2007 Minnesota Statutes

289A.11 FILING REQUIREMENTS FOR SALES AND USE TAX RETURNS.
    Subdivision 1. Return required. Except as provided in section 289A.18, subdivision 4, for
the month in which taxes imposed by chapter 297A are payable, or for which a return is due, a
return for the preceding reporting period must be filed with the commissioner in the form and
manner the commissioner prescribes. A person making sales at retail at two or more places
of business may file a consolidated return subject to rules prescribed by the commissioner. In
computing the dollar amount of items on the return, the amounts are rounded off to the nearest
whole dollar, disregarding amounts less than 50 cents and increasing amounts of 50 cents to
99 cents to the next highest dollar.
Notwithstanding this subdivision, a person who is not required to hold a sales tax permit
under chapter 297A and who makes annual purchases, for use in a trade or business, of less than
$18,500, or a person who is not required to hold a sales tax permit and who makes purchases for
personal use, that are subject to the use tax imposed by section 297A.63, may file an annual use
tax return on a form prescribed by the commissioner. If a person who qualifies for an annual use
tax reporting period is required to obtain a sales tax permit or makes use tax purchases, for use in
a trade or business, in excess of $18,500 during the calendar year, the reporting period must be
considered ended at the end of the month in which the permit is applied for or the purchase in
excess of $18,500 is made and a return must be filed for the preceding reporting period.
    Subd. 2. Liquor sales. A person required to collect the tax imposed by section 297A.62,
subdivision 2 , on sales of intoxicating liquor and 3.2 percent malt liquor, shall report the total
sales tax liability, including the sales tax on items other than intoxicating liquor and 3.2 percent
malt liquor, on a distinct sales tax return prescribed by the commissioner.
    Subd. 3. Who must file return. For purposes of the sales tax, a return must be filed by a
retailer who is required to hold a permit. For the purposes of the use tax, a return must be filed
by a retailer required to collect the tax and by a person buying any items, the storage, use or
other consumption of which is subject to the use tax, who has not paid the use tax to a retailer
required to collect the tax. The returns must be signed by the person filing the return or by the
person's agent duly authorized in writing.
History: 1990 c 480 art 1 s 6; 1991 c 249 s 31; 1991 c 291 art 8 s 3; 1992 c 511 art 8 s
2; 1993 c 375 art 2 s 7,8; 1994 c 587 art 2 s 1; 1997 c 31 art 2 s 4; 2000 c 418 art 1 s 44;
1Sp2005 c 3 art 5 s 2