Terms Used In Iowa Code 453A.47

  • Director: means the director of the department of revenue. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Director: means the director of revenue or the director's duly authorized assistants and employees. See Iowa Code 453A.1
  • Distributor: means any and each of the following:
  • Distributor: shall mean and include every person in this state who manufactures or produces cigarettes or who ships, transports, or imports into this state or in any manner acquires or possesses cigarettes without stamps affixed for the purpose of making a "first sale" of the same within the state. See Iowa Code 453A.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 Where tobacco products upon which the tax imposed by this subchapter has been reported and paid are shipped or transported by the distributor to consumers to be consumed without the state or to retailers or subjobbers without the state to be sold by those retailers or subjobbers without the state or are returned to the manufacturer by the distributor or destroyed by the distributor, refund of such tax or credit may be made to the distributor in accordance with regulations prescribed by the director. Any overpayment of the tax imposed under section 453A.43 may be made to the taxpayer in accordance with regulations prescribed by the director. The director shall cause any such refund of tax to be paid out of the general fund of the state, and so much of said fund as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for that purpose.