House Study Bill 134 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES DIVISION BILL) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the reporting and payment of wine gallonage 1 sales and taxes. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1198XD (4) 86 ec/nh
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 123.184, Code 2015, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 123.184 Report of gallonage sales —— penalty. 3 1. Each class “A” wine permit holder on or before the tenth 4 day of each calendar month commencing on the tenth day of the 5 calendar month following the month in which the person is 6 issued a permit, shall make a report under oath to the division 7 electronically, or in a manner prescribed by the administrator, 8 showing the exact number of gallons of wine and fractional 9 parts of gallons , sold by that permit holder during the 10 preceding calendar month. The report also shall state whatever 11 reasonable additional information the administrator requires. 12 The permit holder at the time of filing this report shall pay 13 to the division the amount of tax due at the rate fixed in 14 section 123.183 . A penalty of ten percent of the amount of the 15 tax shall be assessed and collected if the report required to 16 be filed pursuant to this subsection is not filed and the tax 17 paid within the time required by this section subsection . 18 2. Each wine direct shipper license holder shall make 19 a report under oath to the division electronically, or in 20 a manner prescribed by the administrator, on or before the 21 tenth day of the calendar months of June and December, showing 22 the exact number of gallons of wine and fractional parts of 23 gallons sold and shipped pursuant to section 123.187 during 24 the preceding six-month calendar period. The report shall 25 also state whatever reasonable additional information the 26 administrator requires. The license holder at the time of 27 filing this report shall pay to the division the amount of tax 28 due at the rate fixed in section 123.183. A penalty of ten 29 percent of this amount shall be assessed and collected if the 30 report required to be filed pursuant to this subsection is 31 not filed and the tax paid within the time required by this 32 subsection. 33 Sec. 2. Section 123.187, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code 34 2015, is amended to read as follows: 35 -1- LSB 1198XD (4) 86 ec/nh 1/ 2
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ a. In addition to the annual license fee, a wine direct 1 shipper licensee shall remit to the division an amount 2 equivalent to the wine gallonage tax on wine subject to direct 3 shipment at the rate specified in section 123.183 for deposit 4 as provided in section 123.183, subsections 2 and 3 . The 5 amount shall be remitted at the same time and in the same 6 manner as provided in section 123.184 , subsection 2, and the 7 ten percent penalty specified therein shall be applicable. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill provides that each wine direct shipper licensee 12 shall report wine gallonage sales and pay the wine gallonage 13 tax every six months, in June and December, instead of every 14 month. 15 -2- LSB 1198XD (4) 86 ec/nh 2/ 2