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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-1024" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Crimes and Offenses">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person who willfully or with the intent to evade payment of a tax under this article or to prevent the collection of a tax under this article fails to provide information as required under this article or provides false or misleading information is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or both.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A prosecution under this section does not bar a prosecution for perjury.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the alcoholic beverage tax;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Maryland estate tax; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Maryland generation-skipping transfer tax.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
