SDCL § 10-33A-17 — Violation of chapter as criminal offense--Classification

Any person who:
(1) Makes any false or fraudulent return in attempting to defeat or evade the telecommunications gross receipts tax is guilty of a Class 6 felony;
(2) Fails to pay the telecommunications gross receipts tax due under this chapter within sixty days from the date the tax becomes due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(3) Fails to keep the records required by this chapter or refuses to exhibit these records to the department for the purpose of examination is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(4) Fails to file a return required by this chapter within sixty days from the date the return is due is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(5) Engages in business as a telecommunications company under this chapter without obtaining a telecommunications gross receipts tax license is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(6) Engages in business as a telecommunications company under this chapter after the company's telecommunications gross receipts tax license has been revoked or canceled by the secretary is guilty of a Class 6 felony;
(7) Willfully violates any rule of the secretary for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor;
(8) Violates either subdivision (2) or subdivision (4) of this section two or more times in any twelve-month period is guilty of a Class 6 felony; or
(9) Engages in business as a telecommunications company under this chapter without obtaining a telecommunications gross receipts tax license after having been notified in writing by the secretary that the telecommunications company is subject to the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a Class 6 felony. However, it is not a violation of this subdivision if the telecommunications company providing any telecommunications service files an application for a telecommunications gross receipts tax license and meets all lawful prerequisites for obtaining such license within three days from receipt of written notice from the secretary.
For purposes of this section, the term, person, includes corporate officers, member-managers or managers of limited liability companies, or partners that control, supervise, or are charged with the responsibility of filing tax returns or remitting tax payments pursuant to this chapter.