Title 27, Taxation and Finance

(1) Every manufacturer or importer of light wine, light spirit product or beer shall designate sales territories for each of its brands sold in Mississippi and shall name one (1) licensed light wine, light spirit product or beer wholesaler in each territory who, within such terri…

It shall be the duty of persons operating breweries which manufacture beer and wine or either of them to be sold in the State of Mississippi, under the authority of Chapter 3 of Title 67, Mississippi Code of 1972, or under the authority of Article 3 of this chapter, to furnish to…

It shall be the duty of any person to whom a permit has been or may hereafter be issued in accordance with Section 67-3-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, to furnish to the chairman of the tax commission, on demand, the brand or brands of beer or wine which shall be owned, transported…

The commissioner may revoke any or all permits issued by him to sell beer or wine manufactured by any person who shall fail or refuse to furnish the information required by Section 27-71-501 of this article, and he may revoke the permit of any person who shall fail or refuse to f…

If any manufacturer of any such beverage or beverages shall fail or refuse to comply with the requirements of Chapter 3 of Title 67, Mississippi Code of 1972, and of Article 3 of this chapter, or of this article, or of any rule or regulation promulgated by the chairman of the sta…

It shall be unlawful for any brewer, manufacturer, distributor or retailer of light wines, light spirit products or beer to whom a permit has been issued under the provisions of Sections 67-3-15 and 67-3-23, Mississippi Code of 1972, to write or print on any label or container of…

Any person who shall violate any provision of this article, or any rule or regulation promulgated by the commissioner under its authority, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or…

(1) (a) For purposes of this section:(i) “Cannabis cultivation facility,” “dispensary,” “medical cannabis” and “medical cannabis establishments” shall be defined as provided in Section 41-137-3.(ii) “Cannabis flower” means the flower, including abnormal and immature flowers, of a…

(1) For purposes of this section, the following words and phrases have the meanings ascribed in this subsection unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(a) “Kratom leaf” means the leaf of the kratom plant (Mitragyna speciosa) in fresh or dehydrated (dried) form and subjecte…

(1) If any person, firm or corporation has paid, or shall hereafter pay to the Auditor of Public Accounts or the Commissioner of Insurance, through error or otherwise, whether paid under protest or not, any ad valorem, privilege or excise tax for which the person, firm or corpora…

Where any tax collector or chancery clerk has, or shall hereafter, by mistake or oversight, erroneously pay into the state treasury any moneys on account of ad valorem or privilege taxes, such officer may make application to the auditor for repayment of such taxes, and the audito…

(1) The consent of the State of Mississippi, however expressed, for maintaining any suit to recover from the state or any county thereof, or any supervisors’ district, or any road district, school district, or other district thereof, a refund of ad valorem taxes heretofore paid u…

(1) In any suit, application or proceedings by any taxpayer for any recovery or refund of privilege, franchise, or other excise tax, which has been paid to any tax collecting officer or commission of the state, any county, or municipality, by any person, firm or corporation or wh…

Except as otherwise provided in Sections 27-7-49, 27-13-49 and 27-65-42, all suits by any taxpayer for the recovery of any privilege, income, franchise, or other excise tax, and all applications or proceedings for any refund or credit of these taxes shall be filed or made within …

The tax collector is authorized and empowered to refund any individual, firm or corporation any ad valorem, privilege or excise tax which has been paid or collected through error or otherwise when such person, individual, firm or corporation has paid any such tax in excess of the…

In any case where the U. S. Treasury Department or the Mississippi state tax commission determines there exists an overpayment of federal or Mississippi tax of an individual, and the person in whose favor the overpayment is determined is dead at the time such overpayment of tax i…

This chapter shall be called the “Tax Reciprocity Law”.

A certificate of the secretary of state or other comparable officer of the other state, territory or District of Columbia, that a certain official of such state, territory or district has the authority to bring such suit or collect the taxes so to be collected by such action shal…

The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi, or the officer authorized by the law of the State of Mississippi to collect the tax owing to the State of Mississippi, or its political subdivisions, is hereby empowered in his official capacity to bring and prosecute to final jud…

The Attorney General or the officer authorized by the law of the State of Mississippi to collect any tax owing to the State of Mississippi or its political subdivisions, is hereby authorized to employ attorneys residing in a sister state, district or territory, where suits are in…

(1) The Chairman of the Mississippi State Tax Commission may enter into agreements with one or more private persons, companies, associations or corporations which provide debt collection services outside this state in order to recover taxes, including any penalties or interest th…

This chapter is a remedial law and shall be liberally construed by the courts of this state.

The term “taxes”, as used in this chapter, shall include (1) all taxes of every nature including, without restricting same, all excise, ad valorem, special assessment, licenses, privilege taxes, and fees; (2) any and all penalties and interest or penalties or interest which may b…

Any state or territory of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, and the District of Columbia, shall have the right to sue in the courts of Mississippi to recover any tax which may be owing to it if the like right is accorded to the State of Mississippi and its …

The foregoing right to sue in the courts of Mississippi to recover said tax shall, without restricting same, include the right to all process and writs to enforce or collect the judgment or decree recovered which are issuable to enforce or collect any other judgment or decree of …

The rights granted by Sections 27-75-5 and 27-75-7 shall apply to all taxes owing to such other state or its political subdivision or District of Columbia, as mentioned therein, which may be or become owing to it both before and after May 1, 1954.

(a) As used in this chapter:(a) “Agency” means the commissioner acting directly or through his duly authorized officers, agents, representatives and employees, to perform duties and powers prescribed by the laws of this state to be performed by the Commissioner of Revenue or the …

(1) If the agency determines that an application or request for a permit, IFTA license, IRP registration, tag or title issued or approved by the agency should be denied, the agency shall give the applicant for the permit, IFTA license, IRP registration, tag or title written notic…

(1) If the agency determines that there is a basis for revocation or suspension of an IFTA license or IRP registration, the agency shall give the IFTA licensee holding the IFTA license or the IRP registrant holding the IRP registration written notice of its intent to revoke or su…

(1) The findings and order of the Board of Tax Appeals entered in accordance with Section 27-77-9, 27-77-11 or Section 27-77-12, shall be final unless the agency or the permittee, IFTA licensee, IRP registrant, tag holder, or title interest holder of the permit, IFTA license, IRP…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it shall be unlawful for the executive director, the Board of Tax Appeals, the commissioner, the agency, or an officer, agent or employee of the agency or the Board of Tax Appeals, to divulge or make known in any manner the inform…

Except as to the determination of whether a tag penalty should be waived under Section 27-51-43, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any action taken by the agency, commissioner or the Department of Revenue in regard to ad valorem taxes, including, but not limited t…

(1) The commissioner may from time to time make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this chapter, as he may deem necessary to enforce its provisions as it relates to matters, proceedings and/or appeals before the agency, a hearing officer of the agency and the board…

(1) There is hereby created a board of review within the agency to conduct the duties assigned to it in this chapter and any other responsibility as assigned by the commissioner. The board of review shall be composed of qualified employees of the agency appointed to the board by …

(1) Any taxpayer aggrieved by an assessment of tax by the agency, by the agency’s denial of a refund claim, by the denial of a waiver of tag penalty, or the denial of a claim to tax credits or incentives, and who wishes to contest the action of the agency shall, within sixty (60)…

(1) The findings and order of the Board of Tax Appeals entered under Section 27-77-5 shall be final unless the agency or the taxpayer shall, within sixty (60) days from the date the Board of Tax Appeals mailed the order, file a petition in the chancery court appealing the order. …

(1) If the agency determines that there is a basis for suspension, surrender, seizure or revocation of a permit, tag or title issued or approved by the agency, the agency shall give the permittee, tag holder, title interest holder in the permit, tag or title, written notice of it…

(1) Each and every educational, eleemosynary and other institution of the State of Mississippi supported, in whole or in part, by the state, and each and every board, agency, commission and department of government, except the Departments of Insurance and of Education, shall prep…

(1) As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(a) “Taxing entity” includes, but is not limited to, counties, municipalities, school districts, fire protection districts, road dis…

Each annual report required by Section 27-101-1 shall be published electronically on the official website of the respective institution, board, agency, commission or department, and shall be published on the Transparency Mississippi website maintained by the Department of Finance…

The Department of Finance and Administration may authorize the nonelectronic publication of a limited number of copies of the annual or other reports in meritorious cases.

(1) There is created the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Legislative Budget Office which shall be governed by such committee. The joint committee shall be composed of the following members: The Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the President Pro Tempore of the …

(1) For the purpose of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-27, the term “state general-fund agency” or “general-fund agency” shall mean any agency, department, institution, board or commission of the State of Mississippi which is supported in whole …

Endowment funds from whatever source received, research funds from other than state appropriations, and private gifts to designated agencies or for designated purposes, may not be considered as special funds for the purposes of this chapter and may not be exempt from its terms an…

All receipts, disbursements, assets, liabilities, encumbrances and fund balances shall be reported to the legislative budget office in regular reports and at such additional periods as the legislative budget office may require. All general fund agencies shall file such reports mo…

Special-fund agencies may be required to file monthly financial statements or reports in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and such agencies may be required to file quarterly or annual reports. The determination of the type of reports and the periods to be…