Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 3111

  • Commissioner: shall mean in this title only the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
  • Distributor: means a person who imports or causes to be imported gasoline or other motor fuel for use, distribution, or sale within the State, or any person who produces, refines, manufactures, or compounds gasoline or other motor fuel within the State for use, distribution, or sale. See
  • Month: means 30 days and "year" means 365 days. See

§ 3111. Neglect or refusal to file a report; estimate of tax by Commissioner; penalty and interest

If a distributor neglects or refuses to file any report required by this chapter, the Commissioner shall make an estimate of the tax due, based upon information available to the Commissioner, for the period for which the distributor failed to make the report, and shall assess the tax due from the licensee, adding to the amount thus determined a penalty of 50 percent. The assessment shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half percent per month from the date the tax payment was due until paid. The Commissioner shall give the licensee notice by mail of the assessment and payment shall be due within 15 days of the date of the mailing of the notice. (Added 1985, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)