Any person, or member of any firm or association, or any official, agent, or employee of any corporation, who shall knowingly make false answer to any question which may be put to him by the Tax Commission, touching the business, property, assets, or effects of any such person, firm, association, or corporation, or the valuation thereof, or the income or profits therefrom, or who shall make or present any false affidavit concerning any list, schedule, statement, report or return, or for any other purpose, filed with said Tax Commission or required to be filed by this title or by any state tax law, shall be guilty of the felony of perjury, and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided for in Section 246 of this title.