SECTION 710:20-5-1. Procedures for payment of gross receipts tax on mixed beverage, caterer, hotel beverage, beer and wine, mixed beverage/caterer combination, public event, and special event license holders; definitions

(a)   General provisions. Pursuant to the authority and power granted to the Oklahoma Tax Commission, the excise tax imposed upon the total gross receipts of a holder of a mixed beverage, caterer, hotel beverage, beer and wine, mixed beverage/caterer combination, public event, or special event license issued by the ABLE Commission, shall be paid through monthly tax reporting procedures as established by rules of this Commission, and shall be implemented, administered and enforced in accordance with said rules. [See:37A O.S. §5-105]

(b)   Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1)   "Alcoholic beverage" means alcohol, spirits, beer, and wine, as those terms are defined in Section 1-103 of Title 37A of the Oklahoma Statutes and also includes every liquid or solid, patented or not, containing alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and capable of being consumed as a beverage by human beings.

(2)   "Mixed beverages" means one or more servings of a beverage composed in whole or part of an alcoholic beverage in a sealed or unsealed container of any legal size for consumption on the premises where served or sold by the holder of a mixed beverage, beer and wine, caterer, public event, charitable event or special event license. [See:37A O.S. § 1-103(34)]

[Source: Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2800, eff 6-25-98; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1507, eff 5-25-02; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 2586, eff 7-11-03; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 1342, eff 8-27-15; Amended at 35 Ok Reg 2044, eff 10-1-18]