TITLE 19. FINANCE, TAXES AND COLLECTIONS
CHAPTER 19-2200. GASOLINE DISTRIBUTOR'S TAX
§19-2204. Reports, Returns and Payment of Tax.
(1) Every report and return shall be made upon a form
furnished by the Department.
(2) Every distributor shall on the
twenty-fifth day of each month in which it delivers gasoline within the City of
Philadelphia transmit to the Department a return which shall contain the month
for which the return is made, the various grades of gasoline delivered by the
distributor, the amount of each grade of the gasoline delivered during the month
preceding the month for which the return is made, the actual or imputed gross
receipts for the delivery thereof, the amount of tax due thereon, and such other
information as the Department may require.
(3) Every distributor shall
maintain records, which shall be made available to the Department upon its
request, which shall include, but not be limited to, the location where the
delivery was made, to whom it was delivered, the date of delivery, the various
grades of gasoline delivered by the distributor, the amount of each grade of the
gasoline delivered during the month preceding the month for which the return is
made, the method by which actual or imputed gross receipts were determined and
such other information as the Department may require.
(4) (a) The first
return shall be due on July 25, 1981 for the privilege month of July, 1981 and
the tax due shall be based upon the prior month deliveries of
gasoline.
(b) If a distributor enters the business of delivering
gasoline subsequent to July 1, 1981, the first return shall be filed on the
twenty-fifty day of the first month subsequent to its entry into business. The
first return and tax payment due shall be for both the preceding month and the
current month. For the preceding month the tax is based upon the actual or
imputed gross receipts derived from the delivery of gasoline within the City of
Philadelphia; for the current month the tax is based upon the actual or imputed
gross receipts that would have been derived from the delivery of gasoline within
the City of Philadelphia in the previous month had the distributor been in
business for the entire month.
(5) Every distributor, at the time of
filing every return required by this Section, shall compute and pay to the
Department the tax due by him on the delivery of gasoline during the preceding
month or as otherwise provided by section 19-2204(4)(b).