Section 25 Records to be kept by taxpayers subject to chapters 64A and 64C, 64E to 64J, and 138; inspection
Section 25. Every distributor, unclassified importer, unclassified exporter or purchaser referred to in section one of chapter sixty-four A, every stamper appointed under section thirty of chapter sixty-four C, every user-seller or supplier of special fuels, as defined in section one of chapter sixty-four E, every motor carrier required to be licensed under chapter sixty-four F, every operator required to register under chapter sixty-four G, every vendor required to register under chapter sixty-four H or sixty-four I, every user-seller or supplier of aircraft fuel, as defined in section one of chapter sixty-four J and every licensee referred to in section twenty-one of chapter one hundred and thirty-eight shall keep and preserve suitable records of taxable charges and such other books, papers, records, and data as the commissioner may require to determine the amount of the tax due under the provisions of those respective chapters. Such records shall be open to inspection and examination at any reasonable time by the commissioner or his duly authorized representative and such records shall, unless the commissioner consents in writing to an earlier destruction be preserved for three years after the date the return was filed or the date it was due, whichever occurs later, and for such further period as may be agreed upon for the assessment of any additional tax.