text:
(a) The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration shall provide to the State Department of Public Health or the Department of Toxic Substances Control any and all information obtained under this part relating to the fee collected for that agency.

(b) The Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration may utilize any information obtained pursuant to this part to develop data on the generation or disposal of hazardous or extremely hazardous waste within the state. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Department of Toxic Substances Control may make waste generation and disposal data available to the public.

(c) It shall be unlawful for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, the State Department of Public Health, the Department of Toxic Substances Control, or any person having an administrative duty under this part to make known, in any manner whatever, the name, business affairs, operations, or any other information pertaining to a taxpayer or to permit any return or report, or copy thereof, or any fee billing or book containing any abstract or particulars thereof, to be seen or examined by any person not expressly authorized by subdivision (a) and this subdivision. However, the Governor may, by general or special order, authorize examination of the records maintained by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration under this part by other state officers, by tax officers of another state, by the federal government, if a reciprocal arrangement exists, or by any other person. The information so obtained pursuant to the order of the Governor shall not be made public except to the extent and in the manner that the order may authorize that it be made public.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), the successors, receivers, trustees, executors, administrators, assignees, and guarantors, if directly interested, may be given information regarding the determination of any unpaid tax or the amount of taxes, interest, or penalties required to be collected or assessed.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or increasing the public’s access to information on any aspect of hazardous or extremely hazardous waste generation or disposal collected pursuant to other state or local laws, regulations, or ordinances.

(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), a feepayer may be given otherwise confidential information, subject to the limitations provided in the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code), about another feepayer to the extent the information is necessary to establish that the feepayer is responsible for paying the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Fee imposed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 105275) of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code due to their historical association with that feepayer.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 155. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)

chapter: 9. Disclosure of Information

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kind: section

code: RTC

text: This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Hazardous Spill Prevention Fee Law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1223, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)

division: 2. OTHER TAXES

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text: The collection and administration of the fee imposed by Article 10 (commencing with Section 7710) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of the Public Utilities Code shall be governed by the definitions specified in Section 7710 of the Public Utilities Code, unless expressly superseded by the definitions contained in this part or Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2 of this code.

part: 22.1. HAZARDOUS SPILL PREVENTION FEE LAW


text: “Department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.


text: “Director” means the Director of Toxic Substances Control.


text:
“Hazardous material” means any of the following:

(1) A hazardous material as defined in Section 172 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(2) A hazardous material as defined in Section 25501 of the Health and Safety Code.

(3) A hazardous material as defined in Section 2402.7 of the Vehicle Code.

(4) A hazardous material as defined in Section 1160.3 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.


text: “Hazardous waste” has the same meaning as defined in Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code.


text:
(a) “Surface transporter” means any surface transporter required to pay the fee established pursuant to Section 7714.5 of the Public Utilities Code.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the department may, by regulation, revise the definition of the term “surface transporter” for purposes of this part.


text:
The fee imposed on surface transporters of hazardous materials pursuant to Section 7714.5 of the Public Utilities Code shall be administered and collected by the board in accordance with this part and Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2 of this code, and shall be due and payable as follows:

(a) The fee to be paid by motor carriers is due and payable on the last day of December for each state fiscal year.

(b) The fee to be paid by railroads is due and payable within 30 days from the date of assessment and the feepayer shall deliver a remittance of the amount of the assessed fee to the office of the board within that 30-day period.


text: All fees, interest, and penalties imposed and all amounts of fees required to be paid to the state pursuant to Section 43807 shall be paid to the board in the form of remittance payable to the State Board of Equalization of the State of California. The board shall transmit the payments to the Treasurer to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Hazardous Spill Prevention Account in the Railroad Accident Prevention and Response Fund.


text: Notwithstanding Section 55381, for purposes of the fee administered under Section 43807, “department” means the Department of Toxic Substances Control.


text: This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Marine Invasive Species Fee Collection Law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 491, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2004.)

path: 2. OTHER TAXES > 22.5


text: For purposes of this part, “department” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 156. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: The collection and administration of the fee imposed by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71215) of Division 36 of the Public Resources Code shall be governed by the definitions specified in Section 71200 of the Public Resources Code, unless expressly superseded by the definitions contained in this part or Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 110, Sec. 1. Effective July 10, 2000.)


text: The fee imposed on owners or operators of vessels pursuant to Section 71215 of the Public Resources Code shall be administered and collected by the department in accordance with this part and Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001) of Division 2.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 157. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: Every person, as defined in Section 55002, who is subject to the fees imposed by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 71215) of Division 36 of the Public Resources Code shall register with the department on forms or in a manner provided by the department.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 158. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: Except as authorized in Section 44006, the fee imposed on owners or operators of vessels pursuant to Section 71215 of the Public Resources Code is due and payable to the department 30 days from the date of assessment by the department or the department’s agent.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 159. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: In order to facilitate the administration of this part and in lieu of issuing an assessment for the fee, the department may authorize the feepayer to file a return for a monthly, quarterly, or other period set by the department. The return shall identify each vessel voyage and each port of call in California for which a ballast water report is required to be filed with the State Lands Commission, pursuant to Section 71205 of the Public Resources Code, during the period covered by the return. If the department authorizes the filing of a return, the fees must be paid to the department by the end of the calendar month following the end of the return reporting period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 160. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: All fees, interest, and penalties imposed and all fees required to be paid to the state pursuant to Section 71215 of the Public Resources Code shall be paid in the form of remittances payable to the department. The department shall transmit the payments to the Treasurer to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Marine Invasive Species Control Fund.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 161. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)


text: This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Integrated Waste Management Fee Law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 42. Effective October 1, 1993.)

part: 23. INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT FEE LAW

chapter: 1. General Provisions and Definitions

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text: The collection and administration of the fee imposed pursuant to Section 48000 of the Public Resources Code shall be governed by the definitions contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 40100) of Part 1 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, unless expressly superseded by the definitions contained in this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 43. Effective October 1, 1993.)


text: Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter shall govern the construction of this part.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1319, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1987.)


text: The provisions of this part, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing provisions of law relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations and not as new enactments.


text: Any action or proceeding commenced before this part takes effect, or any right accrued, is not affected by this part, but all procedures taken shall conform to this part as far as possible.


text: “Person” includes any individual, firm, cooperative organization, fraternal organization, corporation, limited liability company, estate, trust, business trust receiver, trustee, syndicate, this state, any county, city and county, municipality, district, public agency, or subdivision of this state or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 75. Effective September 30, 1994.)


text: “Board” or “department” means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 88. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)


text: “In this state” means within the exterior limits of the State of California and includes all territory within those limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America.


text: “Fee payer” means any person who is liable for payment of the fee imposed pursuant to Section 48000 of the Public Resources Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 44. Effective October 1, 1993.)


text: The fee imposed pursuant to Section 48000 of the Public Resources Code shall be administered and collected by the board in accordance with this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 46. Effective October 1, 1993.)

chapter: 2. The Integrated Waste Management Fee

article: 1. Imposition of Fee

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text: Every person who operates a solid waste landfill required to have a solid waste facilities permit pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 44001) of Part 4 of the Public Resources Code shall register with the board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 48. Effective October 1, 1993.)

article: 2. Registration and Security

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text:
The board, whenever it deems it necessary to ensure compliance with this part, may require any person subject to this part to place with it any security that the board determines to be reasonable, taking into account the circumstances of that person. Any security in the form of cash, government bonds, or insured deposits in banks or savings and loan institutions shall be held by the board in trust to be used solely in the manner provided by this section. The board may sell the security at public auction if it becomes necessary to do so in order to recover any fee or any amount required to be collected, including any interest or penalty due. Notice of the sale shall be served upon the person who placed the security personally or by mail.

If service is made by mail, the notice shall be addressed to the person at his or her address as it appears in the records of the board. Service shall be made at least 30 days prior to the sale in the case of personal service, and at least 40 days prior to the sale in the case of service by mail. Upon any sale, any surplus above the amounts due shall be returned to the person who placed the security.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 903, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995.)

article: 2. Registration and Security


text:
(a) The fee imposed pursuant to Section 48000 of the Public Resources Code is due and payable to the board quarterly on or before the 25th day of the calendar month following the quarterly period for which the fee is due. Each feepayer shall prepare a return in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media, showing the total amount of solid waste subject to the fee, the amount of fee for the period covered by the return, and any other information that the board determines to be necessary. Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.

(b) The feepayer shall deliver the return, together with a remittance of the amount of fee due, to the office of the board on or before the 25th day of the calendar month following the quarterly period for which the fee is due.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 459, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2003.)

chapter: 3. Determinations

article: 1. Reports and Payments

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text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board for good cause may extend, for not to exceed one month, the time for making any report or return or paying any amount required to be paid under this part. The extension may be granted at any time if a request therefor is filed with the board within or prior to the period for which the extension may be granted.

(b) (1) In the case of a disaster, the board, for a period not to exceed three months, may extend the time for making any report or return or paying any fee required under this part. The extension may be granted at any time provided a request therefor is filed with the board within or before the period for which the extension may be granted.

(2) For purposes of this section, “disaster” means fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, or similar public calamity, whether or not resulting from natural causes.

(c) Any person to whom an extension is granted shall pay, in addition to the fee, interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5 from the date on which the fee would have been due without the extension until the date of payment.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 257, Sec. 10. (AB 1559) Effective September 9, 2016.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) Subject to subdivision (c), the Governor issues a state of emergency proclamation, the department may extend the time, for a period not to exceed three months, for making any report or return or paying any fee required under this part for any person in an area identified in the state of emergency proclamation.

(b) If the department makes an extension pursuant to subdivision (a), any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation shall not be required to file a request for the extension.

(c) The department may make the extension in subdivision (a) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 74. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) Any person who fails to pay any fee to the state or any amount of fee required to be paid to the state, except amounts of determinations made by the board under Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201), within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the fee or amount of the fee in addition to the fee or amount of the fee, plus interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date on which the fee or the amount of the fee required to be paid became due and payable to the state until the date of payment.

(b) Any person who fails to file a return in accordance with the due date set forth in Section 45151, shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the surcharge with respect to the period for which the return is required.

(c) The penalties imposed by this section shall be limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the surcharge for which the return is required for any one return.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 159, Sec. 186. Effective January 1, 2002.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) If the department finds, taking into account all facts and circumstances, that it is inequitable to compute interest at the modified adjusted rate per month or fraction thereof, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6591.5, interest shall be computed at the modified adjusted daily rate from the date on which the fee was due until the date of payment, if all of the following occur:

(1) The payment of the fee was made one business day after the date the fee was due.

(2) The person was granted relief from all penalties that applied to that fee payment.

(3) The person files a request for an adjustment.

(b) For purposes of this section, “modified adjusted daily rate” means the modified adjusted rate per annum, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 6591.5, determined on a daily basis by dividing the modified adjusted rate per annum by 365.

(c) For purposes of this section, “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any day designated as a state holiday.

(d) This section does not apply to any payment made pursuant to a deficiency determination, a determination where a return has not been filed, or a jeopardy determination issued by the department.

(e) This section only applies to electronic payments of fees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 162. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) If the department finds that a person’s failure to make a timely report or return or payment is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the penalty provided by Sections 45153, 45160, and 45306.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c) and (d), any person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the department a statement, under penalty of perjury, setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the penalty for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The department may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

(d) The department shall establish criteria that provide for efficient resolution of requests for relief pursuant to this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 75. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) If the department finds that a person’s failure to make a timely return or payment was due to disaster, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of interest provided for by Sections 45152, 45153, 45160, and 45201.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), a person seeking to be relieved of interest shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the interest for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The department may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 76. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) The board, in its discretion, may relieve all or any part of the interest imposed on a person by this part where the failure to pay fees is due in whole or in part to an unreasonable error or delay by an employee of the board acting in his or her official capacity.

(b) For purposes of this section, an error or delay shall be deemed to have occurred only if no significant aspect of the error or delay is attributable to an act of, or a failure to act by, the feepayer.

(c) Any person seeking relief under this section shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts on which the claim for relief is based and any other information which the board may require.

(d) The board may grant relief only for interest imposed on fee liabilities that arise during taxable periods commencing on or after January 1, 2000.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 251, Sec. 32. Effective January 1, 2002.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) If the board finds that a person’s failure to make a timely report or payment is due to the person’s reasonable reliance on written advice from the board, the person may be relieved of the fees imposed or administered under this part and any penalty or interest added thereto.

(b) For purposes of this section, a person’s failure to make a timely report or payment shall be considered to be due to reasonable reliance on written advice from the board, only if the board finds that all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The person requested in writing that the board advise him or her whether a particular activity or transaction is subject to the fee under this part. The specific facts and circumstances of the activity or transaction shall be fully described in the request.

(2) The board responded in writing to the person regarding the written request for advice, stating whether or not the described activity or transaction is subject to the fee, or stating the conditions under which the activity or transaction is subject to the fee.

(3) The liability for fees applied to a particular activity or transaction which occurred before either of the following:

(A) Before the board rescinded or modified the advice so given, by sending written notice to the person of the rescinded or modified advice.

(B) Before a change in statutory or constitutional law, a change in the board’s regulations, or a final decision of a court, which renders the board’s earlier written advice no longer valid.

(c) Any person seeking relief under this section shall file with the board all of the following:

(1) A copy of the person’s written request to the board and a copy of the board’s written advice.

(2) A statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts on which the claim for relief is based.

(3) Any other information which the board may require.

(d) Only the person making the written request shall be entitled to rely on the board’s written advice to that person.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 987, Sec. 10.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) Under regulations prescribed by the board, if: (1) A fee liability under this part was understated by a failure to file a return required to be filed under this part, by the omission of an amount properly includable therein, or by erroneous deductions or credits claimed on a return, and the understatement of fee liability is attributable to one spouse; or any amount of the fee reported on a return was unpaid and the nonpayment of the reported fee liability is attributable to one spouse. (2) The other spouse establishes that he or she did not know of, and had no reason to know of, that understatement or nonpayment. (3) Taking into account whether or not the other spouse significantly benefited directly or indirectly from the understatement or the nonpayment and taking into account all other facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to hold the other spouse liable for the deficiency in fee attributable to that understatement or nonpayment,then the other spouse shall be relieved of liability for the fee (including interest, penalties, and other amounts) to the extent that the liability is attributable to that understatement or nonpayment of the fee.

(b) For purposes of this section, the determination of the spouse to whom items of understatement or nonpayment are attributable shall be made without regard to community property laws.

(c) This section shall apply to all calendar quarters subject to the provisions of this part, but shall not apply to any calendar quarter that is more than five years from the final date on the board-issued determination, five years from the return due date for nonpayment on a return, or one year from the first contact with the spouse making a claim under this section; or that has been closed by res judicata, whichever is later.

(d) For purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), “reason to know” means whether or not a reasonably prudent person would have had reason to know of the understatement or nonpayment.

(e) For purposes of this section, with respect to a failure to file a return or an omission of an item from the return, “attributable to one spouse” may be determined by whether a spouse rendered substantial service as an operator of a facility for disposal of solid waste to which the understatement is attributable. If neither spouse rendered substantial services as an operator, then the attribution of applicable items of understatement shall be treated as community property. An erroneous deduction or credit shall be attributable to the spouse who caused that deduction or credit to be entered on the return.

(f) Under procedures prescribed by the board, if, taking into account all the facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to hold the other spouse liable for any unpaid tax or any deficiency (or any portion of either) attributable to any item for which relief is not available under subdivision (a), the board may relieve the other spouse of that liability.

(g) For purposes of this section, registered domestic partners, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, have the same rights, protections, and benefits as provided by this section, and are subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties as imposed by this section, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses.

(h) The relief provided by this section shall apply retroactively to liabilities arising prior to the effective date of this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 342, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 2008. Section applicable retroactively as prescribed in subd. (h) and clarified in Sec. 60 of Ch. 342.)

article: 1. Reports and Payments


text:
(a) Any person whose estimated fee liability under this part averages twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more per month, as determined by the board pursuant to methods of calculation prescribed by the board, shall remit amounts due by an electronic funds transfer under procedures prescribed by the board.

(b) Any person whose estimated fee liability under this part averages less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per month may elect to remit amounts due by electronic funds transfer with the approval of the board.

(c) Any person remitting amounts due pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) shall perform electronic funds transfer in compliance with the due dates set forth in Article 1 (commencing with Section 45151). Payment is deemed complete on the date the electronic funds transfer is initiated if settlement to the state’s demand account occurs on or before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated. If settlement to the state’s demand account does not occur on or before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated, payment is deemed to occur on the date settlement occurs.

(d) Any person remitting fees by electronic funds transfer shall, on or before the due date of the remittance, file a return for the preceding reporting period in the form and manner prescribed by the board. Any person who fails to timely file the required return shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of fees with respect to the period for which the return is required.

(e) Any person required to remit fees pursuant to this article who remits those fees by means other than appropriate electronic funds transfer shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the fees incorrectly remitted.

(f) Any person who fails to pay any fee to the state or any amount of fee required to be collected and paid to the state, except amounts of determinations made by the board under Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201), within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the fee or amount of fee, in addition to the fee or amount of fee, plus interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date on which the fee became due and payable to the state until the date of payment.

(g) In determining whether a person’s estimated fee liability averages twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more per month, the board may consider returns filed pursuant to this part and any other information in the board’s possession.

(h) The penalties imposed by subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) shall be limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the fees due for any one return. Any person remitting fees by electronic funds transfer shall be subject to the penalties under this section and not Section 45153.

(i) The board shall promulgate regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code for purposes of implementing this section.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 519, Sec. 18. Effective October 4, 2005. Operative January 1, 2006, by Sec. 25 of Ch. 519.)

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text: If the board finds that a person’s failure to make payment by an appropriate electronic funds transfer in accordance with board procedures is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect, that person shall be relieved of the penalty provided in subdivision (e) of Section 45160. Any person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which he or she bases his or her claim for relief.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 923, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 1.1. Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer


text:
(a) “Electronic funds transfer” means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer or magnetic tape, so as to order, instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an account. Electronic funds transfers shall be accomplished by an automated clearinghouse debit, an automated clearinghouse credit, or by Federal Reserve Wire Transfer (Fedwire).

(b) “Automated clearinghouse” means any federal reserve bank, or an organization established in agreement with the National Automated Clearing House Association, that operates as a clearinghouse for transmitting or receiving entries between banks or bank accounts and which authorizes an electronic transfer of funds between these banks or bank accounts.

(c) “Automated clearinghouse debit” means a transaction in which the state, through its designated depository bank, originates an automated clearinghouse transaction debiting the person’s bank account and crediting the state’s bank account for the amount of the fee. Banking costs incurred for the automated clearinghouse debit transaction shall be paid by the state.

(d) “Automated clearinghouse credit” means an automated clearinghouse transaction in which the person through his or her own bank, originates an entry crediting the state’s bank account and debiting his or her own bank account. Banking costs incurred for the automated clearinghouse credit transaction charged to the state shall be paid by the person originating the credit.

(e) “Fedwire transfer” means any transaction originated by a person and utilizing the national electronic payment system to transfer funds through the federal reserve banks, when that person debits his or her own bank account and credits the state’s bank account. Electronic funds transfers pursuant to Section 45160 may be made by Fedwire only if payment cannot, for good cause, be made according to subdivision (a), and the use of Fedwire is preapproved by the board. Banking costs incurred for the Fedwire transaction charged to the person and to the state shall be paid by the person originating the transaction.


text:
(a) Any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under this part that is filed using electronic media shall be filed and authenticated pursuant to any method or form the board may prescribe.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, any return, declaration, statement, or other document otherwise required to be signed that is filed by the taxpayer using electronic media in a form as required by the board shall be deemed to be a signed, valid original document, including upon reproduction to paper form by the board.

(c) Electronic media includes, but is not limited to, computer modem, magnetic media, optical disk, facsimile machine, or telephone.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 459, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 2003.)


text:
(a) If the department is dissatisfied with the report or return filed or the amount of fee paid to the state by any fee payer, or if no report or return has been filed or no payment or payments of the fees have been made to the state by a fee payer, the department may compute and determine the amount to be paid, based upon any information available to it. One or more additional determinations may be made of the amount of fee due for one, or for more than one, period. The amount of fee so determined shall bear interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date the amount of the fee, or any portion thereof, became due and payable until the date of payment. In making a determination, the department may offset overpayments for a period or periods against underpayments for another period or periods and against the interest and penalties on the underpayments.

(b) If any part of the deficiency for which a determination of an additional amount due is made is found to have been occasioned by negligence or intentional disregard of this part or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this part, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of that determination shall be added, plus interest as provided in subdivision (a).

(c) If any part of the deficiency for which a determination of an additional amount due is made is found to be occasioned by fraud or an intent to evade this part or authorized regulations, a penalty of 25 percent of the amount of the determination shall be added, plus interest as provided in subdivision (a).

(d) The department shall give to the fee payer written notice of its determination. The notice shall be served in one of the following manners:

(1) By placing the notice in a sealed envelope, with postage paid, addressed to the fee payer at their address as it appears in the records of the department. Service made pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed complete at the time of the deposit of the notice in a United States Post Office, or a mailbox, sub-post office, substation, mail chute, or other facility regularly maintained or provided by the United States Postal Service, without extension of time for any reason.

(2) By personally delivering the notice to the person to be served. Service made pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed complete at the time of delivery. Personal service to a corporation may be made by delivery of a notice to any person designated in the Code of Civil Procedure to be served for the corporation with summons and complaint in a civil action.

(3) (A) By delivering the notice electronically via secure transmission when either of the following applies:

(i) The feepayer requests the notice of determination to be sent electronically via secure transmission.

(ii) The department has evidence that the feepayer no longer receives mail at the address of record and has previously provided an address for electronic mail.

(B) Service provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be deemed complete at the time the department electronically transmits the notice via the feepayer’s secure web portal, without extension of time for any reason.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 89. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 2. Deficiency Determinations

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text: Except in the case of fraud, intent to evade this part or rules and regulations adopted under this part, or failure to make a report or return, every notice of a determination of an additional amount due shall be served within three years after the date when the amount was required to have been paid or the report or return was due, or within three years after the report or return was filed, whichever period expires later. In the case of failure to make a report or return, the notice of determination shall be served within eight years after the date the report or return was due.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 90. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 2. Deficiency Determinations


text: If, before the expiration of the time prescribed in Section 45202 for serving a notice of deficiency determination, the fee payer has consented in writing to the service of the notice after that time, the notice may be served at any time prior to the expiration of the period agreed upon. The period agreed upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made before the expiration of the period previously agreed upon.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 91. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 2. Deficiency Determinations


text: Any person from whom an amount is determined to be due under Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201), or any person directly interested, may petition for a redetermination thereof within 30 days after service upon him or her of notice of the determination. If a petition for redetermination is not filed within the 30-day period, the amount determined to be due becomes final at the expiration thereof.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1319, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1987.)

article: 3. Redeterminations

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text: Every petition for redetermination shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the petition is founded. The petition may be amended to state additional grounds at any time prior to the date on which the board issues its order or decision on the petition for redetermination.

article: 3. Redeterminations


text: If a petition for redetermination is filed within the 30-day period, the board shall reconsider the amount determined to be due, and, if the person has so requested in his or her petition, the board shall grant him or her an oral hearing and shall give him or her 10 days’ notice of the time and place of the hearing. The board may continue the hearing from time to time as may be necessary.

article: 3. Redeterminations


text: The board may decrease or increase the amount of the determination before it becomes final, but the amount may be increased only if a claim for the increase is asserted by the board at or before the hearing. Unless the 25-percent penalty imposed by subdivision (c) of Section 45201 applies to the amount of the determination as originally made or as increased, the claim for increase shall be asserted within eight years after the date the amount of fee for the period for which the increase is asserted was due.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 632. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 3. Redeterminations


text: The order or decision of the board upon a petition for redetermination shall become final 30 days after service upon the petitioner of notice thereof.

article: 3. Redeterminations


text: All amounts determined to be due by the board under Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201) are due and payable at the time they become final, and, if not paid when due and payable, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount determined to be due shall be added to the amount due and payable.

article: 3. Redeterminations


text: Any notice required by this article shall be served in the same manner as prescribed for service of notice by Section 43201.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 92. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 3. Redeterminations


text: If the board finds and determines that the collection of any amount of fee will be jeopardized by delay, it shall thereupon make a determination of the amount of fee due, noting that fact upon the determination, and the amount of the fee shall be immediately due and payable. If the amount of the fee, interest, and penalty specified in the jeopardy determination is not paid, or a petition for redetermination is not filed, within 10 days after the service upon the taxpayer of notice of the determination, the determination becomes final, and the delinquency penalty and interest provided in Section 45153 shall attach to the amount of fee specified therein.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 527, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005.)

article: 4. Jeopardy Determinations

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text: The fee payer against whom a jeopardy determination is made may file a petition for the redetermination thereof, pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 45301), with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration within 10 days after the service upon the fee payer of notice of the determination, and they shall, within the 10-day period, deposit with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration that security which the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration deems necessary to insure compliance with this part. The security may be sold by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration at public sale if it becomes necessary in order to recover any amount due under this part. Notice of the sale may be served upon the person who deposited the security in the same manner as prescribed for service of notice by Section 45201. After that sale, the surplus, if any, above the amount due under this part shall be returned to the person who deposited the security.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 93. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 4. Jeopardy Determinations


text:
In accordance with rules and regulations which the board may adopt, the person against whom a jeopardy determination is made may apply for an administrative hearing for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) To establish that the determination is excessive.

(b) To establish that the sale of property that may be seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination, or any part thereof, shall be delayed pending the administrative hearing because the sale would result in irreparable injury to the person.

(c) To request the release of all or part of the property to the person.

(d) To request a stay of collection activities.

The application shall be filed within 30 days after service of the notice of jeopardy determination and shall be in writing and state the specific factual and legal grounds upon which it is founded. The person shall not be required to post any security in order to file the application and to obtain the hearing. However, if the person does not deposit, within the 10-day period prescribed in Section 45352, that security which the board deems necessary to ensure compliance with this part, the filing of the application shall not operate as a stay of collection activities, except for sale of property seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination. Upon a showing of good cause for failure to file a timely application for an administrative hearing, the board may allow a filing of the application and grant the person an administrative hearing. The filing of an application pursuant to this section does not affect Section 45351, relating to the finality date of the determination or to penalty or interest.

article: 4. Jeopardy Determinations


text: The board may bring any legal action necessary to collect any deficiency in the fee required to be paid, and, upon the board’s request, the Attorney General shall bring the action.

chapter: 4. Collection of Fee

article: 1. Suit for Fee

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text: In any action brought to enforce the rights of the state with respect to any fee, a certificate by the board showing the delinquency shall be prima facie evidence of the levy of the fee, of the delinquency of the amount of fee, interest, and penalty set forth therein, and of compliance by the board with this part in relation to the computation and levy of the fee. In that action, a writ of attachment may be issued in the manner provided by Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 485.010) of Title 6.5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

article: 1. Suit for Fee


text:
(a) If any person fails to pay any amount imposed pursuant to this part at the time that it becomes due and payable, the amount thereof, including penalties and interest, together with any costs in addition thereto, shall thereupon be a perfected and enforceable state tax lien. A lien is subject to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 7150) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.

(b) For the purpose of this section, amounts are due and payable on the following dates:

(1) For amounts disclosed on a report received by the board before the date the return is delinquent, the date the amount would have been due and payable.

(2) For amounts disclosed on a report filed on or after the date the return is delinquent, the date the return is received by the board or the year following the fee due date pursuant to Section 45151, whichever is later.

(3) For amounts determined under Section 45351, pertaining to jeopardy assessments, the date the notice of the board’s finding is mailed or issued.

(4) For all other amounts, the date the assessment is final.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 633. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 2. Judgment for Fee

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text:
(a) If the board determines that the amount of any fee, interest, and penalties are sufficiently secured by a lien on other property or that the release or subordination of the lien imposed under this article will not jeopardize the collection of the amount of the fee, interest, and penalties, the board may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to the lien from the lien or may subordinate the lien to other liens and encumbrances.

(b) If the board finds that the liability represented by the lien imposed under this article, including any interest accrued thereon, is legally unenforceable, the board may release the lien.

(c) A certificate by the board to the effect that any property has been released from a lien or that the lien has been subordinated to other liens and encumbrances is conclusive evidence that the property has been released or that the lien has been subordinated, as provided in the certificate.

article: 2. Judgment for Fee


text: At any time within three years after any person is delinquent in the payment of any amount required to be paid under this part, or the last recording or filing of a notice of state tax lien under Section 7171 of the Government Code, the board, or its authorized representative, may issue a warrant for the enforcement of any lien and for the collection of any amount required to be paid to the state under this part. The warrant shall be directed to any sheriff or marshal and shall have the same effect as a writ of execution. The warrant shall be levied and sale made pursuant to it in the same manner and with the same effect as a levy of, and sale pursuant to, a writ of execution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 165. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 3. Warrant for Collection

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text: The board may pay or advance to the sheriff or marshal, the same fees, commissions, or expenses for services as are provided by law for similar services pursuant to a writ of execution. The board, and not the court, shall approve the fees for publication in a newspaper.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 166. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 3. Warrant for Collection


text: The fees, commissions, and expenses are the obligation of the person required to pay any amount under this part and may be collected from him or her by virtue of the warrant or in any other manner provided in this part for the collection of the fee.

article: 3. Warrant for Collection


text: Whenever any fee payer is delinquent in the payment of the fee, the board, or its authorized representative, may seize any property, real or personal, of the fee payer, and sell at public auction the property seized, or a sufficient portion thereof, to pay the fee due, together with any penalties imposed for the delinquency and all costs that have been incurred on account of the seizure and sale.

article: 4. Seizure and Sale

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text:
Notice of the sale, and the time and place thereof, shall be given to the delinquent fee payer and to all persons who have an interest of record in the property at least 20 days before the date set for the sale in the following manner: The notice shall be personally served or enclosed in an envelope addressed to the fee payer or other person at his or her last known residence or place of business in this state as it appears upon the records of the board, if any, and depositing it in the United States registered mail, postage prepaid. The notice shall be published pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code in a newspaper of general circulation published in the city in which the property or a part thereof is situated if any part thereof is situated in a city or, if not, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the property or a part thereof is located. Notice shall also be posted in both of the following manners:

(a) One public place in the city in which the interest in property is to be sold if it is to be sold in a city or, if not to be sold in a city, one public place in the county in which the interest to the property is to be sold.

(b) One conspicuous place on the property.

The notice shall contain a description of the property to be sold, a statement of the amount due, including fees, interest, penalties, and costs, the name of the fee payer, and the further statement that unless the amount due is paid on or before the time fixed in the notice of the sale, the property, or so much thereof as may be necessary, will be sold in accordance with law and the notice.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1528, Sec. 15.)

article: 4. Seizure and Sale


text: At the sale the property shall be sold by the board, or by its authorized agent, in accordance with law and the notice, and the board shall deliver to the purchaser a bill of sale for the personal property and a deed for any real property sold. The bill of sale or deed vests title in the purchaser. The unsold portion of any property seized may be left at the place of sale at the risk of the fee payer.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 652, Sec. 2.)

article: 4. Seizure and Sale


text: If, after the sale, the money received exceeds the amount of all fees, penalties, and costs due the state from the fee payer, the board shall return the excess to him or her and obtain his or her receipt. If any persons having an interest in or lien upon the property files with the board prior to the sale notice of his or her interest, the board shall withhold any excess pending a determination of the rights of the respective parties to the excess moneys by a court of competent jurisdiction. If the receipt of the fee payer is not available, the board shall deposit the excess moneys with the Controller, as trustee for the owner, subject to the order of the fee payer, his or her heirs, successors, or assigns.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 860, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 4. Seizure and Sale


text: If any fee payer is delinquent in the payment of any obligation imposed by this part, or if any determination has been made against a fee payer which remains unpaid, the board may, not later than three years after the payment becomes delinquent, or the last recording or filing of a notice of state tax lien under Section 7171 of the Government Code, give notice thereof, personally or by first-class mail, to all persons, including any officer or department of the state or any political subdivision or agency of the state, having in their possession or under their control any credits or other personal property belonging to the fee payer, or owing any debts to the fee payer. In the case of any state officer, department, or agency, the notice shall be given to the officer, department, or agency prior to the time it presents the claim of the delinquent fee payer to the Controller.

article: 5. Miscellaneous

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text: After receiving the notice, the persons so notified shall not transfer or make any other disposition of the credits, other personal property, or debts in their possession or under their control at the time they receive the notice until the board consents to a transfer or disposition or until 60 days after the receipt of the notice, whichever occurs first.

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text: All persons so notified shall immediately, after receipt of the notice, advise the board of all credits, other personal property, or debts in their possession, under their control, or owing by them. If the notice seeks to prevent the transfer or other disposition of a deposit in a bank or other credits or personal property in the possession or under the control of a bank, the notice, to be effective, shall state the amount, interest, and penalty due from the person and shall be delivered or mailed to the branch or office of the bank at which the deposit is carried or mailed to the branch or office of the bank at which the deposit is carried or at which the credits or personal property are held. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to a deposit in a bank or other credits or personal property in the possession or under the control of a bank, the notice shall only be effective with respect to an amount not in excess of the amount, interest, and penalty due from the person.

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text: If, during the effective period of the notice to withhold, any person so notified makes any transfer or disposition of the property or debts required to be withheld, to the extent of the value of the property or the amount of the debts thus transferred or paid, he or she shall be liable to the state for any indebtedness due under this part from the person with respect to whose obligation the notice was given, if solely by reason of that transfer or disposition, the state is unable to recover the indebtedness of the person with respect to whose obligation the notice was given.

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) The department may, by notice of levy, served personally, by first-class mail, or by electronic transmission or other electronic technology, require all persons having in their possession, or under their control, any payments, credits other than payments, or other personal property belonging to a feepayer or other person liable for any amount under this part to withhold from these credits or other personal property the amount of any fee, interest, or penalties due from the feepayer or other person, or the amount of any liability incurred under this part, and to transmit the amount withheld to the department at the time it may designate. The notice of levy shall have the same effect as a levy pursuant to a writ of execution except for the continuing effect of the levy, as provided in subdivision (b).

(b) The person served shall continue to withhold pursuant to the notice of levy until the amount specified in the notice, including accrued interest, has been paid in full, until the notice is withdrawn, or until one year from the date the notice is received, whichever occurs first.

(c) The amount required to be withheld is the lesser of the following:

(1) The amount due stated on the notice.

(2) The sum of both of the following:

(A) The amount of the payments, credits other than payments, or personal property described above and under the person’s possession or control when the notice of levy is served on the person.

(B) The amount of each payment that becomes due following service of the notice of levy on the person and prior to the expiration of the levy.

(d) For the purposes of this section, the term “payments” does not include earnings as that term is defined in subdivision (a) of Section 706.011 of the Code of Civil Procedure or funds in a deposit account as defined in paragraph (29) of subdivision (a) of Section 9102 of the Commercial Code. The term “payments” does include any of the following:

(1) Payments due for services of independent contractors, dividends, rents, royalties, residuals, patent rights, or mineral or other natural rights.

(2) Payments or credits due or becoming due periodically as a result of an enforceable obligation to the feepayer or other person liable for the fee.

(3) Any other payments or credits due or becoming due the feepayer or other person liable as the result of written or oral contracts for services or sales whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise.

(e) In the case of a financial institution, to be effective, the notice shall state the amount due from the feepayer and shall be delivered, mailed, or served by electronic transmission or other electronic technology to the branch or office of the financial institution where the credits or other property is held, unless another branch or office is designated by the financial institution to receive the notice.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 77. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Article 7 (commencing with Section 706.151) of Chapter 5 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if the board determines upon receiving information from a feepayer or other person liable for any amount under this part that the person’s employer withheld earnings for taxes pursuant to Section 45605 and failed to remit the withheld earnings to the board, the employer shall be liable for the amount not remitted. The board’s determination shall be based on payroll documents or other substantiating evidence furnished by the person liable for the tax.

(b) Upon its determination, the board shall mail notice to the employer at its last known address that upon failure to remit the withheld earnings to the board within 15 days of the date of its notice to the employer, the employer shall be liable for that amount which was withheld and not remitted.

(c) If the employer fails to remit the amount withheld to the board upon notice, that amount for which the employer is liable shall be determined, collected, and paid as though it were a tax deficiency. The amount may be assessed at any time prior to seven years from the first date that the unremitted amount, in the aggregate, was first withheld. Interest shall accrue on that amount from the first day that the unremitted amount, in the aggregate, was first withheld.

(d) When the determination against the employer is final and due and payable, the person’s account shall be immediately credited with an amount equal to that determined amount as though it were a payment received by the board on the first date that the unremitted amount, in the aggregate, was first withheld by the employer.

(e) Collection against the person liable for the tax is stayed for both the following amount and period:

(1) An amount equal to the amount determined by the board under subdivision (a).

(2) The earlier of the time the credit is applied to the person’s account pursuant to subdivision (d) or the determination against the employer is withdrawn or revised and the person is notified by the board thereof.

(f) If under this section an amount that was withheld and not remitted to the board is final and due and payable by the employer and credited to the person’s account, this remedy shall be the exclusive remedy for the person to recover that amount from the employer.

(g) This section shall apply to determinations made by the board on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052, Sec. 66. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text: The remedies of the state provided for in this chapter are cumulative, and no action taken by the board or by the Attorney General constitutes an election by the state or any of its officers to pursue any remedy to the exclusion of any other remedy for which provision is made in this part.

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text:
The amounts required to be paid by any person under this part together with interest and penalties shall be satisfied first in any of the following cases:

(a) Whenever the person is insolvent.

(b) Whenever the person makes a voluntary assignment of his or her assets.

(c) Whenever the estate of the person in the hands of executors, administrators, or heirs is insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased.

(d) Whenever the estate and effects of an absconding, concealed, or absent person required to pay any amount under this part are levied upon by process of law.

This section does not give the state a preference over a lien or security interest which was recorded or perfected prior to the time when the state records or files its lien, as provided in Section 7171 of the Government Code.

The preference given to the state by this section is subordinate to the preferences given to claims for personal services by Sections 1204 and 1206 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text: The board shall not be subject to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 16307 of the Corporations Code unless, at the time of application for or issuance of a permit, license, or registration number under this part, the applicant furnishes to the board a written partnership agreement that provides that all business assets shall be held in the name of the partnership.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1003, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) The board may, in its discretion, enter into a written installment payment agreement with a person for the payment of any fees due, together with interest thereon and any applicable penalties, in installments over an agreed period. With mutual consent, the board and the fee payer may alter or modify the agreement.

(b) Upon failure of a person to fully comply with the terms of an installment payment agreement with the board, the board may terminate the agreement by mailing a notice of termination to the person. The notice shall include an explanation of the basis for the termination and inform the person of his or her right to request an administrative review of the termination. Fifteen days after the mailing of the notice, the installment payment agreement shall be void, and the total amount of the fee, interest, and penalties due shall be immediately payable.

(c) The board shall establish procedures for an administrative review for persons requesting that review whose installment payment agreements are terminated under subdivision (b). The collection of fees, interest, and penalties that are the subject of the terminated installment payment agreement may not be stayed during this administrative review process.

(d) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to any case where the board finds collection of the fee to be in jeopardy.

(e) Except in the case of fraud, if an installment payment agreement is entered into within 45 days from the date on which the board’s notice of determination or redetermination becomes final, and the person complies with the terms of the installment payment agreement, the board shall relieve the penalty imposed pursuant to Section 45306.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052, Sec. 67. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text: The board, beginning no later than January 1, 2001, shall provide each taxpayer who has an installment payment agreement in effect under Section 45609 an annual statement setting forth the initial balance at the beginning of the year, the payments made during the year, and the remaining balance as of the end of the year.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052, Sec. 68. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) A collection cost recovery fee shall be imposed on any person that fails to pay an amount of fee, interest, penalty, or other amount due and payable under this part. The collection cost recovery fee shall be in an amount less than or equal to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration’s costs for collection, as reasonably determined by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. The collection cost recovery fee shall be imposed only if the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration has mailed its demand notice, to that person for payment, that advises that continued failure to pay the amount due may result in collection action, including the imposition of a collection cost recovery fee.

(b) Interest shall not accrue with respect to the collection cost recovery fee provided by this section.

(c) The collection cost recovery fee imposed pursuant to this section shall be collected in the same manner as the collection of any other fee imposed by this part.

(d) (1) If the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration finds that a person’s failure to pay any amount under this part is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person shall be relieved of the collection cost recovery fee provided by this section.

(2) Any person seeking to be relieved of the collection cost recovery fee shall file with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(e) Subdivision (a) shall be operative with respect to a demand notice for payment which is mailed on or after January 1, 2011.

(f) Collection cost recovery fee revenues shall be deposited in the same manner as revenues derived from any other fee imposed by this part.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 432, Sec. 163. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2022.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 706.071, 706.073, 706.080, 706.101, and 706.105 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration may serve earnings withholding orders for taxes and any other notice or document required to be served or provided in connection with an earnings withholding order for taxes according to Article 4 (commencing with Section 706.070) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to government and private employers by electronic transmission or other electronic technology.

(b) Upon consent of the employer, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration may provide service by electronic transmission or other electronic technology under this section.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 706.071, 706.073, 706.080, 706.101, 706.125, and 706.126 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration may receive the employer’s return, as described in Section 706.126 of the Code of Civil Procedure, by electronic transmission or other electronic technology.

(d) This section shall apply in the same manner and with the same force and effect and to the full extent as if this section had been incorporated in full into Article 4 (commencing with Section 706.070) of Chapter 5 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(e) This section shall apply to notices served or provided on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 511, Sec. 29. (SB 889) Effective January 1, 2024.)

article: 5. Miscellaneous


text: If the department determines that any amount of fee, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the department shall set forth that fact in its records and certify the amount collected in excess of what was legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid, and credit the excess amount collected or paid on any amounts then due 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 the person’s successors, administrators, or executors. Any determination by the department 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 after the effective date of that determination.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 78. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.)

chapter: 5. Overpayments and Refunds

article: 1. Claim for Refund

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text: Except as provided in Section 48008 of the Public Resources Code, when an amount represented by a person who is a feepayer under this part to a customer as constituting reimbursement for fees due under this part is computed upon an amount that is not subject to that fee or is in excess of that fee amount due and is actually paid by the customer to the person, the amount so paid shall be returned by the person to the customer upon notification by the State Board of Equalization or by the customer that the excess has been ascertained. If the person fails or refuses to do so, the amount so paid, if knowingly or mistakenly computed by the person upon an amount that is not subject to the fee or is in excess of the fee due, shall be remitted by that person to the State Board of Equalization. Those amounts remitted to the state shall be credited by the board on any amounts due and payable under this part on the same solid waste from the person by whom it was paid to this state and the balance, if any, shall constitute an obligation due from the person to this state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1087, Sec. 59. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no refund shall be approved by the board after three years from the due date of the payment for the period for which the overpayment was made, or, with respect to determinations made under Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201) of Chapter 3, after six months from the date the determinations have become final, or after six months from the date of overpayment, whichever period expires later, unless a claim therefor is filed with the board within that period. No credit shall be approved by the board after the expiration of that period, unless a claim for credit is filed with the board within that period or unless the credit relates to a period for which a waiver is given pursuant to Section 45204.

(b) A refund may be approved by the board for any period for which a waiver is given under Section 45204 if a claim therefor is filed with the board before the expiration of the period agreed upon.

(c) Every claim for refund or credit shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 543, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 2002.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text:
(a) The limitation period specified in Section 45652 shall be suspended during any period of a person’s life that the person is financially disabled.

(b) (1) For purposes of subdivision (a), a person is financially disabled if the person is unable to manage his or her financial affairs by reason of medically determinable physical or mental impairment of the person which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. A person shall not be considered to have an impairment unless proof of the existence thereof is furnished in the form and manner as the board may require.

(2) A person shall not be treated as financially disabled during any period that the person’s spouse or any other person is authorized to act on behalf of the person in financial matters.

(c) This section applies to periods of disability commencing before, on, or after the effective date of the act adding this section, but does not apply to any claim for refund that (without regard to this section) is barred by the operation or rule of law, including res judicata, as of the effective date of the act adding this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052, Sec. 69. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text: Notwithstanding Section 45652, a refund of an overpayment of any fee, penalty, or interest collected by the board by means of levy, through the use of liens, or by other enforcement procedures, shall be approved if a claim for a refund is filed within three years of the date of an overpayment.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 364, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2007.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text:
(a) A claim for refund that is otherwise valid under Section 45652 that is made in the case in which the amount of fee determined has not been paid in full shall be deemed to be a timely filed claim for refund with respect to all subsequent payments applied to that determination.

(b) For purposes of this section, “amount of fee determined” means an amount of fee, interest, or penalty, with respect to a single determination made under Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 45351) of Chapter 3.

(c) This section shall apply to all claims for refund on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 98, Sec. 8. (AB 1856) Effective January 1, 2017.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text: Failure to file a claim within the time prescribed in this article constitutes a waiver of all demands against the state on account of the overpayment.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1319, Sec. 6. Effective September 28, 1987.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text: Within 30 days after disallowing any claim, in whole or in part, the board shall serve written notice of its action on the claimant pursuant to Section 45201.

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text:
Interest shall be computed, allowed, and paid upon any overpayment of any amount of fee at the modified adjusted rate per month established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the first day of the monthly period following the period during which the overpayment was made. For purposes of this section, “monthly period” means the month commencing on the day after the due date of the payment through the same date as the due date in each successive month. In addition, a refund or credit shall be made of any interest imposed upon the claimant with respect to the amount being refunded or credited.

The interest shall be paid as follows:

(a) In the case of a refund, to the last day of the monthly period following the date upon which the claimant, if he or she has not already filed a claim, is notified by the board that a claim may be filed or the date upon which the claim is approved by the board, whichever date is earlier.

(b) In the case of a credit, to the same date as that to which interest is computed on the fee or amount against which the credit is applied.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 620, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1998.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text:
(a) If the board determines that any overpayment has been made intentionally or by reason of carelessness, it shall not allow any interest thereon.

(b) If any person who has filed a claim for refund requests the board to defer action on the claim, the board, as a condition to deferring action, may require the claimant to waive interest for the period during which the person requests the board to defer action on the claim.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 420, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 1. Claim for Refund


text: No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue in any suit, action, or proceeding in any court against this state or against any office of the state to prevent or enjoin the collection of any fee sought to be collected.

article: 2. Suit for Refund

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text: No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any amount alleged to have been erroneously or illegally assessed or collected unless a claim for refund or credit has been duly filed.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text: Within 90 days after the mailing of the notice of the board’s action upon a claim for refund or credit, the claimant may bring an action against the board on the grounds set forth in the claim in a court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Sacramento for the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount with respect to which the claim has been disallowed.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text: If the board fails to mail notice of action on a claim within six months after the claim is filed, the claimant may, prior to the mailing of notice by the board, consider the claim disallowed and bring an action against the board on the grounds set forth in the claim for the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount claimed as an overpayment.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text: Failure to bring suit or action within the time specified in this article constitutes a waiver of all demands against the state on account of any alleged overpayments.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text: If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the amount of the judgment shall first be credited on any fees due from the plaintiff, and the balance shall be refunded to the plaintiff.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text: In any judgment, interest shall be allowed at the modified adjusted rate per annum established pursuant to Section 6591.5, upon the amount found to have been illegally collected from the date of payment of the amount to the date of allowance of credit on account of the judgment, or to a date preceding the date of the refund warrant by not more than 30 days, the date to be determined by the board.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text:
A judgment shall not be rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any action brought against the board to recover any fee paid when the action is brought by or in the name of an assignee of the fee payer paying the tax or by any person other than the person who has paid the fee.

As used in this section, “assignee” does not include a person who has acquired the business of the fee payer which gave rise to the fees and who is thereby a successor in interest to the fee payer.

article: 2. Suit for Refund


text:
(a) The Controller may recover any refund or part thereof that is erroneously made, and any credit or part thereof that is erroneously allowed, in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Sacramento in the name of the people of the State of California.

(b) As an alternative to subdivision (a), the board may recover any refund or part thereof that is erroneously made, and any credit or part thereof that is erroneously allowed. In recovering any erroneous refund or credit, the board may, in its discretion, issue a deficiency determination in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 45351) of Chapter 3. Except in the case of fraud, the deficiency determination shall be made by the board within three years from the date of the Controller’s warrant or date of credit.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 609, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 3. Recovery of Erroneous Refunds

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text:
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if the department finds that neither the person liable for payment of fee nor any party related to that person has in any way caused an erroneous refund for which an action for recovery is provided under Section 45751, no interest shall be imposed on the amount of that erroneous refund until 30 days after the date on which the department serves a notice of determination for repayment of the erroneous refund to the person. The act of filing a claim for refund shall not be considered as causing the erroneous refund.

(b) This section shall be operative for any action for recovery under Section 45751 on or after January 1, 2000.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 499, Sec. 94. (SB 1528) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 3. Recovery of Erroneous Refunds


text: The Attorney General shall prosecute any action brought pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 45751, and the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to service of summons, pleadings, proof, trials, and appeals shall apply to the proceedings.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 609, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 1999.)

article: 3. Recovery of Erroneous Refunds


text: In any action brought pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 45751, the court may, with the consent of the Attorney General, order a change in the place of trial.

history: (History: Added by renumbering Section 45752 (as added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 609, Sec. 41) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 501. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)

article: 3. Recovery of Erroneous Refunds


text: If any amount has been illegally determined, either by the person filing the return or by the department, the department shall certify the amount determined to be in excess of the amount legally due and the person against whom the determination was made, and authorize the cancellation of the amount upon the records of the department. Any determination by the department 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 after the effective date of that determination.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 79. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.)

article: 4. Cancellations

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text: The board shall enforce this part and may prescribe, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this part.

chapter: 6. Administration

article: 1. Administration

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text: The board may make such examinations of the books and records of any fee payer as it may deem necessary in carrying out this part.

article: 1. Administration


text: The board may employ accountants, auditors, investigators, and other expert and clerical assistance necessary to enforce its powers and perform its duties under this part.

article: 1. Administration


text: A certificate by the board or an employee of the board stating that a notice required by this part was given by mailing or personal service shall be prima facie evidence in any administrative or judicial proceeding of the fact and regularity of the mailing or personal service in accordance with any requirement of this part for the giving of a notice. Unless otherwise specifically required, any notice provided by this part to be mailed or served may be given either by mailing or by personal service in the manner provided for giving notice of a deficiency determination.

article: 1. Administration


text: Any information regarding solid wastes which is available to the board shall be made available to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 654, Sec. 24. (SB 1494) Effective January 1, 2011.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who is engaged in the business of preparing, or providing services in connection with the preparation of, returns under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 45151), or any person who for compensation prepares any such return for any other person, and who knowingly or recklessly does either of the following, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned no more than one year, or both, together with the costs of prosecution:

(1) Discloses any information furnished to him or her for, or in connection with, the preparation of the return.

(2) Uses that information for any purpose other than to prepare, or assist in preparing, the return.

(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to disclosure of information if that disclosure is made pursuant to the person’s consent or pursuant to a subpoena, court order, or other compulsory legal process.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052, Sec. 70. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) The board shall determine which feepayer’s accounts are eligible for the managed audit program in a manner that is consistent with the efficient use of its auditing resources and the maximum effectiveness of the program.

(b) A feepayer is not required to participate in the managed audit program.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 105, Sec. 36. (AB 2009) Effective January 1, 2015.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
A feepayer’s account is eligible for the managed audit program only if the feepayer meets all of the following criteria:

(a) The feepayer’s business or activities involve few or no statutory exemptions.

(b) The feepayer’s business or activities involve a single or a small number of clearly defined taxability or liability issues.

(c) The feepayer is subject to the fee imposed pursuant to Section 48000 of the Public Resources Code and agrees to participate in the managed audit program.

(d) The feepayer has the resources to comply with the managed audit instructions provided by the board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 105, Sec. 37. (AB 2009) Effective January 1, 2015.)

article: 1. Administration


text:
(a) If the board selects a feepayer’s account for a managed audit, all of the following apply:

(1) The board shall identify all of the following:

(A) The audit period covered by the managed audit.

(B) The types of transactions or activities covered by the managed audit.

(C) The specific procedures that the feepayer is to follow in determining any liability.

(D) The records to be reviewed by the feepayer.

(E) The manner in which the types of transactions or activities are to be scheduled for review.

(F) The time period for completion of the managed audit.

(G) The time period for the payment of the liability and interest.

(H) Any other criteria that the board may require for completion of the managed audit.

(2) The feepayer shall:

(A) Examine its books and records to determine if it has any unreported liability for the audit period.

(B) Make available to the board for verification all computations and books and records examined pursuant to subparagraph (A).

(b) The information provided by the feepayer pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) is the same information that is required for the completion of any other audit that the board may conduct.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 105, Sec. 38. (AB 2009) Effective January 1, 2015.)

article: 1. Administration


text: Nothing in this article limits the board’s authority to examine the books and records of a feepayer under Section 45852.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 105, Sec. 39. (AB 2009) Effective January 1, 2015.)

article: 1. Administration


text: Upon completion of the managed audit and verification by the board, interest on any unpaid liability shall be computed at one-half the rate that would otherwise be imposed for liabilities covered by the audit period. Payment of the liabilities and interest shall be made within the time period specified by the board. If the requirements for the managed audit are not satisfied, the board may proceed to examine the records of the feepayer in a manner to be determined by the board under law.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 105, Sec. 40. (AB 2009) Effective January 1, 2015.)

article: 1. Administration


text: The board shall administer this article. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the provisions of this article shall apply to this part.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 438, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1993.)

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text:
(a) The board shall establish the position of the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate. The advocate or his or her designee shall be responsible for facilitating resolution of fee payer complaints and problems, including any fee payer complaints regarding unsatisfactory treatment of fee payers by board employees, and staying actions where fee payers have suffered or will suffer irreparable loss as the result of those actions. Applicable statutes of limitation shall be tolled during the pendency of a stay. Any penalties and interest that would otherwise accrue shall not be affected by the granting of a stay.

(b) The advocate shall report directly to the executive officer of the board.

article: 2. The California Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights


text:
(a) The board shall develop and implement an education and information program directed at, but not limited to, all of the following groups:

(1) Fee payers newly registered with the board.

(2) Board audit and compliance staff.

(b) The education and information program shall include all of the following:

(1) A program of written communication with newly registered fee payers explaining in simplified terms their duties and responsibilities.

(2) Participation in seminars and similar programs organized by federal, state, and local agencies.

(3) Revision of fee payer educational materials currently produced by the board that explain the most common areas of fee payer nonconformance in simplified terms.

(4) Implementation of a continuing education program for audit and compliance personnel to include the application of new legislation to fee payer activities and areas of recurrent fee payer noncompliance or inconsistency of administration.

(c) Electronic media used pursuant to this section shall not represent the voice, picture, or name of members of the board or of the Controller.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 929, Sec. 55. Effective January 1, 2000.)


text: The board shall conduct an annual hearing before the full board where industry representatives and individual fee payers are allowed to present their proposals on changes to the Integrated Waste Management Fee Law which may further improve voluntary compliance and the relationship between fee payers and the government.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 656, Sec. 52. Effective October 1, 1993.)


text: The board shall prepare and publish brief but comprehensive statements in simple and nontechnical language that explain procedures, remedies, and the rights and obligations of the board and fee payers. As appropriate, statements shall be provided to fee payers with the initial notice of audit, the notice of proposed additional fees, any subsequent notice of fees due, or other substantive notices. Additionally, the board shall include this language for statements in the annual fee information bulletins that are mailed to taxpayers.


text:
(a) The total amount of revenue collected or assessed pursuant to this part shall not be used for any of the following:

(1) To evaluate individual officers or employees.

(2) To impose or suggest production quotas or goals, other than quotas or goals with respect to accounts receivable.

(b) The board shall certify in its annual report submitted pursuant to Section 15616 of the Government Code that revenue collected or assessed is not used in a manner prohibited by subdivision (a).

(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the setting of goals and the evaluation of performance with respect to productivity and the efficient use of time.


text: The board shall develop and implement a program that will evaluate an individual employee’s or officer’s performance with respect to his or her contact with fee payers. The development and implementation of the program shall be coordinated with the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 589, Sec. 170. Effective January 1, 1994.)


text: The board shall, in cooperation with the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate, and other interested taxpayer-oriented groups, develop a plan to reduce the time required to resolve petitions for redetermination and claims for refunds. The plan shall include the determination of standard timeframes and special review of cases which take more time than the appropriate standard timeframe.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 654, Sec. 25. (SB 1494) Effective January 1, 2011.)


text:
Procedures of the board, relating to appeals staff review conferences before a staff attorney or supervising tax auditor independent of the assessing department, shall include all of the following:

(a) Any conference shall be held at a reasonable time at a board office that is convenient to the taxpayer.

(b) The conference may be recorded only if prior notice is given to the fee payer and the fee payer is entitled to receive a copy of the recording.

(c) The fee payer shall be informed prior to any conference that he or she has a right to have present at the conference his or her attorney, accountant, or other designated agent.