Terms Used In Iowa Code 421.8

  • Person: means any individual, firm, association, partnership, joint stock company, joint adventure, corporation, trustee, agency, or receiver, or any legal representative of any of the foregoing. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 If a person files a purported return of tax which does not contain information on which the substantial correctness of the self-assessment may be judged or which contains information that on its face indicates that the self-assessment is substantially incorrect and the conduct previously referred to in this section is due to a position which is frivolous or a desire which appears on the purported return to delay or impede the administration of the tax laws of this state, then the person shall pay a penalty of five hundred dollars. This penalty shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.