A. The department shall collect and administer any transaction privilege and affiliated excise taxes, including use tax, severance tax, jet fuel excise and use tax, and rental occupancy tax, imposed by any city or town. The department and each city or town shall enter into a intergovernmental contract or agreement to provide a uniform method of administration, collection, audit and licensing of transaction privilege and affiliated excise taxes imposed by the state or cities or towns pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 7, Article 3. The contract or agreement shall include criteria for the denial of a request from a city or town for an audit of a taxpayer that is engaged in business in more than one city or town.

B. A taxpayer that does not report and pay the required tax to a city or town electronically shall file and pay the tax to the department of revenue if the department has developed the electronic and nonelectronic tools necessary to capture data with sufficient specificity to meet the needs of all taxing jurisdictions, including specific data regarding each tax classification and any corresponding deductions at each business location of the taxpayer.