206.44 Penalty and interest for failure to report
on time; penalty and interest on tax deficiencies. ---
[Footnote 1] (1) If any refiner, importer, or wholesaler fails
to make a report or pay the taxes due as required by this chapter, the
department shall add a penalty in the amount of 10 percent of any unpaid tax
if the failure is for not more than 1 month, with an additional 10 percent of
any unpaid tax for each additional month or fraction thereof during which the
failure continues. However, such penalty may not exceed 50 percent in the
aggregate of any unpaid tax. Furthermore, in no event may the penalty
assessed be less than $10. The department shall collect the tax, together
with the penalty and costs, in the same manner as other delinquent taxes are
collected.
(2) Any payment that is not received by the department on or
before the due date as provided in s. 206.43 shall bear interest at the rate
of 1 percent per month, from the date due until paid. Interest on any
delinquent tax shall be calculated beginning on the 21st day of the month for
which the tax is due, except as otherwise provided in this
part.
History: s. 2, ch. 15659, 1931; CGL 1936 Supp. 1167(17); s. 2, ch. 24308, 1947;
s. 11, ch. 25035, 1949; s. 7, ch. 63-253; s. 1, ch. 63-302; s. 5, ch. 65-371;
s. 2, ch. 65-420; ss. 21, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 1, ch. 70-995; s. 1, ch. 72-65;
s. 6, ch. 76-261; s. 7, ch. 81-178; s. 5, ch. 83-137; s. 107, ch. 85-342; s.
11, ch. 86-152; s. 75, ch. 87-6; s. 45, ch. 87-101; s. 12, ch. 92-320; s. 47,
ch. 95-417.
[Footnote 1] Note. Section 47, ch. 95-417, amended subsection
(1), effective July 1, 1996, to read:
(1) If any terminal supplier, importer, exporter, or wholesaler fails
to make a report or pay the taxes due as required by this chapter, the
department shall add a penalty in the amount of 10 percent of any unpaid tax
if the failure is for not more than 1 month, with an additional 10 percent of
any unpaid tax for each additional month or fraction thereof during which the
failure continues. However, such penalty may not exceed 50 percent in the
aggregate of any unpaid tax. Furthermore, in no event may the penalty assessed
be less than $10. The department shall collect the tax, together with the
penalty and costs, in the same manner as other delinquent taxes are
collected.
Note. Former s. 208.07.