57-39.2-18.1. Corporate officer liability

57-39.2-18.1. Corporate officer liability 1. If a corporation required to hold a permit issued under this chapter fails for any reason to file the required returns or to pay the tax due, the president, vice president, secretary, or treasurer of the corporation, jointly or severally, having control, or supervision of, or charged with the responsibility for making the returns and payments are personally liable for the failure. The dissolution of a corporation shall not discharge an officer's liability for a prior failure of the corporation to make a return or remit the tax due. The sum due for the liability may be assessed and collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for the assessment and collection of other liabilities. 2. If the corporate officers elect not to be personally liable for the failure to file the required returns or to pay the tax due, the corporation must be required to make a cash deposit or post and maintain with the tax commissioner a bond or undertaking executed by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. The cash deposit, bond, or undertaking provided for in this section must be in an amount equal to the estimated annual sales tax liability of the corporation.