CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1566Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1566, as introduced, Irwin. Sales and use taxes: underpayments: overpayments.Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, and provides various exemptions from those taxes. Existing law requires that any amount collected or paid in excess of what is due under that law is required to be credited by the State Board of Equalization against any other amounts due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid, and the balance refunded to the person, as provided.This bill, notwithstanding any other law, would authorize the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations, provided a specified condition is met, in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. The bill, under the same conditions, also authorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(a)(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.(b)(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.(c)(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1566Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1566, as introduced, Irwin. Sales and use taxes: underpayments: overpayments.Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, and provides various exemptions from those taxes. Existing law requires that any amount collected or paid in excess of what is due under that law is required to be credited by the State Board of Equalization against any other amounts due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid, and the balance refunded to the person, as provided.This bill, notwithstanding any other law, would authorize the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations, provided a specified condition is met, in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. The bill, under the same conditions, also authorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1566
Introduced by Assembly Member IrwinFebruary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Irwin
February 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1566, as introduced, Irwin. Sales and use taxes: underpayments: overpayments.
Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, and provides various exemptions from those taxes. Existing law requires that any amount collected or paid in excess of what is due under that law is required to be credited by the State Board of Equalization against any other amounts due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid, and the balance refunded to the person, as provided.This bill, notwithstanding any other law, would authorize the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations, provided a specified condition is met, in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. The bill, under the same conditions, also authorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund.
Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, and provides various exemptions from those taxes. Existing law requires that any amount collected or paid in excess of what is due under that law is required to be credited by the State Board of Equalization against any other amounts due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid, and the balance refunded to the person, as provided.
This bill, notwithstanding any other law, would authorize the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations, provided a specified condition is met, in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. The bill, under the same conditions, also authorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2018, to credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, if both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same period put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(a)(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.(b)(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.(c)(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(a)(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.(b)(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.(c)(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.
SECTION 1. Section 6901 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
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6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(a)(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.(b)(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.(c)(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.
6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(a)(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.(b)(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.(c)(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.
6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:(a)(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.(b)(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.(c)(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.
6901. (a) If the board determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the board shall set forth that fact in the records of the board and shall certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. The excess amount collected or paid shall be credited by the board on any amounts then due and payable from the person from whom the excess amount was collected or by whom it was paid under this part, and the balance shall be refunded to the person, or his or her successors, administrators, or executors, if a determination by the board is made in any of the following cases:
(a)
(1) Any amount of tax, interest, or penalty was not required to be paid.
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(2) Any amount of prepayment of sales tax, interest, or penalty paid pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 6480) of Chapter 5 was not required to be paid.
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(3) Any amount that is approved as a settlement pursuant to Section 7093.5.
Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6201) of Chapter 3 shall be credited or refunded by the state to the purchaser. Any proposed determination by the board pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days prior to the effective date of that determination.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may credit and set off underpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an overpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim to refund. In the alternative, on and after January 1, 2018, the board may also credit and set off overpayment of taxes barred by the statute of limitations in one quarter against an underpayment of taxes in another quarter within the same calendar year, so long as both the set off and overpayment occurred during the same calendar year put at issue by the taxpayers claim for refund. If a taxpayer can establish both the transaction in which there was an overpayment and the corresponding offset adjustment, then those provisions within this article relating to refund and the statute of limitations do not apply.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply only if a claim for refund for the quarter in which there is an underpayment or overpayment of tax is not barred by the statute of limitations on January 1, 2018.