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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-407" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Assessments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a person or governmental unit fails to keep the records required under § 11-504 of this article, the Comptroller may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>compute the sales and use tax by using a factor that the Comptroller develops by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a survey of the business of the person or governmental unit, including any available records;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a survey of other persons or governmental units engaged in the same or similar business; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>other means; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>assess the tax due.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a person or governmental unit fails to obtain a proper resale certificate on or before the date stated in a notice of intent to assess the sales and use tax under § 11-408(b) of this article, the Comptroller may assess the sales and use tax on the sale.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An assessment under this subsection is final.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
