Title 14, Taxation

[§251-13] Collection by suit; injunction. The department may collect surcharge taxes due and unpaid under this chapter, together with all accrued penalties, by action in assumpsit or other appropriate proceedings in the circuit court of the judicial circuit in which the surcharge…

[§251-14] Application of surcharge tax. The surcharge tax imposed by this chapter shall be in addition to any other taxes imposed by any other laws of the State, except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter; provided that if it be held by any court of competent juris…

[§251-15] Administration and enforcement; rules. (a) The director shall administer and enforce this chapter in respect of: (1) The examination of books and records and of lessors, tour vehicle operators, and other persons; (2) Procedure and powers upon failure or refusal by a per…

§251-2 Rental motor vehicle and tour vehicle surcharge tax. (a) There is levied and shall be assessed and collected each month a rental motor vehicle surcharge tax of $5 a day, or any portion of a day that a rental motor vehicle is rented or leased. Beginning January 1, 2022, and…

[§251-2.5] Car-sharing vehicle surcharge tax. (a) There is levied and shall be assessed and collected a car-sharing vehicle surcharge tax of 25 cents per half-hour, or any portion of a half-hour, that a rental motor vehicle is rented or leased by a car-sharing organization; provi…

§251-3 Certificate of registration. (a) Each person as a condition precedent to engaging or continuing in the business of providing rental motor vehicles to the public, engaging or continuing in the tour vehicle operator business, engaging or continuing in a car-sharing organizat…

§251-4 Return and payments; penalties. (a) On or before the twentieth day of each calendar month, every person taxable under this chapter during the preceding calendar month shall file a sworn return with the director in such form as the director shall prescribe together with a r…

§251-5 Remittances. All remittances of surcharge taxes imposed under this chapter shall be made by cash, bank draft, cashier's check, money order, or certificate of deposit in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The department shall deposit the moneys into the state…

[§251-6] Annual return. On or before the twentieth day of the fourth month following the close of the taxable year, every person who has become liable for the payment of the surcharge taxes under this chapter during the preceding tax year shall file a return summarizing the perso…

§251-7 Filing of returns. All monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual returns shall be transmitted in the form and manner prescribed by the department. [L 1991, c 263, pt of §1; am L 2021, c 117, §30]

§251-8 Assessment of surcharge tax upon failure to make return; limitation period; exceptions; extension by agreement. (a) If any person fails to make a return as required by this chapter, the director shall make an estimate of the surcharge tax liability of the person from any i…

§251-9 Overpayment; refunds. Upon application by a person, if the director determines that any surcharge tax, interest, or penalty has been paid more than once, or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the surcharge tax, interest, or penalty shall be credited b…