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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 03.08.01.03" title_num="03" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="01" heading="Records.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A seller of new tires in the State is required to keep, for a period of 4 years, unless permission is obtained from the Comptroller to destroy the records after a shorter period of time, all records in connection with the sale of new tires in the State.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The records shall be adequate to distinguish a first sale of a new tire in the State by a tire dealer from all other sales of new tires in the State. This requires keeping all invoices, bills of lading, purchase orders, sales slips, cash register tapes, invoices, contracts, billing slips, journals, ledgers, inventory records, bank records, and tire wholesaler certificates upon which the dealer has relied.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A seller of new tires in the State is required to make records available for inspection and examination by the Comptroller or authorized representative at any time during business hours.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If a seller of new tires in the State fails to keep the records required, the Comptroller may compute any new tire fees or tire recycling fees which are due by using a factor that the Comptroller develops by:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A survey of the business of the seller including any available records;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A survey of other sellers of new tires engaged in the same or similar business; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other means.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>If the seller of new tires in the State fails to keep the records required, the computation of the new tire fee and the tire recycling fee under § D of this regulation is presumptively correct.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>