Article 1. Reports And Payments of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 13. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.

(a) When any tax imposed upon cigarettes under Article 1 (commencing with Section 30101), Article 2 (commencing with Section 30121), and Article 3 (commencing with Section 30131) of Chapter 2 is not paid through the use of stamps or meter impressions, the tax shall be due and payable monthly on or before the 25th day of the month following the calendar month in which a distribution of cigarettes occurs, or in the case of a sale of cigarettes on the facilities of a common carrier for which the tax is imposed pursuant to Section 30104, the tax shall be due and payable monthly on or before the 25th day of the month following the calendar month in which a sale of cigarettes on the facilities of the carrier occurs.
  (b) Each distributor of tobacco products shall file a return in the form, as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media respecting the distributions of tobacco products and their wholesale cost during the preceding month, and any other information as the board may require to carry out this part. The return shall be filed with the board on or before the 25th day of the calendar month following the close of the monthly period for which it relates, together with a remittance payable to the board, of the amount of tax, if any, due under Article 2 (commencing with Section 30121) or Article 3 (commencing with Section 30131) of Chapter 2 for that period.
  (c) To facilitate the administration of this part, the board may require the filing of the returns for longer than monthly periods.
  (d) Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.
  (e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2007.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a distributor shall file, on or before the 25th day of each month, a report in the form as prescribed by the board, that may include, but not be limited to, electronic media with respect to distributions of cigarettes and purchases of stamps and meter register units during the preceding month and any other information as the board may require to carry out this part.
  (b) Reports shall be authenticated in a form, or pursuant to methods, as may be prescribed by the board.

(a) On or before the 25th day of each month every distributor required under Section 30108 to collect any tax during the preceding month shall file a report with the board in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media showing the number of cigarettes with respect to which he or she was required to collect the tax and any other information as the board may require to carry out the purposes of this part. Reports shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.
  (b) On or before the 25th day of each month, each distributor required to collect any tax during the preceding month pursuant to Section 30108 shall file a return, in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media which shows the wholesale cost of tobacco products with respect to which he or she was required to collect the tax and any other information as the board may require to carry out this part. Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.

The distributor shall submit with each report or return a remittance payable to the board for the amount of tax due.

Except as otherwise provided in Section 30172, the board for good cause may extend for not to exceed one month the time for making any report or return or paying any amount of tax required under this part. The extension may be granted at any time provided a request therefor is filed with the board within or prior to the period for which the extension may be granted. Any person to whom an extension is granted pursuant to this section shall pay, in addition to the amount of tax, interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date on which the amount of tax would have been due without the extension to the date of payment.

On or before the 25th day of each month, the common carriers and authorized persons specified in Section 30104 shall file with the board a report of the sales of cigarettes or tobacco products made by them on the facilities of the carriers in California in the preceding calendar month in that detail as the board may prescribe and in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media, submitting with the report the amount of the tax due under Section 30104. Reports shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.

Every consumer or user subject to the tax resulting from a distribution of cigarettes or tobacco products within the meaning of subdivision (b) of Section 30008 from whom the tax has not been collected under Section 30108 shall, on or before the last day of the month following the end of the quarter, file with the board a report of the amount of cigarettes or tobacco products received by him or her in the preceding calendar quarter in that detail as the board may prescribe and in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media, submitting with the report the amount of tax due. Reports shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.

On or before the 25th day of each month, every wholesaler shall file a report in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media respecting his or her inventory, purchases, and sales of cigarettes or tobacco products during the preceding month and any other information as the board may require to carry out the purposes of this part. Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.