Invoices and records of dealers in beverages of high alcoholic content

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RS 355 - Invoices and records of dealers in beverages of high alcoholic content

A. Every manufacturer and every wholesaler of beverages of high alcoholic content shall, at the time of shipping or delivering such beverages, make a true duplicate invoice thereof, showing full and complete details of the sale or delivery of the beverages. They shall also keep a record of the manufacture or purchase of such beverages and shall hold all books, records, and memoranda pertaining to the manufacture and purchase of these beverages subject to the inspection of the secretary or his authorized representative. All records and documents required under this Subsection shall be retained for the inspection and use of the secretary or his authorized representative until the taxes to which they relate have prescribed.

B. All purchases of beverages of high alcoholic content by any retail dealer shall be evidenced by an invoice from the vendor correctly showing the date of the purchase and the quantity of each article bought. Retail dealers in beverages of high alcoholic content shall keep a record of all such beverages purchased by them and shall hold all books, records, and memoranda pertaining to the purchase and sale of these beverages open to the inspection of the secretary or his agents. Retail dealers in beverages of high alcoholic content, or their agents or employees, shall produce, on demand of the secretary, all invoices of such beverages bought by them or received at their places of business within six months prior to the demand, unless he can show, by satisfactory proof, that the non-production of the invoices was due to providential or other causes beyond his control.

C. In lieu of the invoices required herein for manufacturers and wholesalers of beverages of high alcoholic content, a computer-generated record may be used to show the full and complete details of the sale or delivery of the beverages. All records so generated shall be retained for the inspection and use of the secretary or his authorized representative until the taxes to which they relate have prescribed.

D. In lieu of the invoices required herein for retail dealers of beverages of high alcoholic content, a computer-generated record may be used to show the date of purchase and the quantity of each article bought. All records so generated shall be held and shall be produced on demand of the secretary.

Acts 1983, No. 164, §1, eff. June 24, 1983; Acts 1987, No. 696, §1; Acts 1999, No. 202, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §10.


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