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26-55-240. Discontinuance or transfer of business.
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26-55-240. Discontinuance or transfer of business.
(a)(1) Whenever a distributor ceases to engage in business as a distributor within the State of Arkansas by reason of the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of the business of the distributor, it shall be the duty of the distributor to notify the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the time the discontinuance, sale, or transfer takes effect.
(2) The notice shall give the date of discontinuance and, in the event of a sale or transfer of the business, the date thereof and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee.
(b)(1) All taxes, penalties, and interest under this subchapter, not yet due and payable under the provisions of this subchapter, together with any and all interest accruing or penalties imposed under this subchapter, notwithstanding any provisions thereof, shall become due and payable concurrently with the discontinuance, sale, or transfer.
(2) It shall be the duty of any distributor concurrently with the discontinuance, sale, or transfer to make a report and pay all taxes, interest, and penalties, and to surrender to the secretary the license certificate theretofore issued to the distributor by the secretary.
(c) Unless the notice provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall have been given to the secretary as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the purchaser or transferee shall be liable to the State of Arkansas for the amount of all taxes, penalties, and interest under this subchapter accrued against any distributor selling or transferring the distributor's business, on the date of the sale or transfer but only to the extent of the value of the property and business acquired from the distributor.
(d) Upon co
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 26-55-240
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26-55-240. Discontinuance or transfer of business.
(a)(1) Whenever a distributor ceases to engage in business as a distributor within the State of Arkansas by reason of the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of the business of the distributor, it shall be the duty of the distributor to notify the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration in writing at least ten (10) days prior to the time the discontinuance, sale, or transfer takes effect.
(2) The notice shall give the date of discontinuance and, in the event of a sale or transfer of the business, the date thereof and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee.
(b)(1) All taxes, penalties, and interest under this subchapter, not yet due and payable under the provisions of this subchapter, together with any and all interest accruing or penalties imposed under this subchapter, notwithstanding any provisions thereof, shall become due and payable concurrently with the discontinuance, sale, or transfer.
(2) It shall be the duty of any distributor concurrently with the discontinuance, sale, or transfer to make a report and pay all taxes, interest, and penalties, and to surrender to the secretary the license certificate theretofore issued to the distributor by the secretary.
(c) Unless the notice provided for in subsection (a) of this section shall have been given to the secretary as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the purchaser or transferee shall be liable to the State of Arkansas for the amount of all taxes, penalties, and interest under this subchapter accrued against any distributor selling or transferring the distributor's business, on the date of the sale or transfer but only to the extent of the value of the property and business acquired from the distributor.
(d) Upon conviction, a person violating this section is guilty of an unclassified misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) and costs of the prosecution or imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, or both.
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