The tax paid on sales represented by accounts charged off as worthless may be credited against the tax due on a subsequent return filed within 3 years of the charge-off, but, if any such accounts are thereafter collected by the retailer, a tax must be paid upon the amounts so collected.

PL 1965, c. 196, §1 (NEW). PL 1981, c. 706, §22 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 438, §49 (AMD).