Sec. 154.061. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY TAX. (a) A distributor who fails to timely pay the tax when due shall pay five percent of the amount of tax then due as a penalty, and if the distributor fails to pay the tax within 30 days after the day on which the tax is due, the distributor shall pay an additional five percent.
(b) The minimum penalty imposed by this section is $50.
(c) The dishonor of a check delivered to the treasury for payment of taxes constitutes a failure to pay the tax when due.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 16, eff. June 7, 1991.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle E - Sales, Excise, and Use Taxes
Section 154.041. Stamp Required
Section 154.0415. Cigarettes to Which Stamps May Not Be Affixed
Section 154.043. Sale of Stamps
Section 154.044. Purchase From a Distributor
Section 154.045. Recall by Comptroller
Section 154.046. Invoice for Stamps
Section 154.047. Stamps Shipped With Draft Attached
Section 154.051. Cigarette Tax Recovery Trust Fund
Section 154.052. Distributor's Stamping Allowance
Section 154.053. Manufacture of Stamps
Section 154.054. Redemption and Destruction of Stamps