Taxpayers' record keeping requirements; false entries; offenses

# (a)

A taxpayer subject to taxation under this article shall keep and preserve records and any other books or accounts as required by IC 6-8.1-5-4. All the records shall

be kept open for examination at any time by the department or its authorized agents. A taxpayer who violates this subsection or fails to comply with the request of the department pursuant to IC 6-3-4-6 commits a Class A misdemeanor.

# (b)

It is a Level 6 felony for a taxpayer to make false entries in the taxpayer's books, or to keep more than one (1) set of books, with intent to defraud the state or evade the payment of the tax, or any part thereof, imposed by this article.
Formerly: Acts 1963(ss), c.32, s.610. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.621;
P.L.6-1987, SEC.8; P.L.158-2013, SEC.87.