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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) In addition to the personal liability provided in section 39-21-116, all officers of a corporation and all members of a partnership or a limited liability company required to collect, account for, and pay over any tax administered by this article 21 who willfully fail to collect, account for, or pay over such tax or who willfully attempt in any manner to evade or defeat any such tax, or the payment thereof, are subject to, in addition to other penalties provided by law, a penalty equal to one hundred fifty percent of the total amount of the tax not collected, accounted for, paid over, or otherwise evaded. An officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership or a limited liability company shall be deemed to be subject to this section if the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company is subject to filing returns or paying taxes administered by this article 21 and if such officers of corporations or members of partnerships or limited liability companies voluntarily or at the direction of their superiors assume the duties or responsibilities of complying with the provisions of any tax administered by this article 21 on behalf of the corporation, partnership, or limited liability company.
(2)(a) This section does not apply to the temporary sales tax deduction and retention allowed in section 39-26-105(1.3).
(b) This subsection (2) is repealed, effective December 31, 2026.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 39. Taxation § 39-21-116.5. Penalties--repeal - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-39-taxation/co-rev-st-sect-39-21-116-5/
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