Terms Used In Michigan Laws 205.56c

  • Business: includes an activity engaged in by a person or caused to be engaged in by that person with the object of gain, benefit, or advantage, either direct or indirect. See Michigan Laws 205.51
  • Department: means the department of treasury. See Michigan Laws 205.51
  • Gross proceeds: means sales price. See Michigan Laws 205.51
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Tax: includes a tax, interest, or penalty levied under this act. See Michigan Laws 205.51
  • Taxpayer: means a person subject to a tax under this act. See Michigan Laws 205.51
  (1) Beginning April 1, 2016 and each calendar quarter thereafter, each taxpayer making sales at retail of aviation fuel shall, on or before the last day of the month in the month that immediately follows the end of a calendar quarter, file an informational report with the department on a form prescribed by the department showing all of the following for the immediately preceding calendar quarter:
  (a) The entire amount of the taxpayer’s taxable sales at retail of aviation fuel.
  (b) The gross proceeds of the taxpayer’s business from taxable sales at retail of aviation fuel.
  (c) The amount of tax for which the taxpayer is liable from sales at retail of aviation fuel.
  (d) The number of taxable gallons of aviation fuel sold by the taxpayer at each airport and the gross proceeds from the sales of those gallons of aviation fuel.
  (e) Any other information the department considers necessary for the proper administration of this act.
  (2) The report required under this section shall not include any remittance for tax, and does not constitute a return or otherwise alleviate the taxpayer’s obligations under section 6.
  (3) A taxpayer required to file the informational report under this section that fails or refuses to file the informational report within the time and in the manner specified in this section shall be liable for a penalty of $10.00 per day for each day for each separate failure or refusal up to, but not exceeding, a maximum penalty of $500.00 for each separate violation. The department may waive the penalty if the taxpayer demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the failure to file was due to reasonable cause.
  (4) As used in this section, “aviation fuel” means fuel as that term is defined in section 4 of the aeronautics code of the state of Michigan, 1945 PA 327, MCL 259.4.