Title 48, Chapter 7, Section 5
( 48-7-5)
Any person who willfully evades or defeats or willfully attempts to
evade or defeat, in any manner, any income tax, penalty, interest,
or other amount in excess of $3,000.00 imposed under this chapter,
including but not limited to failure to file a return or report,
shall, in addition to any other criminal or civil penalties provided
by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
fined not more than $100,000.00 in the case of an individual or not
more than $500,000.00 in the case of a corporation or imprisoned not
less than one nor more than five years, or both. Conduct proscribed
by this Code section shall be subject to punishment under this Code
section notwithstanding the applicability to such conduct of any
other provision of law. |