Loading...
A person commits city criminal tax fraud in the fourth degree when he or she commits a tax fraud act or acts and, with the intent to evade any tax due under any designated chapter of this title, or to defraud the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or the state, the person pays the city or the state or any public office or public officer of the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or state (whether by means of underpayment or receipt of refund or both), in a period of not more than one year in excess of three thousand dollars less than the tax liability that is due. City criminal tax fraud in the fourth degree is a class E felony.
A person commits city criminal tax fraud in the third degree when he or she commits a tax fraud act or acts and, with the intent to evade any tax due under any designated chapter of this title, or to defraud the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or the state, the person pays the city or the state or any public office or public officer of the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or state (whether by means of underpayment or receipt of refund or both), in a period of not more than one year in excess of ten thousand dollars less than the tax liability that is due. City criminal tax fraud in the third degree is a class D felony.
A person commits city criminal tax fraud in the second degree when he or she commits a tax fraud act or acts and, with the intent to evade any tax due under any designated chapter of this title, or to defraud the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or the state, the person pays the city or the state or any public office or public officer of the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or state (whether by means of underpayment or receipt of refund or both), in a period of not more than one year in excess of fifty thousand dollars less than the tax liability that is due. City criminal tax fraud in the second degree is a class C felony.
A person commits city criminal tax fraud in the first degree when he or she commits a tax fraud act or acts and, with the intent to evade any tax due under any designated chapter of this title, or to defraud the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or the state, the person pays the city or the state or any public office or public officer of the city or the state or any instrumentality of the city or state (whether by means of underpayment or receipt of refund or both), in a period of not more than one year in excess of one million dollars less than the tax liability that is due. City criminal tax fraud in the first degree is a class B felony.
For purposes of this chapter, the payments due and not paid under any designated chapter of this title pursuant to a common scheme or plan or due and not paid, within one year, may be charged in a single count, and the amount of underpaid tax liability incurred, within one year, may be aggregated in a single count.
(a) Unless expressly stated otherwise, the penalties provided in this chapter or under any other chapter of this title shall not preclude prosecution for any offense under the penal law or any other criminal statute.
(b) The offenses specified in title G of the penal law and the provisions of article twenty of the penal law are applicable to all offenses defined in this chapter.
Loading...