Section 162.113 - Remittance of Tax to Supplier or Permissive Supplier; Allowances(a) Each licensed distributor and licensed importer shall remit to the supplier or permissive supplier, as applicable, the tax imposed by Section 162.101 for gasoline removed at a terminal rack. A licensed distributor or licensed importer may elect to defer payment of the tax to the supplier or permissive supplier until two days before the date the supplier or permissive supplier is required to remit the tax to this state. The distributor or importer shall pay the taxes by electronic funds transfer.(a-1) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(3), eff. June 14, 2013.(a-2) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(3), eff. June 14, 2013.(a-3) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(3), eff. June 14, 2013.(a-4) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431, Sec. 3(3), eff. June 14, 2013.(b) A supplier, a permissive supplier, or its representative that conducts electronic transactions to draft an account of a licensed distributor or licensed importer for the payment of taxes due under this section shall provide at least two days' notice using an electronic means of the amount to be drafted from the account of the licensed distributor or licensed importer and the number of the account to be drafted from.(c) If the supplier or permissive supplier cannot secure from the licensed distributor or licensed importer payment of taxes due for gasoline removed from the terminal during the previous reporting period and the supplier elects to take a credit against a subsequent payment of gasoline tax to this state for the taxes not remitted to the supplier or permissive supplier by the licensed distributor or licensed importer, the supplier or permissive supplier shall notify the comptroller of the licensed distributor's or licensed importer's failure to remit tax in conjunction with the report requesting a credit.(d) The supplier or permissive supplier, after requesting a credit under this section, shall terminate the ability of the licensed distributor or licensed importer to defer the payment of gasoline tax. The supplier or permissive supplier may not reinstate the right of the licensed distributor or licensed importer to defer the payment of gasoline tax until the first anniversary of the date the supplier or permissive supplier requested the credit, subject to Subsection (d-1).(d-1) A supplier or permissive supplier may reinstate the right of a licensed distributor or licensed importer to defer the payment of gasoline tax before the date prescribed by Subsection (d) if the comptroller determines that: (1) the supplier or permissive supplier erroneously requested the credit that resulted in the termination of the licensed distributor's or licensed importer's right to defer payment; or(2) the licensed distributor or licensed importer failed to pay gasoline taxes due because of circumstances that may have been outside the distributor's or importer's control.(e) A licensed distributor or licensed importer who makes timely payments of the gasoline tax imposed under this subchapter is entitled to retain an amount equal to 1.75 percent of the total taxes to be paid to the supplier or permissive supplier to cover administrative expenses.(f) The license of a distributor, exporter, or importer who fails to pay the full amount of tax required by this subchapter is subject to cancellation as provided by Section 162.005. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 431 (S.B. 559), Sec. 3(3), eff. June 14, 2013 Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 9.01, eff. October 1, 2011Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 552 (S.B. 1782), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 199, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.