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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="13-812" title_number="13" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Titling Fees and Taxes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Each dealer who collects any tax or fee required for titling a vehicle shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Keep complete and accurate records of each taxable sale, together with a record of the tax collected on the sale;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Keep copies of every invoice, bill of sale, and other pertinent documents and records, in the form that the Administration requires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Preserve these records in original form for at least 3 years, unless the Administration consents in writing to their earlier destruction or, by order, requires that they be kept for a longer period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each dealer who collects any tax or fee required for titling a vehicle shall, during business hours, allow any representative of the Administration and any police officer full access to records required to be kept under subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the Administration finds that the records of a dealer are inadequate or incorrect and that the amount of excise tax collected for the Administration on these sales cannot be determined accurately from the records:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Administration shall determine the taxable sales of the dealer for the period involved and compute the tax from the best information available; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The determination and computation of the Administration are prima facie correct.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, under subsection (c) of this section, the Administration determines the sales of vehicles and computes the tax due, it shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Levy an assessment against the dealer for the deficiency, interest, and penalties in the manner authorized in §§ 13–401, 13–601, and 13–701 of the Tax – General Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Notify the dealer of the tax due and of the amount of the deficiency assessment.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the dealer fails to pay the tax and assessment within 10 days after receiving the notice from the Administration, the Administration may levy, in addition to the tax and assessment, a penalty equal to 25 percent of the tax due.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a dealer fails to keep any records of sales of vehicles, the Administration may compute the tax due as provided in § 13–407 of the Tax – General Article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>All amounts received from any dealer under this section shall be credited:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>First, to any penalty and interest accrued under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Then, to the tax due.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
