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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 03.02.02.03" title_num="03" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="02" 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>