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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024

Diesel Fuel Tax Law

Revenue and Taxation Code

Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 31. Diesel Fuel Tax Law

Chapter 8. Overpayments and Refunds.

Article 2. Claim for Refund

Section 60521


60521. Credits and refunds. If the department determines that any amount not required to be paid under this part has been paid by any person to the state, the department shall set forth that fact in its records and certify the amount paid in excess of the amount legally due and the person by whom the excess was paid to the department or from whom it was collected. The excess amount paid or collected shall be credited 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 either be refunded to the person, or the person’s successors, administrators, executors, or assigns, or, if authorized by the department, deducted by the person from any amounts to become due from the person under this part.

For any amount exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the department’s determination under this section shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days after the effective date of the determination.

History—Stats. 1995, Ch. 34, in effect June 30, 1995, but operative July 1, 1995, added "government entity," after "exempt bus operator," in the first sentence of the first paragraph. Stats. 1995, Ch. 555, in effect January 1, 1996, substituted "user" for "trucker" after "supplier, interstate" in the first paragraph. Stats. 2001, Ch. 429 (AB 309), in effect January 1, 2002, substituted "to the state" for "that is a licensed supplier, interstate user, exempt bus operator, government entity, highway vehicle operator, or end seller" after "paid by any person" in the first sentence of the first paragraph. Stats. 2022, Ch. 474 (SB 1496), in effect January 1, 2023, substituted "department" for "board" throughout; substituted "the person’s" for "his or her" after "to the person, or" and substituted "the person" for "him or her" after "become due from" in the second sentence of the first paragraph; and substituted "department’s" for "board’s proposed" after "fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the" and substituted "after" for "prior to" after "10 days" in the second paragraph.