Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 — Taxation
36 M.R.S. § 184
Criminal offenses
# 1.
Failure to collect, account for or pay over tax.
A person who is required under this Title to collect, truthfully account for and pay over any tax imposed by this Title and who intentionally fails to collect or truthfully account for or pay over that tax at the time required by law or rule, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, commits a Class D crime.
# 2.
Subsequent offense.
# 3.
"Person" defined.
For purposes of this section, the word "person" includes, in addition to its defined meaning in section 111, subsection 3 , an officer, director, member, agent or employee of another person who, in that capacity, is responsible for the control or management of the funds and finances of that person or is responsible for either the collection or payment of that retailer's taxes.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 151-A · Additional safeguards
- 151-B · Independent Appeals Office
- 151-C · Taxpayer advocate and experience officer
- 151-D · Maine Board of Tax Appeals
- 152 · Payment of contested taxes
- 153 · Time of filing or paying
- 171 · Demand letter
- 172 · Denial, suspension or revocation of license
- 173 · Collection by warrant
- 174 · Collection by civil action
- 175 · Applicants for license or renewal of license
- 175-A · Tax lien
- 176 · Levy
- 176-A · Levy upon property
- 176-B · Access to financial records of individuals who owe Maine taxes
- 177 · Trust fund status of certain collections
- 178 · Priority of tax
- 182 · Injunctions
- 183 · Criminal offenses; statute of limitations
- 183-A · Subsequent offenses
- 184 · Criminal offenses
- 184-A · Intentional evasion of tax
- 185 · Set-off
- 185-A · Setoff of refunds to debts owed to other agencies of the State
- 186 · Interest
- 186-A · Additional interest
- 187 · Penalties
- 187-A · Preparer penalty
- 187-B · Penalties
- 188 · Remedies not exclusive
- 189 · Taxes as additional
- 190 · Effect of repeal
- 191 · Confidentiality of tax records
- 192 · Miscellaneous
- 193 · Returns; declaration covering perjury; submission of returns and…
- 194 · Data warehouse
- 194-A · Review of certain changes in the application of sales and use…
- 194-B · National criminal history record information
- 194-C · National criminal history record information of providers of…
- 194-D · Background investigations