Tex. Tax Code § 151.7075
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 151.7075, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 151.7075. FAILURE TO PRODUCE CERTAIN RECORDS AFTER USING RESALE CERTIFICATE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally fails to produce to the comptroller records that document a taxpayer's taxable sale of items that the taxpayer obtained using a resale certificate.
(b) The records to which Subsection (a) applies are records:
(1) required to be kept under Section 151.025; and
(2) requested by the comptroller under Section 151.023 that are not produced in the period required by that section.
(c) The items to which Subsection (a) applies are items the sales of which are required to be reported to the comptroller under Section 151.433, 154.212, or 155.105.
(d) An offense under this section is:
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is less than $20;
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $20 or more but less than $200;
(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $200 or more but less than $750;
(4) a felony of the third degree if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $750 or more but less than $20,000; or
(5) a felony of the second degree if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $20,000 or more.
(e) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the items listed for purchase on the resale certificate had not been resold at the time of the comptroller's request for records under Section 151.023.
(f) If conduct described by Subsection (a) is related to one scheme or continuous course of conduct, the conduct may be considered as one offense and the amounts of tax avoided may be aggregated in determining the grade of the offense.
(b) The records to which Subsection (a) applies are records:
(1) required to be kept under Section 151.025; and
(2) requested by the comptroller under Section 151.023 that are not produced in the period required by that section.
(c) The items to which Subsection (a) applies are items the sales of which are required to be reported to the comptroller under Section 151.433, 154.212, or 155.105.
(d) An offense under this section is:
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is less than $20;
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $20 or more but less than $200;
(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $200 or more but less than $750;
(4) a felony of the third degree if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $750 or more but less than $20,000; or
(5) a felony of the second degree if the tax avoided by the use of the resale certificate is $20,000 or more.
(e) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the items listed for purchase on the resale certificate had not been resold at the time of the comptroller's request for records under Section 151.023.
(f) If conduct described by Subsection (a) is related to one scheme or continuous course of conduct, the conduct may be considered as one offense and the amounts of tax avoided may be aggregated in determining the grade of the offense.
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