Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 65C, § 13

Fraudulent underpayment; penalty

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Section 13. If any part of any underpayment of tax required to be shown on the return required by section seventeen of chapter sixty-two C is due to fraud, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to fifty per cent of the underpayment. For purposes of this section, the term ''underpayment'' means a deficiency assessed pursuant to subsection (b) of section twenty-six of chapter sixty-two C except that, for this purpose, the tax shown on a return referred to in subsection (a) of said section twenty-six shall be taken into account only if such return was filed before the last day prescribed for the filing of such return, determined with regard to any extension of time. If any penalty is assessed for fraud under this section for an underpayment of tax required to be shown on the return, no penalty under section thirty-three of chapter sixty-two C shall be assessed with respect to the same underpayment.

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In this chapter (26 sections)
  1. 65C-1 · Definitions
  2. 65C-2 · Computation of estate tax
  3. 65C-2A · Transfer of estate and real property; tax
  4. 65C-3 · Exemption and deductions
  5. 65C-3A · Qualified terminable interest property
  6. 65C-4 · Nonresident decedents; tax on certain property located in…
  7. 65C-4A · Generation-skipping transfers
  8. 65C-5 · Valuation; gross estate
  9. 65C-6 · Executor's liability for tax
  10. 65C-7 · Discharge of executor's personal liability
  11. 65C-8 · Records, statements and returns; rules and regulations
  12. 65C-9 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 115
  13. 65C-10 · Extension of due date for payment of tax
  14. 65C-11-12 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 115
  15. 65C-13 · Fraudulent underpayment; penalty
  16. 65C-14 · Lien for unpaid tax; liability for delinquent tax; release or…
  17. 65C-15 · Assessment of tax on decedent's transferee
  18. 65C-16 · Executor; fiduciaries; assumption of powers and duties
  19. 65C-17-to-20 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 115
  20. 65C-21 · Death taxes of nonresident decedent; proof of payment; filing
  21. 65C-22-23 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 115
  22. 65C-24 · Documents; issuance; fees
  23. 65C-25 · Repealed, 1976, 415, Sec. 115
  24. 65C-26 · Tax evasion; penalties
  25. 65C-27 · Willful failure to pay tax or provide information; penalties
  26. 65C-28 · Removal or concealment of goods; penalties
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