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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-702" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a tax collector shall assess a penalty not exceeding 25% of the amount underestimated, if a person who is required to estimate and pay digital advertising gross revenues tax, financial institution franchise tax, public service company franchise tax, or income tax under § 7.5–301, § 8–210(b), § 8–405(b), or § 10–902 of this article:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>fails to pay an installment when due; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>estimates a tax that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>less than 90% of the tax required to be shown on the return for the current taxable year; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>less than 110% of the tax paid for the prior taxable year, reduced by the credit allowed under § 10–703 of this article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A penalty may not be assessed on the underestimation of individual income tax if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>at least 90% of the individual’s taxable income is also taxable by another state; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the underestimation is of the county income tax only.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A tax collector may not assess a penalty on unpaid individual income tax under subsection (a) of this section if the amount of unpaid income tax is less than one-half the amount specified in § 6654(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
  </level>
</section>
