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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:47:1604",
  "title_number": "47",
  "section_number": "1604",
  "citation": "R.S. 47:1604",
  "heading": "Penalty for false or fraudulent return",
  "text": "When the taxpayer files a return that is false or fraudulent or grossly incorrect and the circumstances indicate that the taxpayer had intent to defraud the state of any tax due under this Subtitle, there shall be imposed, in addition to any other penalties provided, a specific penalty of seventy-five 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 action or in the same action for the collection of the tax.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "47",
      "name": "REVENUE AND TAXATION"
    },
    {
      "level": "subtitle",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "PROVISIONS RELATING TO TAXES COLLECTED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLECTOR OF REVENUE"
    },
    {
      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "18",
      "name": "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "INTEREST AND PENALTIES"
    }
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 47 › Subtitle II › Chapter 18 › Part IV",
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      "act_year": 2020,
      "act_number": 348,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "2021-01-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "Jan. 1, 2021",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 2020, No. 348, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.",
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