A. The tax levied by Section 1401 et seq. of this title is due and payable on the first day of each month for the preceding calendar month, and if not paid on or before the twentieth day of each month shall thereafter be delinquent. Each taxpayer subject to the provisions of this article shall, on or before the twentieth day of every calendar month, file with the Oklahoma Tax Commission on forms to be furnished by the Tax Commission, a return verified by affidavit showing in detail the total purchase price of tangible personal property used by the taxpayer within the state during the preceding calendar month subject to the tax herein levied and such other information as the Tax Commission may require. With each such return each taxpayer shall remit to the Tax Commission the amount of tax shown therein to be due. Reports timely mailed shall be considered timely filed. If a report is not timely filed, interest shall be charged from the date the report should have been filed until the report is actually filed.

B. In lieu of monthly reports, tax remitters whose total amount of tax liability for any one (1) month does not exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) may file semiannual reports and remit taxes due thereunder to the Tax Commission on or before the twentieth day of January and July of each year for the preceding six-month period. If not paid on or before the twentieth day of such month, the tax shall be delinquent.

C. Effective March 1, 2003, every person owing an average of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) or more per month in total use taxes in the previous fiscal year shall remit the tax due and shall participate in the Tax Commission’s electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange program, according to the following schedule:

1. For taxes levied from the first day through the fifteenth day of each month, the tax shall be due and payable on the twentieth day of such month and remitted to the Tax Commission by electronic funds transfer. A taxpayer will be considered to have complied with the reporting requirements of this paragraph if, on or before the twentieth day of such month, the taxpayer paid at least ninety percent (90%) of the liability for that fifteen-day period or at least fifty percent (50%) of the taxpayer’s liability in the immediate preceding calendar year for the same month as the month in which the fifteen-day period occurs; and

2. For taxes levied from the sixteenth day through the end of each month, the tax shall be due and payable on the twentieth day of the following month and remitted to the Tax Commission by electronic funds transfer.

Every person required to remit the tax due pursuant to this subsection shall file its monthly use tax report in accordance with the Tax Commission’s electronic data interchange program on the twentieth day of the month following the month the tax is levied. Provided, persons primarily engaged in selling lumber and other building materials, including cement and concrete, except for home centers classified under Industry No. 444110 of the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Manual, shall remit and report as required in subsection A of this section, with the exception of taxes levied during the periods of June 1 through June 15, 2003, which shall be remitted and reported on June 20, 2003, and June 1 through June 15, 2004, which shall be remitted and reported on June 20, 2004.

Taxes not paid on or before the due dates specified in this subsection shall be delinquent from such dates.

D. Effective October 1, 2003, every person owing an average of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) or more per month in total use taxes in the previous fiscal year shall remit the tax due and shall participate in the Tax Commission’s electronic funds transfer and electronic data interchange program, according to the following schedule:

1. For taxes levied from the first day through the fifteenth day of each month, the tax shall be due and payable on the twentieth day of such month and remitted to the Tax Commission by electronic funds transfer. A taxpayer will be considered to have complied with the reporting requirements of this paragraph if, on or before the twentieth day of such month, the taxpayer paid at least ninety percent (90%) of the liability for that fifteen-day period or at least fifty percent (50%) of the taxpayer’s liability in the immediate preceding calendar year for the same month as the month in which the fifteen-day period occurs; and

2. For taxes levied from the sixteenth day through the end of each month, the tax shall be due and payable on the twentieth day of the following month and remitted to the Tax Commission by electronic funds transfer.

Every person required to remit the tax due pursuant to this subsection shall file its monthly use tax report in accordance with the Tax Commission’s electronic data interchange program on the twentieth day of the month following the month the tax is levied. Provided, persons primarily engaged in selling lumber and other building materials, including cement and concrete, except for home centers classified under Industry No. 444110 of the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Manual, shall remit and report as required in subsection A of this section, with the exception of taxes levied during the periods of June 1 through June 15, 2004, which shall be remitted and reported on June 20, 2004, and June 1 through June 15, 2005, which shall be remitted and reported on June 20, 2005.

Taxes not paid on or before the due dates specified in this subsection shall be delinquent from such dates.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 368, § 2, emerg. eff. June 18, 1963. Renumbered from § 14-1405 of this title by Laws 1965, c. 215, § 2. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 203, § 147, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 2002, c. 458, § 9, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 376, § 3, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2004, c. 5, § 77, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.

NOTE: Laws 2003, c. 413, § 29 repealed by Laws 2004, c. 5, § 78, emerg. eff. March 1, 2004.