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Rev. & Tax. Code, § 19708 · Chapter 9. Violations

Rev. & Tax. Code, § 19708

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Any person required under this part to collect, account for, and pay over any tax or amount required to be withheld who willfully fails to collect or truthfully account for and pay over the tax or amount shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or both.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 573. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.

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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC&sectionNum=19708.
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