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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024

California Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Title 18. Public Revenues
Division 5. California Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Chapter 1. Appeals

Article 8. Appeals Conferences

Rule 35061

35061. Notice of Appeals Conference; Response to Notice of Appeals Conference; Submission of Arguments and Evidence; Recording an Appeals Conference.

Reference: Sections 22973.1, 22974.3, 22974.7, 22977.2, 22978.2, 22978.7, 22979, 22979.7 and 22980.2, Business and Professions Code; Sections 15570.50 and 15570.52, Government Code; Sections 6074, 6456, 6538, 6562, 6592, 6593, 6593.5, 6596, 6814, 6901, 6902, 6906, 6981, 7657, 7657.1, 7657.5, 7658, 7658.1, 7700, 7700.5, 7711, 8126, 8128, 8191, 8828, 8828.5, 8852, 8877, 8878, 8878.5, 8879, 8880, 9024, 9151, 9152, 9196, 30174, 30175, 30176, 30176.1, 30176.2, 30177, 30178, 30178.1, 30243, 30243.5, 30262, 30282, 30283, 30283.5, 30284, 30285, 30361, 30362, 30365, 30421, 30438, 30439, 38433, 38435, 38443, 38452, 38453, 38454, 38454.5, 38455, 38564, 38601, 38602, 38605, 38631, 40093, 40102, 40103, 40103.5, 40104, 40105, 40111, 40112, 40115, 40121, 41033, 41087, 41096, 41097, 41097.5, 41098, 41099, 41100, 41101, 41104, 41107, 43157, 43158, 43158.5, 43159, 43159.1, 43159.2, 43303, 43351, 43352, 43451, 43452, 43454, 43491, 45155, 45156, 45156.5, 45157, 45158, 45303, 45352, 45353, 45651, 45652, 45654, 45801, 46156, 46157, 46157.5, 46158, 46159, 46302, 46303, 46353, 46454, 46501, 46502, 46505, 46551, 50112.2, 50112.3, 50112.4, 50112.5, 50112.6, 50116, 50120.2, 50120.3, 50139, 50140, 50142, 50151, 55044, 55045, 55045.1, 55046, 55046.5, 55083, 55102, 55103, 55221, 55222, 55224, 55281, 60209, 60210, 60210.5, 60211, 60212, 60332, 60333, 60352, 60501, 60502, 60506, 60507, 60521, 60522 and 60581, Revenue and Taxation Code.

(a) At least 45 days prior to the scheduled appeals conference, the Appeals Bureau will mail to the parties a notice of appeals conference that includes the date, time, and location of the appeals conference. A response to notice of appeals conference form will be included with the notice of appeals conference.

(b) A taxpayer who receives a notice of appeals conference should complete and return the response to notice of appeals conference form within 15 days of the date the notice of appeals conference was mailed.

(c) Each party should submit, in writing, its arguments and evidence to the Appeals Bureau before the scheduled appeals conference.

(d) If a party would like to record the appeals conference, that party must check the appropriate box on the response to notice of appeals conference form and provide a copy of the recording or transcript to each of the other parties and to the Appeals Bureau. The recording and the providing of copies is at the party’s own expense. If the Appeals Bureau chooses to record the appeals conference, it will notify the parties prior to the appeals conference, and will provide each party a copy of the recording or transcript.

History—New regulation filed March 19, 2018, as an emergency; effective and operative March 19, 2018. Regulation refiled September 17, 2018, as an emergency; effective and operative September 17, 2018. Regulation refiled December 17, 2018, as an emergency; effective and operative December 17, 2018. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL on February 20, 2019 and filed March 19, 2019. When the regulation was refiled September 17, 2018, the reference to Revenue and Taxation Code section 254.6 was deleted from the regulation’s reference note. (The regulation incorporates provisions from regulation 5261 in division 2.1.)

Note.—Authority cited: Section 22971.2, Business and Professions Code; Sections 15570.40 and 15606, Government Code; Section 25215.74, Health and Safety Code; Sections 7051, 8251, 9251, 30451, 34013, 38701, 40171, 41128, 42020, 42103, 43501, 45851, 46601, 50152, 55301 and 60601, Revenue and Taxation Code.