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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-705" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Comptroller shall assess a penalty not exceeding $500 if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an individual, as defined under § 10–101 of this article, files what purports to be an income tax return, but which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>does not contain information on which the substantial correctness of the tax may be determined; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>contains information that, on its face, indicates the tax reported on the return is substantially incorrect; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the conduct of the individual is due to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a desire, apparent on the face of the return, to delay or impede the administration of the provisions of Title 10 of this article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a position that is frivolous because the position:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>has no basis in law or fact;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is patently unlawful; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>does not involve a legitimate dispute or reflect an inadvertent mathematical or clerical error.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The penalty under subsection (a) of this section is in addition to any penalty assessed under § 13–701 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
