<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<subtitle num="02" heading="Alcohol and Tobacco Tax" title_num="03" title_heading="Comptroller of the Treasury">
  <chapter num="01" heading="Alcoholic Beverages">
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Method of Tax Payment Applicable to Beer Delivered Into Maryland.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>Prepayment of Beer Tax. Beer may not be consigned into the State of Maryland, unless:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>The consignor is the holder of a nonresident dealer's permit issued by the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>The permittee has furnished the Comptroller a suitable security;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>All required beer taxes have been prepaid as provided in this regulation; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>All applicable provisions of Alcoholic Beverages Article and Tax-General Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, have been met.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Certificates to Evidence Prepayment of Tax.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Prepayment of Maryland beer tax by the holder of a nonresident dealer's permit shall be evidenced by certificates issued by the Comptroller.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Before consigning any beer into the State for consumption in the State, each holder of a nonresident dealer's permit shall obtain from the Comptroller a certificate denoting prepayment of the Maryland beer tax. The prepayment shall be in an amount equivalent to the Maryland beer tax paid by the holder of the nonresident dealer's permit for the total number of gallons of beer delivered during the immediate preceding months of July and August, provided, however, that if deliveries were not made in either or both of these months, or if the Comptroller shall find that the prepayment so computed is inadequate or excessive, the Comptroller shall determine the amount of the prepayment to be made before the issuance of the certificate. However, prepayment of the beer tax may not be required of a holder of a nonresident dealer's permit covering consignments to Classes E, F, and G licensees, or to the holder of a Maryland manufacturer's license. The beer tax on beer brewed outside the United States, unless prepaid as provided in this regulation, shall be prepaid through the acquisition of a tax prepayment certificate obtained from the Comptroller covering each individual order before delivery within this State.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Not later than the 15th day of each month, all nonresident dealers authorized to sell beer to Maryland licensed wholesalers shall file a complete and accurate beer tax return with the Comptroller covering all dispositions of beer into this State during the preceding calendar month. This return shall be accompanied by cash remittance covering the beer tax computed on it, less a deduction for taxes paid on dispositions of beer upon which the beer tax has been prepaid pursuant to §B(2) of this regulation on an individual order basis.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>The Comptroller may at any time increase or decrease the amount of any prepayment of the beer tax made pursuant to §B(1), above, if it is found by the Comptroller that the amount of the prepayment is inadequate or excessive. If a nonresident dealer is required to increase the amount of beer tax prepayment, that nonresident dealer may not consign any additional amounts of beer into the State until a supplemental prepayment certificate has been issued denoting the additional prepayment of beer tax.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(5)">
          <text>If the permit of a nonresident dealer expires, is surrendered, or is cancelled, the nonresident dealer may file a refund claim together with the original beer tax prepayment certificates with the Comptroller for the amount of the outstanding beer tax prepayment certificates. When the Comptroller is satisfied that all beer tax due under the Tax-General Article has been paid, together with any and all interest and penalties, the Comptroller may refund to the nonresident dealer any beer tax prepayment remaining.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="C.">
        <text>Securities.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Every nonresident dealer engaged in the business of selling or delivering beer for consumption within this State shall file with the Comptroller a continuing security in the minimum penalty of $5,000. This security shall be in such form as required by Tax-General Article, §13-826, and shall be conditioned upon the payment of all taxes, penalties, and interest imposed by the Tax-General Article upon the sale or delivery of beer.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Securities filed under this Regulation shall be governed by the provisions of Tax-General Article, §§13-827—13-831.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Repealed." />
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="— .07 Recodified to COMAR 14.23.01." />
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" heading=". Credit or Refund of Taxes">
      <text>Maryland, may not be allowed to any licensee for the sale and delivery of any alcoholic beverage alleged to have been made</text>
      <text>outside this State unless it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller that:</text>
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>The sale and delivery was made to a person, firm, or corporation authorized to receive the alcoholic beverages under the</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Delivery.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>The licensee is obligated to and delivers the alcoholic beverages to a licensed common carrier for transportation outside this State to the authorized purchaser;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>The delivery to the regular place of business of the authorized purchaser actually is made by a vehicle owned by the licensee and regularly used by the licensee in the conduct of business; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>The delivery is made by contract carrier, previously approved by the Comptroller, to the regular place of business of the authorized purchaser.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" heading="Recodified to COMAR 14.23.01." />
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" heading="Repealed." />
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".11" heading="— .22 Recodified to COMAR 14.23.01." />
    <annotations>
      <annotation type="Authority">Tax-General Article §2-103, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 effective December 1, 1972</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective December 14, 1979 (6:25 Md. R. 1978)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective June 15, 1979 (6:12 Md. R. 1046); September 14, 1981 (8:18 Md. R. 1476); July 15, 1985 (12:14 Md. R. 1432)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 effective October 1, 1967</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02A amended effective July 12, 1987 (14:14 Md. R. 1570)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B amended effective January 31, 1983 (10:2 Md. R. 104)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02E amended effective July 12, 1987 (14:14 Md. R. 1570)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02F amended effective July 12, 1987 (14:14 Md. R. 1570)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 effective December 1, 1972</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03F amended as an emergency provision effective July 14, 1977 (4:16 Md. R. 1203)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03F amended effective December 14, 1979 (6:25 Md. R. 1978); September 14, 1981 (8:18 Md. R. 1476)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 effective December 10, 1968</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04A amended effective November 16, 1979 (6:23 Md. R. 1838)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 effective March 1, 1974</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05G amended effective November 16, 1979 (6:23 Md. R. 1838)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06 effective September 1, 1962</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06C, D adopted effective November 16, 1979 (6:23 Md. R. 1838)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06D amended effective October 25, 1982 (9:21 Md. R. 2104)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .07 effective November 1, 1963</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .08, .09 effective July 15, 1949</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10 effective December 1, 1972</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10A, C amended effective December 14, 1979 (6:25 Md. R. 1978); September 14, 1981 (8:18 Md. R. 1476)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11 effective June 1, 1973</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12 repealed effective December 14, 1979 (6:25 Md. R. 1978)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12 adopted effective October 17, 1980 (7:21 Md. R. 1992)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .13 adopted effective November 23, 1981 (8:23 Md. R. 1854)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .14 adopted effective October 16, 1989 (16:20 Md. R. 2179)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.04 and .07—.12 amended effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1853)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective May 1, 1991 (18:8 Md. R. 863)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective October 1, 1996 (23:18 Md. R. 1315); October 5, 1998 (25:16 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective May 1, 1991 (18:8 Md. R. 863)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03D amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04 amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04A, C amended effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .05, .06, and .13 repealed and new Regulations .05, .06, and .13 adopted effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1853)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 amended effective March 1, 1997 (24:4 Md. R. 290)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05B amended effective May 1, 1992 (19:7 Md. R. 745)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05D amended effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05F amended effective November 8, 2004 (31:22 Md. R. 1595); December 6, 2007 (34:24 Md. R. 2157)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06C adopted effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10 repealed effective October 1, 1996 (23:18 Md. R. 1315)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11 amended effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11 amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11 amended effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12 amended effective May 1, 1991 (18:8 Md. R. 863); March 1, 1997 (24:4 Md. R. 290)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .13 repealed and new Regulation .13 adopted effective May 4, 1998 (25:9 Md. R. 678)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .13 amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .14A, B amended effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .15 adopted effective October 1, 1995 (22:17 Md. R. 1316)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .15 amended effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .16 adopted effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1784)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .16 amended effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .17 adopted effective September 22, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1339)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .18 adopted effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1527)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .19 adopted effective March 1, 2007 (33:26 Md. R. 1995)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .20 adopted effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .20 amended effective February 16, 2015 (42:3 Md. R. 314)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .21 adopted effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .22 adopted effective April 5, 2010 (37:7 Md. R. 569)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .03—.09, .11— .22  recodified in new chapter COMAR 14.23.01 effective December 26, 2022 (49:26 Md. R. 1080)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 511)</annotation>
    </annotations>
  </chapter>
  <chapter num="02" heading="Tobacco Tax">
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purchase of Cigarette Tax Stamps.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>The cigarette tax stamps to evidence the tobacco tax imposed by Tax-General Article, §12-102, shall be purchased from the Comptroller.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Cigarette tax stamps shall be purchased by presenting a requisition to the Comptroller on forms and in a manner required by the Comptroller.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="C.">
        <text>A person may not purchase cigarette tax stamps from any person other than the Comptroller unless the purchaser has obtained written permission from the Comptroller.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Cigarette Sales to Out-of-State Vendors.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>A wholesaler or subwholesaler in the State who sells cigarettes to an out-of-State wholesaler or retailer for resale to out-of-State consumers shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Deliver the cigarettes outside Maryland in the licensee's vehicle;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Deliver the cigarettes to a common carrier for shipment outside of Maryland; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>In the case of cigarettes destined for transport and sale out of State, deliver cigarettes bearing Maryland tax stamps or tax stamps of the jurisdiction in which they will be resold.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>A Maryland wholesaler or subwholesaler who delivers in Maryland to an out-of-State wholesaler, subwholesaler, or retailer any  cigarettes which do not bear Maryland tax stamps, tax stamps of the state or district in which they will be resold, or does not impose a cigarette tax will be held liable for the Maryland tobacco tax.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="C.">
        <text>Wholesalers who make deliveries as described in §A shall keep complete and accurate records of these deliveries. Reports of these deliveries shall be made on schedules attached to monthly reports.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="D.">
        <text>The tax shall be assessed and collected by the Comptroller from the wholesaler in the absence of complete and accurate records of deliveries.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Wholesaler and Subwholesaler Record Requirements.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>Each licensee shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Take a monthly inventory at the beginning of business on the first day of each month or at the close of business on the last day of each month of all cigarettes on the premises. Any distributor who finds it impractical to take inventory on these dates shall notify the Comptroller of another specific date on which inventory will be taken. Inventories shall exclude cigarettes:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>In vending machines; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>Transferred to retail stock on written memorandum.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Obtain invoices covering all purchases of cigarettes whether tax stamped or unstamped.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Maintain a daily receiving record of cigarettes which includes the following:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>Date;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>Invoice number;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(c)">
            <text>Quantity;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(d)">
            <text>Brand; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(e)">
            <text>Supplier name.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>Prepare an invoice for every sale of cigarettes which includes:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>Name and address of the purchaser; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>Amount of cigarettes purchased.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(5)">
          <text>Retain invoices covering all purchases of Maryland cigarette tax stamps.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(6)">
          <text>Maintain a daily record of tax stamps affixed to cigarettes.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(7)">
          <text>Maintain a record of names and addresses of all retailers to whom cigarettes are sold.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(8)">
          <text>Prepare credit memoranda with the date the following transactions were completed:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>Cigarettes returned by customers to wholesale stock; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>Unstamped and tax stamped cigarettes returned to manufacturers.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(9)">
          <text>Prepare memoranda providing details of the exchange of fresh cigarettes for stale cigarettes for factory representatives indicating:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>The name and address of the factory representative; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>The company represented.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>A wholesaler who prepares a written memo when removing cigarettes from wholesale stock for retail sales is not required to prepare a retail invoice.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Sales to Armed Forces Exchanges or Commissaries.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>When deliveries of unstamped cigarettes are made to an armed forces exchange or commissary, the person making the delivery shall possess an invoice with the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Name and address of wholesaler;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Name and address of purchaser; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Quantity and brands of cigarettes.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Unstamped cigarettes shall be subject to confiscation if the conditions of §A are not met.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="C.">
        <text>Wholesalers selling unstamped cigarettes in §A shall file the form required by the Comptroller with the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Date of sale;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Name and address of exchange; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Quantity and brands sold.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Cigarette Tax Stamps.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>Purchases, Payments, and Tax Credits.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Tax stamps may be purchased for:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>Cash;</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>Approved credit up to 95 percent of the face amount of the security filed with and approved by the Comptroller as required by Tax-General Article, §13-825, Annotated Code of Maryland; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(c)">
            <text>Cigarette tax credits issued by the Comptroller.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Tax stamp payments are due for:</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>Cash sales at the time of purchase; and</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>Credit sales made during the month with the cigarette tax return due by the 21st of the month following the report month.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Approved cigarette tax credits used when purchasing cigarette tax stamps shall be presented at the time the purchase order for cigarette tax stamps is placed with the Comptroller.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>If any licensed wholesaler who purchases cigarette tax stamps on credit fails to remit full payment for accumulated cigarette tax stamps purchased on credit by the due date, the credit privileges may be suspended or revoked by the Comptroller.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>The Comptroller may exempt a licensed wholesaler from posting a security when the wholesaler has been in continuous compliance with the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Tobacco tax laws of Maryland for the past 5 years; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Conditions of any bond or other security filed with the Comptroller pursuant to Tax-General Article, §13-825, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="C.">
        <text>The Comptroller may revoke an exemption granted to a person under this regulation for:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Failure to be in continuous compliance with the tobacco tax laws;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Failure to pay any tobacco tax or assessment when due;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Failure to file a tobacco tax return or report when due; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>For other good and sufficient reasons.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="D.">
        <text>A licensee may apply to the Comptroller for reinstatement of a revoked exemption under §C of this regulation. The Comptroller may reinstate the security exemption if the licensed wholesaler has been in continuous compliance as provided in §B for a period of 2 years following the revocation.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="E.">
        <text>A licensed wholesaler applying for an exemption from filing a security shall complete forms provided by the Comptroller and shall submit the supporting information as the Comptroller deems necessary. This information may include, but is not limited to, an audited financial statement, copies of federal and State tax returns for the preceding 3 years, and a current balance sheet. An exempt licensed wholesaler shall file a renewal application for exemption concurrent with the license renewal application in order to maintain the exemption. When the licensed wholesaler is a corporation, a new exemption application shall be filed any time the officer of the corporation exercising direct control over its fiscal management is changed.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="F.">
        <text>Security Exemption.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>The Comptroller shall notify the applicant in a timely fashion of the approval or rejection of the security exemption.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>If approved, the amount of the maximum credit limit based on the past 5 years experience of the wholesaler shall be established.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>If, after an exemption has been approved, a licensee's need to purchase tax stamps is in an amount that exceeds the maximum credit limit, the licensee may apply for an additional exemption from filing a security in accordance with §E of this regulation.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="G.">
        <text>Wholesalers who do not post a security or have not been granted a security exemption under this regulation will be required to purchase stamps by authorizing the Comptroller to withdraw the amounts due from the wholesaler’s bank account, otherwise known a direct debit.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" heading="Sales to Maryland Subwholesalers for Resale Outside Maryland.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>A wholesaler may deliver unstamped cigarettes to a Maryland subwholesaler only if that subwholesaler has applied for and received permission from the Comptroller to buy unstamped cigarettes for sale outside Maryland.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>A subwholesaler who receives the permission in §A of this regulation shall:</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>File monthly returns containing schedules showing each delivery outside Maryland;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Segregate unstamped cigarettes for sale outside Maryland from other inventory; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Mark unstamped cigarettes for sale outside Maryland.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" heading="Sample Cigarettes.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>Packages of sample cigarettes, which are to be provided to consumers free of charge, shall be unstamped and prominently identified as “Sample Cigarettes Not for Sale—All Applicable State Taxes Paid”.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Manufacturers shall supply the Comptroller with a complete listing, including addresses of all representatives, warehouses, advertising agencies, etc., who distribute or store sample cigarettes in Maryland on their behalf.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" heading="Repealed." />
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".09" heading="Premium Cigar Ingredients.">
      <text>Premium cigars include those that are made from 100 percent whole tobacco leaves where the filler, binder, and wrapper, are made of all tobacco, and may include adhesives or other materials used to maintain size, texture, or flavor and includes no tips, filters or nontobacco mouthpieces.</text>
    </regulation>
    <annotations>
      <annotation type="Authority">Tax-General Article, §§2-103, 12-303, and 12-306, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date:</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 effective June 27, 1961</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01D repealed effective January 23, 1981 (8:2 Md. R. 110)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 effective April 28, 1965</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .03—.04 effective June 27, 1961</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 effective July 1, 1969</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05A amended effective December 21, 1981 (8:25 Md. R. 1993)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05F adopted effective November 16, 1979 (6:23 Md. R. 1838)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 repealed and new Regulation .05 adopted effective September 19, 1988 (15:19 Md. R. 2245)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .06—.08 effective June 27, 1961</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07 repealed effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1853)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .09 adopted effective January 1, 1987 (13:25 Md. R. 2656)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1854)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05 amended effective July 1, 1993 (20:7 Md. R. 639)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .05G amended effective July 10. 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 511)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06 amended effective July 10. 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 511)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07B amended effective July 10. 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 511)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08 adopted effective May 29, 2000 (27:10 Md. R. 964)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08 repealed as an emergency provision effective May 1, 2011 (38:11 Md. R. 670); emergency extended to March 16, 2012 (38:21 Md. R. 1274); repealed permanently effective November 28, 2011 (38:24 Md. R. 1499)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08D amended effective August 1, 2005 (32:13 Md. R. 1110); September 1, 2006 (33:17 Md. R. 1436)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08H adopted effective March 23, 2009 (36:6 Md. R. 487)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .09 adopted effective March 4, 2013 (40:4Md. R. 344)</annotation>
    </annotations>
  </chapter>
  <chapter num="03" heading="Maryland Cigarette Sales Below Cost Act">
    <annotations>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: November 24, 1969</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—03, .04C, .05C, and .06 amended effective January 23, 1981 (8:2 Md. R. 110)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1854)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04B amended effective June 25, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1103)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07 adopted effective July 4, 1994 (31:13 Md. R. 1154)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07 amended effective April 1, 2002 (29:6 Md. R. 566)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07C amended effective May 29, 2000 (27:10 Md. R. 964)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .08 adopted effective June 17, 1999 (26:12 Md. R. 925)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified to new chapter COMAR 14.23.02 effective December 26, 2022 (49:26 Md. R. 1080)</annotation>
    </annotations>
  </chapter>
  <chapter num="04" heading="Administration">
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Tax Returns and Reports.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>Alcoholic Beverage Tax Returns and Reports.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Holders of a manufacturer's or a wholesaler's license authorized to sell beer, wine, or liquor, or Class E, F, or G license holders authorized to sell beer, wine, or liquor, or holders of a nonresident dealer permit authorized to sell beer shall file a tax return with the Revenue Administration Division on forms prescribed by the Comptroller for each month that their license or permit is active. A tax return is required for each period even if the licensee or permittee had no activity. Manufacturers and wholesalers shall file a beer, wine, or liquor tax return under a filing frequency provided in §A(4) of this regulation. Nonresident dealers shall file a beer tax return by the 15th of the month following the report month. Class E, F, and G licensees shall file the appropriate tax return by the 25th of the month following the report month.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Holders of an import-export, nonresident storage, or a public storage permit shall file a report with the Revenue Administration Division on forms prescribed by the Comptroller for each month that their permit is active. A report is required for each month even if the permittee had no activity. Import-export, nonresident storage, and public storage reports are due by the 15th of the month following the report month.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Family beer and wine facility permit holders shall file a report with the Revenue Administration Division on forms prescribed by the Comptroller for each year that the permit is active. A family beer and wine facility permit report is required for each report year beginning October 1 and ending September 30 of the following year. Reports are due by October 15 following the report year, and shall be filed even if the permittee had no activity for that year.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>Filing frequency for Manufacturers and Wholesalers of Beer, Wine or Liquor.</text>
          <paragraph num="(a)">
            <text>The Comptroller shall notify manufacturers and wholesalers of their filing frequency under this regulation.</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(b)">
            <text>The required return shall be filed:</text>
            <paragraph num="(i)">
              <text>Monthly;</text>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph num="(ii)">
              <text>Quarterly; or</text>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph num="(iii)">
              <text>Semiannually.</text>
            </paragraph>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(c)">
            <text>Monthly. The taxpayer is required to file and pay the tax monthly on or before the 20th day of the month following the report month.</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(d)">
            <text>Quarterly. The taxpayer is required to file and pay the tax quarterly on or before the 15th day of the month that follows a calendar quarter for that report. The reports will be due April, July, October, and January of the following year.</text>
          </paragraph>
          <paragraph num="(e)">
            <text>Semiannually. The taxpayer is required to file the return and pay the tax semiannually on or before the 15th day of January and July.</text>
          </paragraph>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(5)">
          <text>A holder of a nonresident winery, distillery, and brewery permit authorized to sell wine, distilled spirits, or beer shall file a tax return with the Revenue Administration Division on forms prescribed by the Comptroller for each month that the holder's permit is active. A tax return is required for each month even if the permittee had no activity. A nonresident permit holder shall file a tax return by the 10th of the month following the report month.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Tobacco Tax Returns.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>A manufacturer of cigarettes shall file a tobacco tax return with the Revenue Administration Division on forms prescribed by the Comptroller, listing all sample cigarettes distributed within the State. A tobacco tax return is required for each month even if the manufacturer did not distribute sample cigarettes in this State. Sample cigarettes shipped into Maryland during the report month by a third party (advertising agency, etc.), on behalf of a manufacturer, shall be reported by the manufacturer. Sample cigarettes shipped to federal reservations in Maryland need not be reported. However, complete and accurate records of these shipments shall be maintained on the manufacturer's premises and shall be subject to audit verification. Manufacturers shall file returns by the 15th of the month following the report month.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Licensed cigarette wholesalers shall file a tobacco tax return with the Revenue Administration Division on forms prescribed by the Comptroller for all months that their license is active. A tobacco tax return is required for each month even if the licensee did not take the first possession of any unstamped cigarettes in this State. Licensees shall file returns by the 21st of the month following the report month.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="C.">
        <text>Tax Return or Report Waiver. A license or permit holder described in §A or B of this regulation may file a written request for a waiver from filing a nonactivity return or report, and shall provide adequate reasons for the waiver. The Comptroller shall make a determination based on the reasons presented in the request and notify the license or permit holder in writing of the decision.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Reports of Boards of License Commissioners and County Dispensaries.">
      <paragraph num="A.">
        <text>Report of Retail License Activity.</text>
        <paragraph num="(1)">
          <text>Each retail alcoholic beverage license-issuing authority shall file on a monthly basis a report with the Comptroller, on forms provided or approved by the Comptroller, listing all retail alcoholic beverage license activity, including issuances, cancellations, transfers, revocations, etc., for the report month. Each issuing authority shall file the monthly report with the Comptroller by the 15th of the month following the report month. Reports are due even if there is no activity.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(2)">
          <text>Each alcoholic beverage license-issuing authority shall file annually a complete report of all retail alcoholic beverage licenses renewed for the year on forms provided or approved by the Comptroller. This annual report shall be filed by the 15th of the month following the month the licenses are renewed.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(3)">
          <text>Reports filed by the alcoholic beverage license-issuing authority shall include the names of licensees, entity name and trade name, address, and any other information the Comptroller may require. The Comptroller may adopt a Statewide control number to be used by the alcoholic beverage license-issuing authority when filing reports.</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(4)">
          <text>Each alcoholic beverage license-issuing authority shall file annually a complete report of all revenue derived for the year preceding from retail alcoholic beverage licenses, on forms provided or approved by the Comptroller. This annual report shall be filed by August 15 annually.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="B.">
        <text>Report of Dispensary Activities. Each county dispensary shall file annually a complete report summarizing all dispensary activities for the year on forms provided or approved by the Comptroller. This report shall be filed by August 15 annually and shall include gross profits, expenses, net profits of the dispensary, and any other information relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages that the Comptroller may require.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </regulation>
    <annotations>
      <annotation type="Authority">Alcohol Beverages Article, §1-302; Tax-General Article, §2-103; Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: April 3, 1989 (16:6 Md. R. 727)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1854); February 12, 1996 (23:3 Md. R. 166); September 22, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1339); October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1611)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A amended effective October 20, 2008 (35:21 Md. R. 1823); July 18, 2016 (43:14 Md. R. 779); November 15, 2021 (48:23 Md. R. 979); July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 511)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective August 6, 1990 (17:15 Md. R. 1854); November 15, 2021 (48:23 Md. R. 979)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 adopted effective June 1, 1996 (23:10 Md. R. 730)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed effective July 10, 2023 (50:13 Md. R. 511)</annotation>
    </annotations>
  </chapter>
  <chapter num="05" heading="Alcoholic Beverage Trade Practices">
    <annotations>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 1, 1996 (23:18 Md. R. 1315)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198); September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1377); May 1, 2005 (32:6 Md. R. 635)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01B amended as an emergency provision effective April 25, 2006 (33:15 Md. R. 1271); amended permanently effective October 9, 2006 (33:20 Md. R. 1612)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02A amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03A amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .04B amended effective February 9, 2009 (36:3 Md. R. 207); December 11, 2014 (41:24 Md. R. 1426)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06B amended effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 75)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .07A amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198); September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1377)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .09C amended effective May 1, 2005 (32:6 Md. R. 635)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10A amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198); March 9, 2001 (28:5 Md. R. 548); December 11, 2014 (41:24 Md. R. 1426)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10C amended effective September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1377)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10E amended effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 75); February 9, 2009 (36:3 Md. R. 207)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10F amended effective December 11, 2014 (41:24 Md. R. 1426)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10G amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .10H adopted effective September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1377)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11B, C amended effective May 1, 2005 (32:6 Md. R. 635); February 9, 2009 (36:3 Md. R. 207)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11C, G amended and H adopted effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 75)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .11H amended effective September 2, 2002 (29:17 Md. R. 1377); February 9, 2009 (36:3 Md. R. 207)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12A, B amended effective January 26, 1998 (25:2 Md. R. 75)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12B amended effective May 1, 2005 (32:6 Md. R. 635); December 11, 2014 (41:24 Md. R. 1426)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .12B, F amended effective December 11, 2000 (27:24 Md. R. 2198)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified to new chapter COMAR 14.23.04 effective December 26, 2022 (49:26 Md. R. 1080)</annotation>
    </annotations>
  </chapter>
  <chapter num="06" heading="Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes">
    <annotations>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: October 4, 2010 (37:20 Md. R. 1392)</annotation>
      <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter recodified to new chapter COMAR 14.23.05 effective December 26, 2022 (49:26 Md. R. 1080)</annotation>
    </annotations>
  </chapter>
</subtitle>