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| 307 | + | ENGROSSED SENATE |
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| 308 | + | BILL NO. 602 By: Rader of the Senate |
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| 312 | + | Pfeiffer of the House |
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| 317 | + | An Act relating to tax returns; amending 68 O.S. |
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| 318 | + | 2021, Sections 2373 and 2375, which relate to payment |
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| 319 | + | of refunds, extensions, and delinquency and |
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| 320 | + | deficiency of payments; requiring certain claims be |
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| 321 | + | made in the form prescribed by the Oklah oma Tax |
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| 322 | + | Commission; limiting claims made to within a period |
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| 323 | + | of certain date; prohibiting refund for clai ms made |
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| 324 | + | after certain period; providi ng exception; modifying |
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| 325 | + | limitation on certain amount of refund to taxes paid |
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| 326 | + | in certain preceding period; deleting requirement |
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| 327 | + | that certain informati on filed constitutes a claim; |
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| 328 | + | prohibiting application of limitation to certain |
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| 329 | + | claims filed; modifying date requiring taxpayer to |
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| 330 | + | remit income tax due; excluding extensions from date |
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| 331 | + | taxes become delinquent; updating statu tory language; |
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| 337 | + | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 338 | + | SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 202 1, Section 2373, is |
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| 340 | + | Section 2373. A. Any claim for refund fil ed pursuant to this |
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| 341 | + | section must be made on a return, in t he form prescribed by the |
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| 342 | + | Oklahoma Tax Commission. |
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| 343 | + | B. Any claim for refund of an overpayment of any tax im posed by |
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| 344 | + | Section 2355 of this title must be made within three (3) years from |
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| 372 | + | time for filing a return, or two (2) year s from the payment of the |
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| 373 | + | tax liability, whichever period expires later, or, if no return was |
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| 374 | + | filed by the taxpayer, within two (2) years from the time the tax |
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| 376 | + | C. Except as provided in subsection H of Sectio n 2375 of this |
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| 377 | + | title, no refund shall be allowed or made after the expirati on of |
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| 379 | + | for the filing of a claim for refund . If a claim for refund is |
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| 380 | + | filed during the period prescribed in subse ction B of this section, |
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| 381 | + | the amount of the refund, if any, shall not exceed the amount of tax |
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| 382 | + | paid within the period, immediately preceding the filing of the |
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| 383 | + | claim, equal to three (3) y ears plus the period of any extension of |
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| 384 | + | time for filing a return. If the claim was not filed within the |
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| 385 | + | three-year period prescribed in subsecti on B of this section, the |
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| 386 | + | refund shall not exceed the portion of the tax paid during the two |
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| 387 | + | (2) years immediately preceding the filing of the claim. |
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| 388 | + | D. If, upon any revision or adjustment, including overpayment |
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| 389 | + | or illegal payment on account of income der ived from tax-exempt |
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| 390 | + | Indian land, any refund is found to be due any taxpayer, it shall be |
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| 391 | + | paid out of the “Income Tax Withholding Refund Account ”, created by |
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| 392 | + | Section 2385.16 of t his title, in the same manner as refunds are |
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| 393 | + | paid pursuant to such section. The information filed, reflecting |
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| 394 | + | the revision or adjustment, shall constitute the claim for refund. |
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| 421 | + | E. Except as provided in subsection H of Section 2375 of this |
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| 422 | + | title, the amount of the refund shall not exceed the po rtion of the |
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| 423 | + | tax paid during the three (3) years immediately preceding the filing |
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| 424 | + | of the claim, or, if no claim was filed, then during the three (3) |
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| 425 | + | years immediately preceding the allowance of the refund. However, |
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| 426 | + | this The three-year limitation set forth in subsection C of t his |
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| 427 | + | section shall not apply to the amount of refu nds payable upon claims |
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| 428 | + | filed by members of federally recognized Indian tri bes or the United |
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| 429 | + | States on behalf of its Ind ian wards or former Indian wards, to |
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| 430 | + | recover taxes illegally colle cted from tax-exempt lands. In the |
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| 431 | + | case of any refund to a member of a federally recognized Indian |
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| 432 | + | tribe or to the United States on behalf of it s Indian wards or |
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| 433 | + | former Indian wards, to rec over taxes illegally colle cted on bonus |
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| 434 | + | payments from oil and gas leases located on tax -exempt Indian lands |
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| 435 | + | pursuant to this section, th e Tax Commission shall pay interest on |
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| 436 | + | all refunds issued after January 1, 1996, at the rate of six percent |
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| 437 | + | (6%) per annum from the date of paymen t by the taxpayer to the date |
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| 438 | + | of the refund. |
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| 439 | + | F. In cases where the Tax Commis sion and the taxpayer have |
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| 440 | + | signed a consent, as provided by law, extending the period during |
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| 441 | + | which the tax may be assessed, the period during which the taxp ayer |
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| 442 | + | may file a claim for refund or during which an allowance for a |
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| 443 | + | refund may be made shall be auto matically extended to the final date |
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| 444 | + | fixed by such consent plus thirty (30) days. |
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| 471 | + | G. The Oklahoma Tax Comm ission may authorize the use of direct |
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| 472 | + | deposit in lieu of refund checks for electronically filed income tax |
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| 474 | + | SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 68 O.S. 2021, Se ction 2375, is |
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| 476 | + | Section 2375. A. At the time of transmitting the return |
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| 477 | + | required hereunder to the Oklahoma Tax Commis sion On the original |
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| 478 | + | due date of the return, not including any extensions , the taxpayer |
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| 479 | + | shall remit therewith to the Tax Commission the amount of tax due |
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| 480 | + | under the applicable provisions of Section 2351 et seq. of this |
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| 481 | + | title. Failure to pay such tax on or before the date the return is |
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| 482 | + | due, not including any extensions, shall cause the tax to become |
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| 483 | + | delinquent. If the return is filed electronically, the amount of |
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| 484 | + | the tax due pursuant to the provisions of this article shall be due |
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| 485 | + | on or before the twentieth day of April following the close of the |
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| 486 | + | taxable year regardless of when the re turn is electronically filed. |
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| 487 | + | The tax shall be deemed delinquent if unpaid aft er the twentieth day |
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| 488 | + | of April if the return is electronically filed. Provided, if the |
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| 489 | + | Internal Revenue Code provides for a later due date for returns of |
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| 490 | + | individuals, the Tax Co mmission shall accept payments m ade with |
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| 491 | + | returns filed by individuals by such d ate and such payments shall be |
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| 492 | + | considered as timely paid. |
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| 493 | + | B. If any tax due under Section 2351 et seq. of this title, |
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| 521 | + | not paid on or before t he date such tax becomes delinquent, a |
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| 522 | + | penalty of five percent (5%) of the total amount of the tax due |
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| 523 | + | shall be added thereto, collected , and paid. However, the Tax |
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| 524 | + | Commission shall not collect the penalty assessed if the t axpayer |
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| 525 | + | remits the tax and inter est within sixty (60) days of the mailing of |
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| 526 | + | a proposed assessment or volun tarily pays the tax upon the filing of |
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| 527 | + | an amended return. |
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| 528 | + | C. If any part of deficiency, arbitrary , or jeopardy assessment |
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| 529 | + | made by the Tax Commission is based upon or occasioned by the |
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| 530 | + | refusal of any taxpayer to file with the Tax Commission any return |
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| 531 | + | as required by Section 2351 et seq. of this title, within ten (10) |
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| 532 | + | days after a written demand for such report or r eturn has been |
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| 533 | + | served upon any taxpaye r by the Tax Commission by regis tered letter |
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| 534 | + | with a return receipt attached, the Tax Commission may assess and |
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| 535 | + | collect, as a penalty, twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of |
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| 536 | + | the assessment. In the exercise of the a uthority granted by |
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| 537 | + | subsection C of Section 223 and Section 224 of thi s title, the Tax |
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| 538 | + | Commission shall assess the tax as an estimated tax on the basis of |
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| 539 | + | its own determination of the Oklahoma taxable income of the |
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| 540 | + | taxpayer, to be adjusted if and when Okla homa taxable income is |
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| 543 | + | D. If any part of any d eficiency was due to negli gence or |
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| 544 | + | intentional disregard, without the intent to defraud, then ten |
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| 571 | + | percent (10%) of the total amount of th e deficiency, in addition to |
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| 572 | + | such deficiency, including interest as au thorized by law, shall be |
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| 574 | + | E. If any part of an y deficiency was due to fraud with intent |
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| 575 | + | to evade tax, then fifty perc ent (50%) of the total amount of the |
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| 576 | + | deficiency, in addition to such deficienc y, including interest as |
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| 577 | + | herein provided, shall be added, collected, and paid. |
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| 578 | + | F. The provisions in this s ection for penalties shall supersede |
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| 579 | + | all other provisions for penalties on income taxes. The provisions |
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| 580 | + | in this section for penalties shall supersed e the provisions in the |
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| 581 | + | Uniform Tax Procedure Code, Section 201 et seq. of this tit le, only |
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| 582 | + | to the extent of conflict between such provisions and the penalty |
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| 584 | + | G. All taxes, penalties , and interest levied under Section 2351 |
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| 585 | + | et seq. of this title must be paid to the Tax Commission at Oklahoma |
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| 586 | + | City, in the form or remittance required by and payable to it. |
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| 587 | + | H. 1. The period of time prescribed in Section 22 3 of this |
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| 620 | + | 2. If, in such final determination, the amou nt of taxable |
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| 623 | + | of the taxpayer for such year and such change or cor rection affects |
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| 624 | + | the Oklahoma taxable income of the t axpayer for such year, the |
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| 625 | + | taxpayer, within one (1) year after such final determination of the |
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| 626 | + | corrected taxable income, shall file an amended return under Section |
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| 627 | + | 2351 et seq. of this title reporting the corrected Oklahoma taxable |
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| 630 | + | paragraph is filed and not there after, unless a waiver is agreed to |
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| 631 | + | and signed by the Tax Commission a nd the taxpayer. |
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| 632 | + | 3. In the event of failure by a ta xpayer to comply with t he |
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| 633 | + | provisions of paragraph 2 of this subsection, the statute of |
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| 634 | + | limitations shall be tolled for a period of tim e equal to the time |
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| 637 | + | 4. In administering the provisions of this subsection, the Tax |
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| 638 | + | Commission shall have the authority to audit each and every i tem of |
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| 640 | + | where such items or matters relate to allocatio n or apportionment |
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| 641 | + | between the State of Oklahoma this state and some other state or the |
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| 642 | + | federal government even if such items or matt ers were not affected |
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| 670 | + | matters do not relate to allocation or appor tionment between the |
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| 671 | + | State of Oklahoma this state and some other state or the fede ral |
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| 674 | + | 5. The provisions of this subsection shall be effective on |
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| 676 | + | subject of closing, settle ment, or resolution agreements entered |
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| 678 | + | beginning after June 30, 1988, and all tax years beginning on or |
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| 681 | + | extent such extensions remain open on t he date of enactment hereof. |
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| 682 | + | SECTION 5. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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| 683 | + | Passed the Senate the 2nd day of March, 2023. |
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