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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="11-504" title_number="11" title_name="Sales and Use Tax" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Returns and Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A vendor shall keep:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>complete and accurate records of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>all retail sales and sales for use; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the sales and use tax collected; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>other records in the form that the Comptroller requires by regulation, including bills of lading and invoices.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A vendor shall make the records under subsection (a) of this section available for inspection and examination by the Comptroller at any time during business hours.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A vendor shall keep the records required under subsection (a) of this section for 4 years, unless the Comptroller:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>consents in writing to an earlier destruction of the records; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>requires in writing that the records be kept longer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
