Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3471 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/08/2017

                    85R12050 BEF-D
 By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3471


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to a sales tax refund or severance tax credit for sales tax
 overpayments by certain oil or gas severance taxpayers.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 151.430, Tax Code, is amended by
 amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
 read as follows:
 (a)  This section applies to the tax on purchases paid by a
 person who holds [holding] a permit under this chapter or files a
 report under Section 201.203, 201.2035, 202.201, or 202.202, who
 has purchased taxable items for use in this state, and who has
 remitted tax on those items in error to this state or has paid tax on
 those items in error to a retailer holding a permit under this
 chapter.
 (c)  A [The] person who holds a permit under this chapter may
 obtain reimbursement for amounts determined to have been overpaid
 by taking a credit on one or more sales tax returns or by filing a
 claim for refund with the comptroller within the limitation period
 specified by Subchapter D, Chapter 111.
 (c-1)  A person who files a report under Section 201.203,
 201.2035, 202.201, or 202.202 may obtain reimbursement for amounts
 determined to have been overpaid under this chapter by taking a
 credit on one or more reports under those sections or by filing a
 claim for refund with the comptroller within the limitation period
 specified by Subchapter D, Chapter 111.
 SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act does not
 affect tax liability accruing before the effective date of this
 Act. That liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been
 enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for the
 collection of taxes due and for civil and criminal enforcement of
 the liability for those taxes.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.