BEFORE THE STATE TAX
COMMISSION OF UTAH
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UTAH STATE TAX
COMMISSION,
COLLECTION
DIVISION, )
:
Petitioner, ) INFORMAL DECISION
: SALES TAX
REVOCATION
v. ) REQUEST
:
XXXXX, )
c/o XXXXX :
) Appeal No.
86 0174
Respondent. : Sales Tax No. XXXXX
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STATEMENT OF CASE
An
Informal Hearing was held on XXXXX.
James E. Harward, Hearing Officer, heard the matter for and in behalf of
the Utah State Tax Commission. XXXXX
represented herself as Respondent and the Tax Commission (Petitioner) was
represented by XXXXX and XXXXX.
After
reviewing the evidence presented and the written documentation submitted, the
Commission makes the following determinations:
1. Respondent was issued a sales tax license
No. XXXXX.
2. Respondent was responsible for the
collection of sales taxes on the sale of its goods and services and was
required to remit these taxes to the State Tax Commission. Utah Code Ann. § 59-15-5 (1953).
3. Respondent did not properly remit the full
amount of sales tax collected each quarter.
Instead, Respondent has a history of late returns and all taxes that
have been collected have been on checks written by Respondent which were
returned unpaid due to insufficient funds.
4. The Utah State Tax Commission is vested with
the authority to revoke the license of "any person violating any provision
of this [sales tax act] . . . " Utah Code Ann. § 59-15-3 (1953).
DECISION AND ORDER
Therefore,
it is hereby Decided:
1. That Respondent's sales tax license No.
XXXXX is hereby revoked for failure to comply with the provision of the Utah
Sales Tax Act, Utah Code Ann. § 59-15-5
(1953).
2. That Respondent is ordered to close the
doors of its business and deliver its sales tax license to the Utah State Tax
Commission. Failure to comply with this
order may result in criminal prosecution taken against the Respondent.
3. The revocation of Respondent's sales tax
license is effective immediately, unless the taxpayer requests in writing,
within three working days from receipt of this Decision, that the Commission
stay the execution of this order for thirty (30) days, provided the taxpayer is
able to prove the following conditions have been met:
A. A bond has been posted in the amount of the
tax, penalty, and interest that is currently delinquent and due. A bond must be in the form of a cashiers check, certificate of
deposit, a surety bond, or cash; and
B. An account has been opened in a local
financial institution by the end of the first banking day following receipt of
this Decision. The account must name
the Respondent's company and the Utah State Tax Commission as co-owners. In addition, the taxpayer must make weekly
deposits into the account in the amount of the current accruing sales tax
liability.
DATED this 7 day of
August, 1986.
BY ORDER OF
THE STATE TAX COMMISSION OF UTAH.
R. H. Hansen Roger
O. Tew
Chairman Commissioner
Joe B.
Pacheco
Commissioner