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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="11-406" title_number="11" title_name="Sales and Use Tax" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Tax Collection">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the nature of a vendor’s business makes the collection of the sales and use tax at the time of a retail sale impracticable, the vendor may submit to the Comptroller an application for authority to prepay the tax.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Comptroller approves the application, the Comptroller may impose on the applicant any condition that is reasonable under the circumstances.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Comptroller denies an application or imposes a condition on the applicant, the Comptroller shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>give the applicant notice of the action; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>schedule a prompt hearing for review of the action.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An applicant may waive the hearing under paragraph (3) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A vendor who obtains authority to prepay the tax under this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall pay the sales and use tax to the Comptroller; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may not collect the sales and use tax from the buyer as a separately stated item.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
