Oklahoma § 68-240.1 False return or return with intent to defraud - Penalty.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 68-240.1 — False return or return with intent to defraud - Penalty.

Oklahoma § 68-240.1

Title 68Revenue And Taxation

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-240.1 (2026).

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A.Any taxpayer who, with intent to defraud the state or evade the payment of any state tax, fee, interest, or penalty which shall be due pursuant to any state tax law, shall fail or refuse to file any report or return required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of any state tax law, or shall fail or refuse to furnish a supplemental return or other data required by the Tax Commission, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by imposition of a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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A. Any taxpayer who, with intent to defraud the state or evade the payment of any state tax, fee, interest, or penalty which shall be due pursuant to any state tax law, shall fail or refuse to file any report or return required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of any state tax law, or shall fail or refuse to furnish a supplemental return or other data required by the Tax Commission, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by imposition of a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) and not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), or by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. The venue for prosecutions arising pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be in the district court of any county in which such taxpayer resides or, if such taxpayer is not a resident of this state, any county in which such taxpayer conducts business or maintains an established place of business. C. Failure or refusal of a taxpayer to file any report or return required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of any state law, or failure or refusal of a taxpayer to furnish a supplemental return or other data required by the Tax Commission within thirty (30) days after notice by personal service or by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested of the due date of such report or return, shall be, for purposes of this section, prima facie evidence of intent of the taxpayer to defraud the state and evade the payment of such tax. The provisions of this subsection shall be set forth in full in such notice to the taxpayer. D. The Tax Commission may grant additional time to the taxpayer to furnish such return or other data. In such event, a failure of the taxpayer to furnish such return or other data within thirty (30) days from the date to which the time is extended shall, for purposes of this section, be prima facie evidence of the intent of the taxpayer to defraud the state and evade the payment of such tax.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1986, c. 218, § 11, emerg. eff. June 9, 1986. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 552, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 402, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 559, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 552 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.