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Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
Chapter 1. The Fiscal Code (Refs & Annos)
Article XVII. Penalties
72 P.S. § 1705
§ 1705. Failure of bank savings institution, title insurance company, or trust company to make report, pay tax, or post notice of settlement
If any bank, or savings institution, having capital stock, incorporated by or under any law of this Commonwealth, or under any law of the United States, and located within this Commonwealth, or any title insurance company or trust company, as defined in section seven hundred twelve of this act,1 shall fail or refuse to make the report required by section seven hundred eleven or section seven hundred twelve of this act,2 at the times therein specified, or shall make any false statement in such report, or shall fail or refuse, by its officers, to appear before the Department of Revenue, or shall fail or refuse to produce its books for examination when required to do so by the Department of Revenue, the department shall, after having ascertained the actual value of each share of the capital stock of such company from the best information it can obtain, add the following percentages thereto as a penalty, assess the tax, and proceed according to law to collect the same from such company. On the first one thousand dollars of tax ten per centum, on the next four thousand dollars five per centum, and on everything in excess of five thousand dollars one per centum. If the president, secretary, or treasurer of any such company shall neglect or refuse to post a copy of the settlement in a conspicuous place in such company's place of business, immediately upon the receipt of the same, so as to give notice to the shareholders, such president, secretary, or treasurer, shall be adjudged to be in default, and, as a penalty for such default, such company shall be responsible to the Commonwealth for the amount of the tax assessed against the shareholders of such company.

Credits

1929, April 9, P.L. 343, No. 176, art. XVII, § 1705. Amended 1956, March 6, P.L. (1955) 1218, No. 378, § 4.

Footnotes

72 P.S. § 712.
72 P.S. §§ 711, 712.
72 P.S. § 1705, PA ST 72 P.S. § 1705
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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