Missouri Laws 137.545 – False returns — penalty
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 137.545
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
Any person or any officer in a corporation, partnership or association required by law to make, render, sign or verify any return who makes any false or fraudulent return or statement, with intent to defeat or evade the assessment required by sections 137.485 to 137.550 to be made, shall upon conviction be fined not to exceed five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not to exceed one year, or both, at the discretion of the court, with the cost of prosecution. Any corporation, partnership or association rendering a false or fraudulent return is liable to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars and not to exceed five thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court, with the costs of prosecution.