3.04.180: PENALTY CHARGE:
Any person who is required to collect, truthfully account for, and pay over any tax imposed by this chapter and who willfully fails to collect such a tax or truthfully account for and pay over such a tax, or willfully attempts in any manner to evade or defeat such a tax or payment thereof, shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be assessed a penalty equal to the amount of tax evaded, or not collected, or not accounted for and paid over, and said penalty shall be collected as part of the tax. The city clerk shall determine and assess such penalties, and the same shall become due and payable upon notice and demand from the city clerk. The city clerk shall send written notice of such penalty charge to the license holder by mailing same certified mail to the address given on the business, liquor, or other municipally issued license. The license holder shall have ten (10) days from the date said notice is mailed to file a written request of appeal with the city council challenging said penalty charge determination. If no appeal is timely made, said penalty charge determination becomes final. (Ord. 56D-5, 9-15-2015; amd. Ord. 56D-6, 8-31-2020)