Is Failure To Pay A Tax Embezzlement

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by Kathy63

Which means even if I do not charge a sales tax, I still have to pay it. Like stores that have sales saying they will pay the sales tax. If I COLLECT sales tax, I collect that tax on behalf of the state. It never becomes my money. That makes it embezzlement.

No. It's all your money until you pay what you owe as determined by the tax code. Otherwise you would be required to keep the funds separate from your own. Notice that there is no requirement to do so in the tax code? I'm soory, sales tax code. I don't know what the requirements are that this city placed upon this tax
I might add that California has never filed embezzlement charges against a retailer in relation to the sales tax code. And there's plenty of huge to small amounts that were never paid. Many, many, many.