§ 11-401. Vendor  


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  •    (a) Trustee for State. -- A vendor is a trustee for the State and is liable for the collection of the sales and use tax for and on account of the State.

    (b) Collection rights. -- A vendor has the same rights to collect the sales and use tax from a buyer and the same rights regarding the nonpayment of the sales and use tax by a buyer that the vendor would have if the sales and use tax were a part of the purchase price of the tangible personal property or taxable service at the time of the sale.


HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 81, § 327, 328, 379, 380; 1988, ch. 2, § 1.