Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 64g - Room Occupancy Excise
Section 7b - Personal and Individual Liability for Excises Required to Be Paid by This Chapter; Misrepresentation of Exemption

[Text of section effective as provided by 2018, 337, Sec. 15A as added by 2019, 5, Sec. 37.]
Section 7B. An operator who fails to pay to the commissioner money required to be paid by this chapter shall be personally and individually liable therefor to the commonwealth. As used in this section, the term ''operator'' shall include an officer or employee of a corporation or a member or employee of a partnership or a limited liability company who, as such officer, employee or member, is under a duty to pay the excises imposed by this chapter.
An operator who misrepresents to an intermediary that the transfer of occupancy of the operator's property is exempt from the excise imposed by sections 3, 3A and 3C and the community impact fee imposed by section 3D shall be liable for any unpaid excise under said sections 3, 3A and 3C and the community impact fee imposed by said section 3D and shall be deemed to have committed an unfair trade practice under chapter 93A in making such a misrepresentation to the intermediary.

Structure Massachusetts General Laws

Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title IX - Taxation

Chapter 64g - Room Occupancy Excise

Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Exempted Accommodations

Section 3 - Imposition and Rate; Payment

Section 3a - Local Excise Tax; Information Concerning Amount Collected Available

Section 3b - Reversion of Convention Center Financing Fees Imposed Upon Transfers of Occupancy of Short-Term Rentals in Certain Cities

Section 3c - Imposition of Additional Excise on Members of Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund

Section 3d - Community Impact Fees

Section 4 - Reimbursement for Excise by Occupant

Section 5 - Separate Statement and Charge of Amount of Excise

Section 6 - Certificate of Registration

Section 6a - Unlawful Practices Under Section 4 of Chapter 151b Prohibited

Section 7a - Worthless Accounts; Abatement

Section 7b - Personal and Individual Liability for Excises Required to Be Paid by This Chapter; Misrepresentation of Exemption

Section 12 - Excise Tax Exemption for u.s. Military Employees Traveling on Military Orders

Section 13 - Collection of Rent by Intermediary; Collection and Remittance of Excise by Intermediary

Section 14 - Regulation of Operators by Cities or Towns

Section 15 - Prohibition on Short-Term Rentals by Homeowner's Association Agreement, Rental Agreement, or Other Restriction, Covenant, Etc.

Section 16 - Short-Term Rental of Units That Are Subject to Rent Control Provisions

Section 17 - Report on the Economic Activity of Short-Term Rentals Rented for Occupancy Through a Hosting Platform or Intermediary

Section 18 - Rules and Regulations