Tex. Tax Code § 162.401
This is the official text of Tex. Tax Code § 162.401, part of Texas’s Tax Code — governs state and local taxation.
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§ 162.401. FAILURE TO PAY TAX OR FILE REPORT.
Official statutory text
(a) If a person having a license, or a person required to have a license, fails to file a report as required by this chapter or fails to pay a tax imposed by this chapter when due, the person forfeits five percent of the amount due as a penalty, and if the person fails to file the report or pay the tax within 30 days after the day on which the tax or report is due, the person forfeits an additional five percent.
(b) The comptroller may add a penalty of 75 percent of the amount of taxes, penalties, and interest due if failure to file the report or pay the tax when it becomes due is attributable to fraud or an intent to evade the application of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter or Chapter 111.
(c) The penalties provided by Subsection (b) are intended to be remedial in nature and are provided for the protection of state revenue and to reimburse the state for expenses incurred as a result of fraud, including expenses incurred in conducting an investigation.
(d) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, a person who fails to file a report as required by this chapter shall pay a penalty of $50. The penalty provided by this subsection is assessed without regard to whether the taxpayer subsequently files the report or whether any taxes were due from the taxpayer for the reporting period under the required report.
(e) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, a person who fails to report a subsequent sale in this state of tax-free motor fuel purchased for export as required by Section 162.1155 or 162.2165 shall pay for each sale that is not reported a penalty of $200. The penalty provided by this subsection is not assessed if the taxpayer files an amended report that includes the sale not later than the 180th day after the due date of the original report of the sale.
(f) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, a person who fails to pay the tax imposed by Section 162.101(e-2) or 162.201(e-2) when due shall pay a penalty equal to the greater of $2,000 or five times the amount of the tax due on the motor fuel.
(b) The comptroller may add a penalty of 75 percent of the amount of taxes, penalties, and interest due if failure to file the report or pay the tax when it becomes due is attributable to fraud or an intent to evade the application of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter or Chapter 111.
(c) The penalties provided by Subsection (b) are intended to be remedial in nature and are provided for the protection of state revenue and to reimburse the state for expenses incurred as a result of fraud, including expenses incurred in conducting an investigation.
(d) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, a person who fails to file a report as required by this chapter shall pay a penalty of $50. The penalty provided by this subsection is assessed without regard to whether the taxpayer subsequently files the report or whether any taxes were due from the taxpayer for the reporting period under the required report.
(e) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, a person who fails to report a subsequent sale in this state of tax-free motor fuel purchased for export as required by Section 162.1155 or 162.2165 shall pay for each sale that is not reported a penalty of $200. The penalty provided by this subsection is not assessed if the taxpayer files an amended report that includes the sale not later than the 180th day after the due date of the original report of the sale.
(f) In addition to any other penalty authorized by this section, a person who fails to pay the tax imposed by Section 162.101(e-2) or 162.201(e-2) when due shall pay a penalty equal to the greater of $2,000 or five times the amount of the tax due on the motor fuel.
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