Sec. 6. (a) It is unlawful for a person to use or employ, or agree to use or employ, a method of transportation, or device, or fictitious name, or fictitious routing, or to enter into a scheme or method of transportation, or to resort to a trick or device, with the intent to evade, avoid, or defeat the collection of a tax imposed by this title, or to evade or prevent the enforcement of a provision of this title.

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Level 6 felonybetween 6 mos. and 2 1/2 yearsup to $10,000
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $5,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-2-7 and Ind. Code § 35-50-3-2

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     (b) A person who violates this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. However, the offense is a Level 6 felony if the amount of tax is at least seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-33(f).]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1. As amended by P.L.159-2014, SEC.92.