2017 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 10 - TAXATION
Chapter 46B - Alternate Realty Improvement Contractor's Excise Tax
§ 10-46B-11.1 Violation of chapter as criminal offense--Classification.
10-46B-11.1. Violation of chapter as criminal offense--Classification. Any person who:
(1) Makes any false or fraudulent return in attempting to defeat or evade the tax imposed by this chapter is guilty of a Class 6 felony;
(2) Fails to pay tax due under this chapter within sixty days from the date the tax becomes due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(3) Fails to keep the records and books required by § 10-45-45 or refuses to exhibit these records to the secretary of revenue or the secretary's agents for the purpose of examination is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(4) Fails to file a return required by this chapter within sixty days from the date the return is due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(5) Engages in business under this chapter without obtaining a contractor's excise tax license is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(6) Engages in business under this chapter after the person's contractor's excise tax license has been revoked by the secretary of revenue is guilty of a Class 6 felony;
(7) Violates either subdivision (2) or subdivision (4) two or more times in any twelve-month period is guilty of a Class 6 felony; or
(8) Engages in business under this chapter without obtaining a contractor's excise tax license after having been notified in writing by the secretary of revenue that the person is a contractor subject to the provisions of the contractors' excise tax laws is guilty of a Class 6 felony. It is not a violation of this subdivision if the person engaging in business files an application for a contractor's excise tax license and meets all lawful prerequisites for obtaining such license within three days from receipt of written notice from the secretary.
For purposes of this section, the term, person, includes corporate officers, member-managers or managers of limited liability companies, or partners that control, supervise, or are charged with the responsibility of filing tax returns or remitting tax payments pursuant to § 10-46B-11.
Source: SL 1988, ch 121, § 2; SL 2003, ch 272 (Ex. Ord. 03-1), § 82; SL 2004, ch 96, § 4; SL 2009, ch 49, § 7; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 11-1), § 161, eff. Apr. 12, 2011.
