Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5325 – Late filing penalty
Every stamp affixing agent shall file with the Department, on or before the twentieth day of each month, a report in such form as the Secretary of Finance shall prescribe. The report must disclose the number of tobacco products on hand on the first and last days of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such report is required, together with such information concerning the amount of stamps purchased, used and on hand during the report period, together with any other information for the report period that the Secretary of Finance shall prescribe. Any tax affixing agent who fails to file any report on the day when it is due shall forfeit, as a penalty for each day thereafter until the report is filed, the sum of $15 to be collected in the manner provided in this chapter for the collection of penalties. The Secretary of Finance, if satisfied that the failure to comply with this section was excusable, may remit the whole or any part of said penalty.
30 Del. C. 1953, § ?5325; 54 Del. Laws, c. 296, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 136, § ?23; 57 Del. Laws, c. 741, § ?16D; 66 Del. Laws, c. 130, § ?2; 81 Del. Laws, c. 55, § 16;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5325
- Affixing agent: means any tobacco products dealer or any other person within or without this State appointed by the Department of Finance as an agent to affix the stamps to be used in paying the excise tax imposed by this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
- Department: means the Department of Finance. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Finance or the Secretary's duly authorized designee; provided, that any such delegation of authority is consistent with Chapter 83 of Title 29. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301
- Tax: shall be deemed also to refer to license fees imposed under Part III of this title. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 502
- Tobacco products: means all products made primarily from tobacco for individual consumption, including cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and vapor products. See Delaware Code Title 30 Sec. 5301