67-4-2712 - Taxes collected in another state. [Effective July 1, 2011.]
67-4-2712. Taxes collected in another state. [Effective July 1, 2011.]
(a) The tax imposed by this part shall not apply to any aviation fuel:
(1) Upon which a sales or use tax was previously legally imposed and collected by another state, at a rate equal to or greater than the rate of tax provided for in this part; or
(2) Upon which another state has previously legally imposed and collected a tax substantially similar to the tax imposed by this part, at a rate equal to or greater than the rate of tax provided for in this part.
(b) If the taxes described in subsection (a) are at a rate less than the rate imposed by this part, the tax imposed by this part shall be at the difference between the rate of tax imposed by this part and the rate of the tax described in subsection (a).
(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the tax levied by this part shall apply without reduction for any sales or use tax or tax substantially similar to the tax levied by this part that is paid to another state on the same transaction if that state does not have the first right to tax or has no statutory provisions to reduce its sales or use tax, or tax substantially similar to the tax levied by this part, by any payment of the tax levied by this part. Each taxpayer seeking a reduction of the tax levied by this part due to payment of a sales or use tax or tax substantially similar to the tax levied by this part to another state on the same transaction shall furnish evidence to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the tax statutes of the other state would allow a reduction of its sales or use taxes or tax substantially similar to the tax levied by this part in like factual situations.
(d) The taxpayer shall bear the burden of maintaining documentary proof that the taxes described in subsection (a) have been paid.
[Acts 2004, ch. 959, § 56; 2005, ch. 311, § 2; 2007, ch. 602, §§ 52, 132; 2009, ch. 530, § 35.]