§2330.  Penalties for intentional false, fraudulent, or incorrect report; penalties for intentional failure to report

A.  When the property owner files a report that is false or fraudulent or grossly incorrect and the circumstances indicate that the taxpayer had intent to defraud the assessing authority, there shall be imposed, in addition to any other penalties provided, a specific penalty of ten percent of the tax found to be due.  This specific penalty shall be an obligation to be collected and accounted for in the same manner as if it were a part of the tax due, and can be enforced either in a separate or in the same action for the collection of the tax.

B.  When the property owner fails to file a report with the tax commission or any parish assessor and circumstances indicate that the failure to file was intentional, there shall be imposed in addition to any other penalties provided a specific penalty of ten percent of the tax found to be due.  This specific penalty shall be an obligation to be collected and accounted for as provided in Subsection A.  Circumstances which indicate intentional failure to file a report shall include but shall not be limited to payment by the same taxpayer of ad valorem tax on the same property or property in the same class in a prior year or years, signature and return by the taxpayer or the taxpayer's agent of a return receipt which accompanied delivery by certified mail of the report of value of public service property, or return of such receipt accompanying any other request for report or notice of due date of a report by an assessor.  The penalty shall be in addition to any other penalty provided by law.

Added by Acts 1976, No. 705, §10, eff. Aug. 4, 1976; Acts 1989, No. 553, §1; H.C.R. No. 88, 1993 R.S., eff. May 30, 1993; H.C.R. No. 1, 1994 R.S., eff. May 11, 1994.