Tex. Tax Code § 154.516
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 154.516, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 154.516. BOOKS AND RECORDS.
Official statutory text
A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) knowingly makes, delivers to, and files with the comptroller a false return or report or an incomplete return or report;
(2) knowingly fails to make and deliver to the comptroller a return or report as required by this chapter;
(3) destroys, mutilates, or conceals a book or record required by this chapter;
(4) refuses to permit the attorney general or the comptroller to inspect and audit books and records that are required by this chapter or that are incidental to the conduct of the cigarette business;
(5) knowingly makes a false entry or fails to make entries in the books and records as required by this chapter; or
(6) fails to keep books and records for four years as required by this chapter.
(1) knowingly makes, delivers to, and files with the comptroller a false return or report or an incomplete return or report;
(2) knowingly fails to make and deliver to the comptroller a return or report as required by this chapter;
(3) destroys, mutilates, or conceals a book or record required by this chapter;
(4) refuses to permit the attorney general or the comptroller to inspect and audit books and records that are required by this chapter or that are incidental to the conduct of the cigarette business;
(5) knowingly makes a false entry or fails to make entries in the books and records as required by this chapter; or
(6) fails to keep books and records for four years as required by this chapter.
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