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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-402" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Assessments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a notice and demand for a return is made under § 13–303 of this title and the person or governmental unit fails to file the return, the tax collector shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>except as otherwise provided in this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>compute the tax by using the best information in the possession of the tax collector; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assess the tax due;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>for financial institution franchise tax:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>estimate net earnings by using the best information in the possession of the tax collector; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assess a tax not exceeding twice the tax due on the estimated net earnings;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for income tax:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>estimate income by using the best information in the possession of the tax collector; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assess a tax not exceeding twice the tax due on the estimated income;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for motor carrier tax:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>compute the tax by using a miles per gallon factor based on the use, in the State, of 40 gallons of motor fuel for each commercial motor vehicle in the person’s fleet on each day during the period for which the return is not filed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assess the tax due;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>for public service company franchise tax:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>estimate gross receipts from the best information in the possession of the tax collector; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assess the tax due on the estimated gross receipts; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>for digital advertising gross revenues tax:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>estimate gross revenues from the best information in possession of the tax collector; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>assess the tax due on the estimated assessable base.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A credit shall be allowed against any sales and use tax that would otherwise be assessed under this section for any amount of sales and use tax that the tax collector determines the person who failed to file the return overpaid on or before the date the amount assessed was due.</text>
  </level>
</section>
