2022 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 68. Revenue and Taxation
§68-1208. Purpose and disposition of revenue - When due.

A. It is hereby declared to be the purpose of Section 1201 et seq. of this title to provide for revenue for general governmental functions of the State of Oklahoma.

B. All monies collected under Section 1201 et seq. of this title shall be transmitted monthly to the State Treasurer of the State of Oklahoma to be placed to the credit of the General Revenue Fund of the state, to be paid out only pursuant to direct appropriations of the Legislature.

C. Except as otherwise provided by subsection D of this section, the tax levied by Section 1201 et seq. of this title shall become due and payable on July 1 of each year or at the option of the taxpayer upon the last day of the income tax year of the taxpayer, and if not paid on or before the next ensuing September 15 for taxpayers electing to pay tax by July 1, or the date by which an income tax return is required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of subsection G of Section 2368 of this title or pursuant to the provisions of Section 216 of this title, for taxpayers electing to pay the tax at the time such income tax return is due, the penalties hereinafter provided shall apply.

D. For those taxpayers that remitted the maximum amount of tax pursuant to Section 1205 of this title for the preceding tax year, the tax levied by Section 1201 et seq. of this title shall become due and payable on May 1 of each year, and if not paid on or before the ensuing June 1, the penalties hereinafter provided shall apply.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 366, § 2, eff. July 1, 1963. Renumbered from § 12-1208 of this title by Laws 1965, c. 215, § 2. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 249, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1998; Laws 2014, c. 306, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 2014; Laws 2017, c. 335, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.