77-27,144 Municipalities; sales and use tax; Tax Commissioner; collection; distribution.
77-27,144. Municipalities; sales and use tax; Tax Commissioner; collection; distribution.The Tax Commissioner shall collect the tax imposed by any incorporated municipality concurrently with collection of a state tax in the same manner as the state tax is collected. The Tax Commissioner shall remit monthly the proceeds of the tax to the incorporated municipalities levying the tax, after deducting the amount of refunds made and three percent of the remainder to be credited to the Municipal Equalization Fund. The Tax Commissioner shall keep full and accurate records of all money received and distributed under the provisions of the Local Option Revenue Act. When proceeds of a tax levy are received but the identity of the incorporated municipality which levied the tax is unknown and is not identified within six months after receipt, the amount shall be credited to the Municipal Equalization Fund. The municipality may request the names and addresses of the retailers which have collected the tax as provided in section 77-2711. SourceLaws 1969, c. 629, § 3, p. 2530; Laws 1971, LB 53, § 10; Laws 1976, LB 868, § 2; Laws 1996, LB 1177, § 19; Laws 1998, LB 1104, § 13; Laws 2007, LB94, § 2.