ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

Sec. 21-4. Penalty for late filing of return.

There is hereby imposed each and every year a penalty for failure to file on or before March 1 of any such year or on or before such other filing deadline imposed by County Code Section 15-23, or the first day thereafter which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday, the required return on tangible personal property, business personal property, manufactured homes, or machinery and tools, which shall be assessed and shall be come a part of the tax in accordance with the following schedule:

 

 

Amount of Tax Due

 

Penalty Equals

 

$100.00 or more

 

10% of tax due

 

$10.00 to $99.00

 

$10.00

 

Less than $10.00

 

Amount of tax due

 

Such penalty shall be added to the amount of the taxes or levies due from such taxpayer, and, when collected by the treasurer, shall be accounted for in his settlements.

Ord. No. O97-28, 10/1/97--effective January 1, 1998; Ord. No. 07-19, 10/16/07)

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