42.13.406    SACRAMENTAL WINE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

(1) The following licensed entities shall pay any tax due and file a wine tax return on Form WIT for sacramental wine sold in Montana:

(a) sacramental wine licensees located outside Montana for sacramental wine sold to officials of churches or other established religious organizations;

(b) licensed wineries for sacramental wine containing not more than 16 percent alcohol by volume sold to licensed retailers and for sacramental wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume sold to sacramental wine licensees; and

(c) table wine distributors for sacramental wine containing not more than 16 percent alcohol by volume sold to licensed retailers and for sacramental wine containing not more than 24 percent alcohol by volume sold to sacramental wine licensees.

(2) Failure to file the required return or pay the tax is sufficient cause for the assessment of penalties and interest in accordance with 15-1-216 and 16-1-411, MCA, and other penalties provided in 16-4-406, MCA.

History: 16-1-303, MCA; IMP, 16-1-411, 16-3-404, 16-3-411, 16-4-107, 16-4-313, 16-4-1101, 16-4-1102, 16-4-1103, MCA; NEW, 2019 MAR p. 2058, Eff. 11/9/19; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 759, Eff. 4/13/24.