nor shall any person, upon…

(a) Any person who shall advertise, hold, conduct, or carry on any sale of goods, wares, or merchandise under the description of closing-out sale or a sale of goods, wares, or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, water, or otherwise, contrary to the provision of this chapter, or w…

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to public or court officers, or to any other person or persons acting under the license, direction, or authority of any court, local or federal, selling goods, wares, or merchandise in the course of their official duties.

Upon complaint of any person, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia shall have jurisdiction in equity to restrain and enjoin any act forbidden or declared illegal by any provisions of this chapter.

The Council of the District of Columbia is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter including, without limitation, regulations limiting the period of time a closing-out sale or a sale of goods, wares, or merchandise damaged by fire, smoke, wa…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to affect the authority vested in the Commissioners by Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. 824). The performance of any function vested by this chapter in the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or in any office or ag…

(a)(1) “Retail sale”, “sale at retail”, and “sold at retail” mean all sales in any quantity or quantities of tangible personal property, whether made within or without the District, and services, to any person for the purpose of use, storage, or consumption, within the District, …

There is hereby imposed and there shall be paid by every vendor engaging in business in the District and by every purchaser a tax on the use, storage, or consumption of any tangible personal property and service sold or purchased at retail sale. The rate of tax imposed by this se…

A tax, separate from, and in addition to, the taxes imposed pursuant to § 47-2202 is imposed on the use, storage, or consumption of certain tangible personal property and services sold or purchased at retail sale in the District. Vendors engaging in the business activities listed…

(a) The Mayor shall collect and deposit in a lockbox maintained by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia the tax imposed pursuant to § 47-2202.01 as agent on behalf of the Washington Convention and Sports Authority (“Authority”) and shall transfer the revenue fr…

Every vendor engaging in business in the District and making sales at retail shall, for the privilege of making such sales, pay to the Collector the tax imposed by this chapter. At the time of making such sales the vendor shall collect the tax from the purchaser and give to the p…

Every vendor or retailer not engaging in business in the District who makes sales at retail as defined in this chapter, and who upon application to the Mayor has been expressly authorized to pay the tax imposed by this chapter, shall, at the time of making such sales, collect the…

If a purchaser has not reimbursed for the tax such vendors or retailers as are required or authorized to pay the tax, as the case may be, such purchaser shall file a return as hereinafter provided and pay to the Mayor a tax at the rates provided in § 47-2002 on the sales prices o…

The tax imposed by this chapter shall not apply to the following: (1) Sales upon which taxes are properly collected under Chapter 20 of this title; (2) Sales exempt from the taxes imposed under Chapter 20 of this title; (3) Sales upon which the purchaser has paid a retail sales t…

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Every vendor or retailer not engaging in business in the District who has been expressly authorized to pay the tax imposed by this chapter and collect reimbursement therefor, and every vendor engaging in business in the District, may, in the discretion of the Council of the Distr…

The provisions of § 47-2014 are hereby incorporated in and made applicable to this chapter.

The provisions of §§ 47-2015, 47-2016, 47-2017, and 47-2018 are hereby incorporated in and made applicable to this chapter. Every vendor, and every vendor or retailer not engaging in business in the District who is expressly authorized to pay the tax, shall file returns and pay t…

(a) Every purchaser who is required to pay the tax under this chapter shall file a return with the Mayor within 20 days after the end of each calendar month. Such returns shall show the total sales prices of all tangible personal property and services purchased at retail sale upo…

The provisions of § 47-2026 are hereby incorporated in and made applicable to this chapter; provided, that vendors and persons who have been issued certificates of registration under Chapter 20 of this title shall not be required to have such certificates under this chapter.

The provisions of §§ 47-2019 to 47-2021, 47-2023, 47-2024, and 47-2027 are hereby incorporated in and made applicable to this chapter.

The provisions of this chapter regarding the assessment of interest charges for the late filing of returns, late payment of tax, and extensions of time for filing returns, shall apply only with respect to late returns filed, late payments made, extensions of time granted, and det…

(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.

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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…

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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.