Tex. Tax Code § 162.218

This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 162.218, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.

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§ 162.218. DUTIES OF SELLER OF DIESEL FUEL.

Official statutory text

(a) A seller who receives or collects tax holds the amount received or collected in trust for the benefit of this state and has a fiduciary duty to remit to the comptroller the amount of tax received or collected.

(b) A seller shall furnish the purchaser with an invoice, bill of lading, or other documentation as evidence of the number of gallons received by the purchaser.

(c) A seller who receives a payment of tax may not apply the payment of tax to a debt that the person making the payment owes for diesel fuel purchased from the seller.

(d) A person required to receive or collect a tax under this chapter is liable for and shall pay the tax in the manner provided by this chapter.

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