Section 18631.7 Of Article 4. Information Returns From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
18631.7
. (a) Any check casher engaged in the trade or business of
cashing checks that, in the course of that trade or business, cashes
checks other than one-party checks, payroll checks, or government
checks totaling more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) in one
transaction or two or more transactions for the same person within
the calendar year, shall file an informational return with the
Franchise Tax Board with respect to that transaction or transactions.
(b) The return required in subdivision (a) shall be filed no later
than 90 days after the end of the calendar year and in the form and
manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, and shall, at a
minimum, contain both of the following:
(1) The name, address, taxpayer identification number, and any
other identifying information of the person presenting the check that
the Franchise Tax Board deems necessary.
(2) The amount and date of the transaction or transactions.
(c) For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:
(1) Except as otherwise provided, "check casher" means a check
casher as defined under Section 1789.31 of the Civil Code.
(2) "Checks" includes warrants, drafts, money orders, and other
commercial paper serving the same purposes, including payroll checks,
government checks, and one-party checks.
(3) "Government check" means a check issued by a federal, state,
or local governmental entity and treated as a government check
pursuant to Section 1789.35 of the Civil Code for fee-setting
purposes.
(4) "Payroll check" means a check for wages subject to withholding
pursuant to Section 13020 of the Unemployment Insurance Code and
treated as a payroll check pursuant to Section 1789.35 of the Civil
Code for fee-setting purposes.
(5) "One-party check" means a check drawn upon the maker's account
and presented by the maker.
(d) With respect to a person who fails to file the report required
by this section or fails to include all of the information required
to be shown on that report, both of the following apply:
(1) Sections 6721 and 6724 of the Internal Revenue Code, as those
sections read on January 1, 2005, apply, except that the "Franchise
Tax Board" is substituted for the "secretary" in each place it
appears in those sections.
(2) If the failure was willful, the person, upon conviction, shall
be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) or, in the case of a corporation, not more than one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000), by imprisonment in a county jail for
not more than one year, by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h)
of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and
imprisonment, together with the costs of prosecution.