(b) If the department assesses the use tax against a person for the person's storage, use, or consumption of tangible personal property in Indiana, and if the person has already paid the use tax in relation to that property to a retail merchant who is registered under IC 6-2.5-6 , to the department, or, in the case of a vehicle or aircraft, to the proper state agency, then the person may avoid paying the use tax to the department if he can produce a receipt or other written evidence showing that he has so made the use tax payment.

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.52, SEC.1.