Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 62C, § 75

False statements by taxpayers subject to Secs. 11 and 30; liability; penalty

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Section 75. If any return required by sections eleven or thirty contains a false statement which is known or, by the exercise of reasonable care might have been known to the officer making it to be false, such officer and the corporation shall be liable for the amount of tax thereby lost to the commonwealth, and in addition shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred nor more than five thousand dollars.

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In this chapter (40 sections)
  1. 62C-54 · Surrender of property or discharge of obligation; exceptions;…
  2. 62C-55 · Books or records relating to property subject to levy
  3. 62C-55A · Exempt property
  4. 62C-56 · Seizure of property; notice; sale
  5. 62C-57 · Disposition of hard to keep property; notice to owner; public…
  6. 62C-58 · Redemption of property
  7. 62C-59 · Certificates of sale; execution of deeds
  8. 62C-60 · Effect of certificates of sale and deeds
  9. 62C-61 · Record of sales and redemptions of real property
  10. 62C-62 · Expenses of levy and sale
  11. 62C-63 · Disposition of money realized under Secs. 53 through 64
  12. 62C-64 · Release of levy; return of wrongfully levied property
  13. 62C-65 · Time for collection of taxes; bankruptcy cases
  14. 62C-66 · Bonds of licensees and registrants subject to chapters 64A to…
  15. 62C-67 · Licenses and registration certificates of taxpayers under…
  16. 62C-67A · Shows; registration certificates
  17. 62C-67B · Reciprocal agreements with other states for payment of sales…
  18. 62C-67C · Revision of procedures for issuance, acceptance and…
  19. 62C-67D · Biotechnology or medical device manufacturing companies; jobs…
  20. 62C-68 · Suspension or revocation of license or registration; appeal;…
  21. 62C-69 · Destruction of certain copies, returns, statements or documents
  22. 62C-70 · Testimony and proofs under oath taken by commissioner;…
  23. 62C-71 · Notice under this chapter
  24. 62C-72 · Person defined
  25. 62C-73 · Tax evasion, failure to collect or pay tax, keep records or…
  26. 62C-74 · Disclosure of information by tax preparer
  27. 62C-75 · False statements by taxpayers subject to Secs. 11 and 30;…
  28. 62C-76 · Failure to possess license or registration as required by…
  29. 62C-77 · Failure to file return, list or report, or information…
  30. 62C-78 · Repealed, 1986, 488, Sec. 57; 1996, 450, Sec. 112
  31. 62C-79 · Time; filing returns; payments
  32. 62C-80 · In-person interviews with taxpayers; explanations
  33. 62C-81 · Armed forces personnel; extended deadline
  34. 62C-82 · Aggregate statistical report of taxes collected; contents
  35. 62C-83 · Report to state secretary; corporations required to report;…
  36. 62C-84 · Understatement of tax on joint return; liability for…
  37. 62C-85 · Electronic funds transfers
  38. 62C-86 · Convention center financing surcharges; administration;…
  39. 62C-87 · Presidentially declared disaster; terroristic or military…
  40. 62C-89 · Annual reports on tax credit programs; contents
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