A local sales and services tax shall be imposed either January 1, April 1, July 1 or October 1 following the notification of the director of revenue and finance.
A local sales and services tax shall be repealed only on March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31. However, a local sales and services tax shall not be repealed before the tax has been in effect for one year. At least forty days before the imposition or repeal of the tax, a county shall provide notice of the action by certified mail to the director of revenue and finance.
The director of revenue and finance shall administer a local sales and services tax as nearly as possible in conjunction with the administration of state gross receipts tax laws. The director shall provide appropriate forms or provide on the regular state tax forms for reporting local sales and services tax liability.
The ordinance of a county board of supervisors imposing a local sales and services tax shall adopt by reference the applicable provisions of the appropriate sections of chapter 422, division IV. All powers and requirements of the director to administer the state gross receipts tax law are applicable to the administration of a local sales and services tax law, including but not limited to, the provisions of sections 422.25, subsection 4, 422.30, 422.48 to 422.52, 422.54 to 422.58, 422.67, 422.68, 422.69, subsection 1, and 422.70 to 422.75. Local officials shall confer with the director of revenue and finance for assistance in drafting the ordinance imposing a local sales and services tax. A certified copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the director as soon as possible after passage.
The director, in consultation with local officials, shall collect and account for a local sales and services tax. The director shall certify each quarter the amount of local sales and services tax receipts and any interest and penalties to be credited to the "local sales and services tax fund" established in the office of the treasurer of state.
All local tax moneys and interest and penalties received or refunded one hundred eighty days or more after the date on which the county repeals its local sales and services tax shall be deposited in or withdrawn from the state general fund.
85 Acts, ch 32, § 97; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 441; 89 Acts, ch 276, § 3
Referred to in § 28A.17, 422B.1
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