The tax authorized by this subchapter shall be collected from the purchaser by the person maintaining a place of business in this state who delivers the electricity to the purchaser. Any tax required to be collected by this chapter, and any tax in fact collected, shall constitute a debt owed to the village by the person delivering the electricity, provided that the person delivering electricity shall be allowed credit for such tax related to deliveries of electricity the charges for which are written off as uncollectible, and provided further that if such charges are thereafter collected, the delivering supplier shall be obligated to remit such tax. Persons delivering electricity shall collect the tax from the purchaser by adding such tax to the gross charge for delivering the electricity. Persons delivering electricity shall also be authorized to add to such gross charge an amount equal to 3% of the tax to reimburse the person delivering electricity for the expense incurred in keeping records, billing customers, preparing and filing returns, remitting the tax and supplying date to the municipality upon request. If the person delivering electricity fails to collect the tax from the purchaser, then the purchaser shall be required to pay the tax directly to the municipality in the manner prescribed by the municipality. Persons delivering electricity who file returns pursuant to this subchapter shall, at the time of filing such return, pay the municipality the amount of the tax collected pursuant to this subchapter.
(2000 Code, § 37.139) (Ord. 1908, passed 4-28-2003; Ord. 1917, passed 6-2-2003; Ord. 1919, passed 6-16-2003)