C.R.S. Section 39-28-108
Penalty

(1)

Any person, firm, limited liability company, partnership, or corporation or agent thereof who at retail sells or offers for sale, displays for sale, or possesses with intent to sell any cigarettes, the package of which does not bear the stamp, or an imprint or impression by a suitable metering machine approved by the department, evidencing the payment of the taxes imposed by this article and section 21 of article X of the state constitution, shall be punished as provided in section 39-21-118.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

If a person neglects or refuses to make a return as required by this article, the executive director of the department shall impose a penalty of one hundred dollars.

(b)

If a person fails to pay the tax in the time allowed for the discount in section 39-28-104 (1) or 39-28-103.3, a penalty equal to ten percent thereof plus one-half of one percent per month from the date when due, not to exceed eighteen percent in the aggregate, together with interest on such delinquent taxes at the rate computed under section 39-21-110.5, shall apply.

(c)

In computing and assessing the penalty, penalty interest, and interest pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2), the executive director of the department may make an estimate, based upon such information as may be available, of the amount of taxes due for the period for which the taxpayer is delinquent.

Source: Section 39-28-108 — Penalty, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-39.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

39‑28‑101
Definitions 39‑28‑102
Licensing of wholesalers - rules - fines 39‑28‑102.5
Licensing of wholesale subcontractors - rules - fines 39‑28‑103
Tax levied - repeal 39‑28‑103.3
Inventory tax - definition 39‑28‑103.5
Tax levied - state constitution 39‑28‑104
Evidence of payment of tax - credits - redemptions 39‑28‑104.5
Federal requirements - placement of labels - penalty 39‑28‑105
Use of metering machines 39‑28‑106
Nonresident wholesalers 39‑28‑107
Unstamped packages - tax collected - fines - subject to confiscation - tobacco tax enforcement cash fund - creation 39‑28‑108
Penalty 39‑28‑109
Records - examination - returns 39‑28‑110
Distribution of tax collected 39‑28‑110.5
Revenue and spending limitations 39‑28‑111
Exempt sales 39‑28‑112
Taxation of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products by municipalities, counties, and city and counties - definitions 39‑28‑114
Prohibited acts - penalties 39‑28‑115
List of licensed wholesalers - published on website 39‑28‑116
Minimum price for cigarettes 39‑28‑201
Legislative declaration 39‑28‑202
Definitions 39‑28‑203
Requirements 39‑28‑301
Legislative declaration 39‑28‑302
Definitions 39‑28‑303
Certifications - directory - tax stamps 39‑28‑304
Agent for service of process 39‑28‑305
Reporting of information - escrow installments 39‑28‑306
Penalties and other remedies 39‑28‑307
Miscellaneous provisions 39‑28‑401
Submission of ballot issue - increased tax on cigarettes and tobacco products - new tax on nicotine products - definition 39‑28‑501
Definitions 39‑28‑502
Ballot issue - proposition EE - later voter approval 39‑28‑503
Proposition EE refund cash fund 39‑28‑504
Approval of ballot issue - rejection of ballot issue - refunds 39‑28‑505
Rejection of ballot issue - rate reduction 39‑28‑506
Repeal of part
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 39-28-108’s source at colorado​.gov