If any such company shall fail to pay the tax herein required, it shall be liable to the District of Columbia for the amount thereof, and in addition thereof a penalty of 8% per month thereafter until paid.
D.C. Code § 47-2609
Liability for failure to pay tax
Aug. 17, 1937, 50 Stat. 676, ch. 690, title II, § 7; renumbered as § 9, Sept. 26, 1984, D.C
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