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Some Tax Evasion laws do allow for criminal charges. tends to only be charged in extreme cases, but can happen.
by jetbalsa 4y ago
Some Tax Evasion laws do allow for criminal charges. tends to only be charged in extreme cases, but can happen.
- giardini 4y agoTax evasion is a crime and imprisonment is a punishment reserved for criminal activity. Failing to pay property tax is not a crime in itself. If someone is charged with tax evasion they are charged with something other than merely owning property and not paying taxes. They are charged with some specific criminal act. Taxation OTOH is a civil, not a criminal, matter. If someone doesn't pay their property tax then, in the worst case, control/ownership of the property is taken by the relevant authorities, the property sold and the taxes paid to the extent possible.
- masonic 4y agoNot for property taxes. If one is that far behind, one can sell long before facing anything confiscatory... and incarceration for it is not a thing.