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Texas Tax Code - TAX § 154.044. Purchase from a Distributor

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(a) If a distributor does not possess sufficient unused stamps to cover the distributor's inventory of unstamped cigarettes, the comptroller may allow the distributor to purchase the required stamps from any distributor through a requisition from the comptroller so that the unstamped cigarettes may be stamped immediately under the direction of the comptroller.

(b) The comptroller may issue the requisition.  The requisition shall be in triplicate on a form prescribed by the comptroller. The copies shall be designated “original,” “duplicate,” and “triplicate.”  The comptroller shall keep the original and send the duplicate to the purchaser and the triplicate to the seller.  The purchaser and seller shall keep their respective copies available at all times for four years for inspection by the comptroller and the attorney general.

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