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<baltimore-city-law heading="Regulation .10 Calculation of Monthly Payments and Reporting Requirements.">
  <section prefix="Regulation" num=".10" heading="Calculation of Monthly Payments and Reporting Requirements.">
    <para num="A.">If a retailer provides 300 or more checkout bags to customers, the bag surcharge is triggered.</para>
    <para num="B.">No tax is due for any month in which fewer than 300 checkout bags are provided to customers.</para>
    <para num="C.">A retailer shall report zero bags for any month in which the retailer provides fewer than 300 checkout bags to customers.</para>
    <para num="D.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="05.19.01.10|C."&gt;subsection C of this section&lt;/cite&gt;, if a retailer provides fewer than 300 checkout bags to customers in any given month, the retailer must aggregate the number of bags provided to customers over multiple consecutive months.</para>
    <para num="E.">When a retailer provides a total aggregate of at least 300 bags to customers pursuant to &lt;cite data-path="05.19.01.10|D."&gt;subsection D of this section&lt;/cite&gt;, a retailer is required to file a report with the City for that month and remit the appropriate bag surcharge. F.  Partial payments will not be accepted.</para>
    <para num="F.">High bag sales.<para num="(1)">If a retailer reports providing more than 300 bags to customers in a month, the bag surcharge would be for the total number of bags reported.</para>
      <para num="(2)">If the retailer does not remit the appropriate bag surcharge, penalties will be assessed.</para>
    </para>
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</baltimore-city-law>
