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Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
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Title40 REVENUE AND TAXATION. |
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Chapter25. TOBACCO TAX. |
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Article1. Sales Tax. |
§40-25-13. Records.
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THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2014-262 IN THE 2014 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2014. TO SEE THE AMENDED VERSION, SEE THE VERSION LABELED PENDING.
It shall be the duty of every person, firm, corporation, club, or association of persons, receiving, storing, selling, or handling tobacco products enumerated herein in any manner whatsoever to keep and preserve all invoices, books, papers, cancelled checks, or other memoranda touching the purchase, sale, exchange, or receipt of any and all tobacco products enumerated herein. All such invoices, books, papers, cancelled checks, or other memoranda shall be subject to audit and inspection by any duly authorized representative of the Department of Revenue at any and all times. Any person, firm, corporation, club, or association of persons who fails or refuses to keep and preserve the records as herein required, or who upon request by a duly authorized agent of the Department of Revenue fails or refuses to allow an audit or inspection of records as hereinabove provided shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $200, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed 90 days for each offense.