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What is NYC AC § 11-4018?

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This section outlines various offenses related to the failure to maintain required records, simulate or alter tax-related documents, and deny access to authorized personnel for inspections. Violations are classified as misdemeanors. Applies to individuals involved in financial reporting and compliance in New York City.

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§ 11-4018 Other offenses.

AC § 11-4018

(a)Any person who willfully fails to keep or retain any records required to be kept or retained by chapter seven, twelve, fourteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-four or twenty-seven of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)Any person willfully simulating, altering, defacing, destroying or removing any evidence of the filing of a return or the payment of a tax provided for in chapter twenty-one of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c)Any person failing to file a certificate of registration or information registration certificate as required by chapter eight of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(d)Any person refusing access to personnel authorized by the commissioner of finance to inspect any vault or any premises concerning which a return or information return may be required under chapter twenty-seven of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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