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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 21-5 Interest and civil penalties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="21-5" heading="Interest and civil penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">
      <para num="(1)">Any person, firm, association, or corporation that refuses or fails to collect the taxes imposed by this subtitle, or to make a proper return when due, or to pay the taxes collected over to the Director of Finance when due, is liable for and must pay to the Director, in addition to the tax due:<para num="(i)">interest on the amount of tax due at the rate of 1% for each month or part of a month that the tax is overdue; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a penalty of:<para num="(A)">if the tax is 30 to 59 days past due, 30% of the amount due;</para>
          <para num="(B)">if the tax is 60 to 89 days past due, 60% of the amount due; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">if the tax is 90 days or more past due, 100% of the amount due.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The penalty imposed by paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection applies to all unpaid taxes regardless of the original date on which the unpaid taxes first became due.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Collection.">This interest and penalty shall be collected as a part of the tax itself.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1966, art. 28, §79</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 28, §39</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 57-1096</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 58-1386</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-141</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 84-016</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-299</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-561</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
