Bill Text: CA AB433 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Sales and use taxes: claim for refund: customer refunds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB433 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB433-Amended.html
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Amended
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Assembly
April 03, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 433 |
| Introduced by |
February 13, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 433, as amended, Bocanegra.
Sales and use taxes: claim for refund: customer refunds.
Under the Sales and Use Tax Law, any amount collected or paid in excess of what is due under that law is required to be credited by the State Board of Equalization against any other amounts due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid, and the balance refunded to the person, as provided. Under existing law, when an amount represented by a person to a customer as constituting reimbursement for taxes due under the Sales and Use Tax Law is computed upon an amount that is not taxable or is in excess of the taxable amount and is actually paid by the customer to the person, the amount paid is required to be returned by the person to the customer upon notification by the board or by the customer that this excess has been ascertained.
This bill would authorize a person that has paid the tax to make
an irrevocable election to assign to the customer the right to file a claim for refund to receive the amount that would be refunded to the person, provided specified conditions are met, including that the amount be $50,000 of tax or more. This bill would authorize the board to make a payment to the customer of the balance of any excess amount collected or paid, after any amounts due and payable from the person or customer are credited against that excess amount. This bill would also require an amount subject to refund that is credited to the person that paid the tax and not refunded to the customer to be paid by that person directly to the customer.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:6901.
(a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, or customers, as provided in subdivision (b), if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.
(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.
(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.
(b) (1) When an amount represented by a person to a customer as constituting reimbursement for taxes due under this part is computed upon an amount that is not legally due, that is paid by the customer to the person, and that is remitted by the person to the
board, the person that paid the tax may make an irrevocable election to assign to the customer the right to file a claim for refund and receive the amount refunded if all of the following conditions are met:
(A) The entire amount represents excess tax reimbursement that is required to be paid by the single person that paid the tax to a single customer under Section 6901.5.
(B) The amount to be refunded is fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of tax or more.
(C) Pursuant to a written request, the customer has secured from the person that paid the tax an irrevocable election that assigns to the customer the right to file a claim for
refund and receive the amount refunded refunded, which is evidenced by a statement,
signed by both the person and the customer. If, within 60 days of the written request, the person denies an election as requested by the customer, the customer is unable to locate the person, or the person is no longer in business, the customer may instead submit a signed statement confirming the efforts that the customer has made to obtain the irrevocable election.
(D) The signed statement is submitted to the board in conjunction with the claim for refund.
(2) The person that paid the tax and collected the excess tax reimbursement shall make the records to verify the refund available for inspection by the board, and no refund shall be payable until the board verifies by audit or other means that the amounts are properly due for refund.
(3) The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person that paid the tax or amounts for which a notice of determination has been issued to the person that paid the tax, and amounts due and payable from the customer from which the excess tax reimbursement was collected. collected or paid. The balance shall be refunded to the customer that paid the excess tax reimbursement. An amount subject to refund that is credited to the person that paid the tax and not refunded to the customer that paid the excess tax reimbursement shall be paid by the person that paid the tax directly to the customer. In the event the
person does not make that payment, the credit that was on the amount due from the person shall be reversed.
(c) Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser.
(d) Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.
(e) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Person that paid the tax” means a single “person” as defined in Section 6005.
(2) “Customer” means a single “person” as defined by Section 6005.
