Tex. Tax Code § 152.066 · Subchapter D. TAX ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
DEFICIENCY DETERMINATION; PENALTY AND INTEREST.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The comptroller shall give written notice to the seller of a motor vehicle of a deficiency determination made under Section 152.044 of this code.
(b) A person who fails to pay a tax imposed by this chapter when due forfeits five percent of the amount due as a penalty, and if the person fails to pay the tax within 30 days after the day on which the tax is due, the person forfeits an additional five percent.
(c) The minimum penalty imposed by this section is $1.
(d) Except in the case of the gross receipts tax, interest begins to accrue on delinquent taxes 60 days after the day on which the joint statement was executed. Delinquent taxes on gross rental receipts draw interest beginning 60 days from the due date.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1592, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 455, ch. 93, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1040, Sec. 31, eff. Oct. 1, 1997.
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