Wisconsin Statutes — Tax Chapters (70, 71, 76, 77, 78)
Wis. Stat. § 78.78
Reports by transporters; exceptions
78.78(1)
# (1)
Every agent or employee of every railroad company, pipeline company, motor truck or motor tank car company, water transportation company, and every other common carrier transporting motor vehicle fuel, general aviation fuel or alternate fuels, either in interstate or intrastate commerce, which originates at or is destined to a point in this state, and every person transporting motor vehicle fuel, general aviation fuel or alternate fuels interstate, which transportation originates at or is destined to a point in this state, who has the custody of books and records showing the transportation, shall report all the transportation to the department on forms prescribed and furnished by it. A supplier or terminal operator may rely on information about the destination of fuel provided under this subsection by an exporter. Only the exporter is liable for the tax due as a result of diverting the fuel from the represented destination state.
78.78(2)
# (2)
The reports under sub. (1) shall cover monthly periods, and shall be filed with the department on or before the 30th day after the close of the month covered by the report, and shall contain the following information: the name and address of the transporter, the month and year covered by the report, the date of unloading, the initials and number of the car if shipped by rail, the loading ticket or manifest number and the registration number required by s. 78.77 if shipped by truck transport, the name of the consignor, the point of origin, the name of the consignee, the name of the person to whom delivery has in fact been made if other than the original named consignee, the point of unloading, and the quantity of each shipment in gallons.
78.78(3)
# (3)
Any transporter who fails to file timely a report required under this section shall pay to the department a late filing fee of $10. A report that is mailed is timely if it is mailed in a properly addressed envelope with 1st class postage, if the envelope is postmarked on or before the due date and if the report is received by the department or at the destination that the department prescribes within 5 days after the due date. A report that is not mailed is timely if it is received on or before the due date by the department or at the destination that the department prescribes.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 78.39 · Definitions
- 78.40 · Tax imposed; collected; exceptions
- 78.47 · Alternate fuels license
- 78.48 · Application; form; investigation; bond; issue
- 78.49 · Reports to department; computation of tax
- 78.50 · Notice by alternate fuels licensee of cessation, sale or…
- 78.51 · Theft of alternate fuels tax moneys
- 78.52 · Separate fuel supply tanks required
- 78.53 · Presumption
- 78.55 · Definitions
- 78.56 · General aviation fuel license
- 78.57 · Application; form; investigation; bond; issue
- 78.58 · Reports to department; computation of tax
- 78.59 · Notice by general aviation fuel licensee of cessation, sale or…
- 78.60 · Theft of general aviation fuel tax moneys
- 78.61 · Presumption
- 78.62 · Exemptions
- 78.64 · Definitions
- 78.65 · Suspension and revocation of licenses
- 78.66 · Records to be kept by licensees
- 78.67 · Timely filing
- 78.68 · Returns; failure to pay; refunds
- 78.69 · Appeals
- 78.70 · Actions to collect tax and penalties
- 78.71 · Motor vehicle fuel, general aviation fuel and alternate fuels…
- 78.72 · Preference given actions to enforce this chapter
- 78.73 · Criminal penalties
- 78.74 · Remedies and penalties are cumulative
- 78.75 · Refund; procedure; claim unassignable
- 78.77 · Registration of transporters; records to be kept
- 78.78 · Reports by transporters; exceptions
- 78.79 · Duty of department to enforce fuel tax provisions; promulgate…
- 78.80 · Departmental examinations; information; penalty
- 78.81 · Attorney general and district attorney to prosecute; place of…
- 78.82 · Municipalities not to tax motor vehicle fuel or alternate fuels
- 78.155 · Penalties for misuse of dyed diesel fuel
- 78.215 · Separate fuel supply tanks required
- 78.405 · Annual adjustment of the tax rate
- 78.407 · Adjustment in 1997
- 78.555 · Tax imposed; rate; collected