Failure to Make Returns or Pay Full Amount of Tax; Penalties and Interest

  1. Law
  2. Georgia Code
  3. Revenue and Taxation
  4. Specific, Business, and Occupation Taxes
  5. Excise Tax on Sale or Use of Energy
  6. Failure to Make Returns or Pay Full Amount of Tax; Penalties and Interest

Checkout our iOS App for a better way to browser and research.

  1. When any dealer fails to make any return or to pay the full amount of the tax required by an ordinance authorized by this article, there shall be imposed, in addition to other penalties provided by law, a penalty to be added to the tax in the amount of 5 percent or $5.00, whichever is greater, if the failure is for not more than 30 days and an additional 5 percent or $5.00, whichever is greater, for each additional 30 days or fraction of 30 days during which the failure continues. The penalty for any single violation shall not exceed 25 percent or $25.00 in the aggregate, whichever is greater. If the failure is due to providential cause shown to the satisfaction of the governing authority imposing a tax authorized under this article in affidavit form attached to the return and remittance is made within ten days of due date, the return may be accepted exclusive of penalties and interest. In the case of a false or fraudulent return or of a failure to file a return where willful intent exists to defraud the governing authority of any tax due under an ordinance authorized by this article, a penalty of 50 percent of the tax due shall be assessed.
  2. All civil penalties and interest added to any tax imposed under an ordinance authorized by this article and collected by a county or municipality shall be included as revenue derived from such tax for purposes of the expenditure requirements imposed on such county or municipality as provided by this article.

(Code 1981, §48-13-123, enacted by Ga. L. 2013, p. 787, § 7/HB 250.)


Download our app to see the most-to-date content.