Sec. 8. (a) All records of a person that have collected or that should have collected gross retail taxes shall be kept open for examination at any reasonable time by the department or the department’s authorized agents. A person that violates this subsection commits a Level 6 felony.

     (b) A person that:

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Level 6 felonybetween 6 mos. and 2 1/2 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-2-7
(1) makes false entries in a tax record; or

(2) keeps more than one (1) set of tax records;

with the intent to defraud the state or evade remittance of the tax imposed by this article commits a Level 6 felony.

As added by P.L.71-1993, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.85.