A. Every person subject to the payment of a tax hereunder shall keep in Oklahoma accurate records covering the business carried on and shall for three (3) years, and more if required by the rules of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, keep and preserve all invoices, showing all purchases and sales of cigarettes; and such invoices and stock of cigarettes shall at all times be subject to the examination and inspection of any member or legally authorized agent or representative of the Tax Commission, in the enforcement of this article. Every wholesaler or retailer operating in the State of Oklahoma, whose main warehouse or headquarters is in another state shall keep all records of all cigarette transactions made by him or her at his or her place of business in Oklahoma, or at a designated place in the State of Oklahoma.

B. Every wholesaler and retailer receiving unstamped cigarettes shall file a report with the Tax Commission on or before the tenth day of each month covering the previous calendar month, on forms prescribed and furnished by the Tax Commission, disclosing the beginning and closing inventory of unstamped cigarettes, the beginning and closing inventory of stamped cigarettes, the beginning and closing inventory of cigarette stamps, the number and denomination of cigarette stamps affixed to packages of cigarettes, and all purchases of cigarettes by showing the invoice number, name and address of the consignee or seller, the date, and the number of cigarettes purchased, and such other information as may be required by the Tax Commission. Retailers or consumers purchasing cigarettes in drop shipments shall be required to make monthly reports to the Commission as are required of wholesale dealers.

C. Every distributing agent shall, except as otherwise provided herein, keep at each place of business in Oklahoma for a period of three (3) years for inspection by the Tax Commission a complete record of all cigarettes received, including all orders, invoices, bills of lading, waybills, freight bills, express receipts, and all other shipping records which are furnished to the distributing agent by the carrier and the shipper of said cigarettes, or copies thereof, and, in addition thereto, a complete record of each and every distribution or delivery made by said distributing agent. Such records of distribution or delivery shall include all orders, invoices or copies thereof, all other shipping records furnished by the carrier, and the person ordering distribution or delivery of the cigarettes.

D. Upon a form to be prescribed by the Tax Commission, every distributing agent in Oklahoma shall report each day, except Sundays and holidays, to the Tax Commission all deliveries of cigarettes made on the preceding day or days. The reports shall show the name of the person ordering the delivery, date of delivery, name and address of the person to whom delivered, the invoice number, bill of lading or waybill number, the number and kind of cigarettes delivered, the means of delivery and/or the transportation agent and the destination of drop shipment, if a drop shipment. However, if the invoice furnished the distributing agent by the manufacturer or other person ordering such delivery, or the bill of lading prepared by said distributing agent to cover the shipment under said invoice, contains all the information required to be reported, it will be sufficient to send a copy of said invoice or invoices, or a copy of said bill of lading or bills of lading, to the Tax Commission.

E. Beginning July 1, 2009, every wholesaler or manufacturer required to make any report required by this section shall submit such report electronically as prescribed by the Tax Commission pursuant to Section 312.1 of this title.

Added by Laws 1965, c. 195, § 2. Amended by Laws 2009, c. 434, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.