Connecticut General Statutes 12-736 – Penalty for failure to collect, account for and pay over tax or evasion or defeat of tax. Penalty for fraud
(a) Any person required to collect, truthfully account for and pay over the tax imposed under this chapter who wilfully fails to collect such tax or truthfully account for and pay over such tax or who wilfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat the tax or the payment thereof, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be liable for a penalty equal to the total amount of the tax evaded, or not collected, or not accounted for and paid over, including any penalty or interest attributable to such wilful failure to collect or truthfully account for and pay over such tax or such wilful attempt to evade or defeat such tax. The amount of a penalty for which a person may be personally liable under this section shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of § 12-734.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-736
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Revenue Services or his authorized agent. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
- Pay: means the payment by an individual of the tax imposed on his Connecticut adjusted gross income or the payment by a fiduciary of a trust or estate of the tax imposed on its Connecticut taxable income, and includes the payment over by an employer or other person of the tax that such employer or other person is required to collect, deduct or withhold and to truthfully account for. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
- Person: means a person as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-701
(b) Any person who with fraudulent intent shall fail to pay, to deduct or to withhold and pay any tax, to make, render, sign or certify any return or to supply any information within the time required by or under this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars, in addition to any other amounts required under this chapter to be imposed, assessed and collected by the commissioner.