(a) Every person maintaining a place of business in this Commonwealth, with the exception of a marketplace seller who makes no sales outside a forum for which a marketplace facilitator is required to collect sales tax on the seller's behalf and a shared vehicle owner who makes no vehicle available for sharing outside a forum for which a peer-to-peer car-sharing program marketplace facilitator is required to collect sales tax on behalf of the shared vehicle owner, selling or leasing services or tangible personal property, the sale or use of which is subject to tax and who has not hitherto obtained a license from the department, shall, prior to the beginning of business thereafter, make application to the department, on a form prescribed by the department, for a license. If such person maintains more than one place of business in this Commonwealth, the license shall be issued for the principal place of business in this Commonwealth.

(b) The department shall, after the receipt of an application, issue the license applied for under subsection (a) of this section, provided said applicant shall have filed all required State tax reports and paid any State taxes not subject to a timely perfected administrative or judicial appeal or subject to a duly authorized deferred payment plan. Such license shall be nonassignable. All licensees as of the effective date of this subsection shall be required to file for renewal of said license on or before January 31, 1992. Licenses issued through April 30, 1992, shall be based on a staggered renewal system established by the department. Thereafter, any license issued shall be valid for a period of five years.

(b.1) If an applicant for a license or any person holding a license has not filed all required State tax reports and paid any State taxes not subject to a timely perfected administrative or judicial appeal or subject to a duly authorized deferred payment plan, the department may refuse to issue, may suspend or may revoke said license. The department shall notify the applicant or licensee of any refusal, suspension or revocation. Such notice shall contain a statement that the refusal, suspension or revocation may be made public. Such notice shall be made by first class mail. An applicant or licensee aggrieved by the determination of the department may file an appeal pursuant to the provisions for administrative appeals in this article, except that the appeal must be filed within thirty days of the date of the notice. In the case of a suspension or revocation which is appealed, the license shall remain valid pending a final outcome of the appeals process. Notwithstanding sections 274, 353(f), 408(b), 603, 702, 802, 904 and 1102 of the act¹ or any other provision of law to the contrary, if no appeal is taken or if an appeal is taken and denied at the conclusion of the appeal process, the department may disclose, by publication or otherwise, the identity of a person and the fact that the person's license has been refused, suspended or revoked under this subsection. Disclosure may include the basis for refusal, suspension or revocation.

(c) A person that maintains a place of business in this Commonwealth for the purpose of selling or leasing services or tangible personal property, the sale or use of which is subject to tax, without having a valid license at the time of the sale or lease shall be guilty of a summary offense and, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300) nor more than one thousand five hundred ($1,500) and, in default thereof, to undergo imprisonment of not less than five days nor more than thirty days. The penalties imposed by this subsection shall be in addition to any other penalties imposed by this article. For purposes of this subsection, the offering for sale or lease of any service or tangible personal property, the sale or use of which is subject to tax, during any calendar day shall constitute a separate violation. The Secretary of Revenue may designate employes of the department to enforce the provisions of this subsection. The employes shall exhibit proof of and be within the scope of the designation when instituting proceedings as provided by the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.

(d) Failure of any person to obtain a license shall not relieve that person of liability to pay the tax imposed by this article.