(a) Authority of Tax Commissioner to execute return. -- If any person fails to file a return at the time prescribed by law, or files (willfully or otherwise) a false or fraudulent return, the Tax Commissioner shall make the return from his own knowledge and from such information as he can obtain through testimony or otherwise.
(b) Status of returns. -- A return so made and subscribed by the Tax Commissioner shall be prima facie good and sufficient for all legal purposes.
Structure West Virginia Code
§11-11-1. Short Title; Arrangement and Classification
§11-11-4. Tax on Transfer of Estate of Residents; Credit; Property of Residents Defined
§11-11-5. Tax on Transfer of Estate of Nonresidents; Property of Nonresidents Defined; Exemption
§11-11-6. Tax on Transfer of Estate of Aliens
§11-11-7. Nonprobate Inventory of Estates; Penalties
§11-11-9. Extension of Time for Filing Return
§11-11-11. Returns Executed by Tax Commissioner
§11-11-12. Report of Change in Federal Estate Tax
§11-11-14. Extension of Time for Payment
§11-11-17. Special Lien for Estate Tax
§11-11-18. Discharge of Estate; Notice of Lien; Limitation on Lien; etc.
§11-11-19. Final Accounting Delayed Until Liability for Tax Determined
§11-11-20. Liability of Personal Representatives; etc.
§11-11-21. Duty of Resident Personal Representative of Nonresident Decedent
§11-11-22. Duties and Powers of Corporate Personal Representatives of Nonresident Decedents
§11-11-23. Proof of Payment of Death Taxes to State of Domicile
§11-11-24. Domicile of Decedent
§11-11-26. Sale of Real Estate by Personal Representative to Pay Tax
§11-11-27. Prima Facie Liability for Tax
§11-11-29. Time for Assessment of Tax
§11-11-30. Refund of Excess Tax Due to Overpayment of Federal Estate Tax
§11-11-31. Agreements as to Amount of Tax Due
§11-11-33. Administration of Article by Tax Commissioner
§11-11-34. Appointment of Special Appraisers
§11-11-35. Privacy of Information
§11-11-36. Money Penalty for Failure to Produce Records
§11-11-37. Interpretation and Construction
§11-11-38. Estates to Which Article Applies; Former Law Preserved
§11-11-39. Effectiveness of This Article