Penalties

Any seller or other person failing or refusing to furnish any return hereby required to be made, or failing or refusing to furnish a supplemental return or other data required by the department, or rendering a false or fraudulent return, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not exceeding $500 for each such offense. Any person required to make, render, sign or verify any report as aforesaid who makes any false or fraudulent return, with intent to defeat or evade the determination of an amount due required by law to be made shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall for each such offense be fined not less than $300 and not more than $5,000 or be imprisoned not exceeding one year in the county jail or be subject to both said fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Any violation of the provisions of this article, except as otherwise herein provided, shall be a misdemeanor and punishable as such.