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Fee Collection Procedures Law

Revenue and Taxation Code

Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 30. Fee Collection Procedures Law

Chapter 3. Determinations


Article 1. Returns and Payments

Article 1.1. Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer

Article 2. Deficiency Determinations

Article 3. Redeterminations

Article 4. Jeopardy Determinations

Article 1. Returns and Payments

55040. Electronic filing. A feepayer shall file a return in the form as prescribed by the board, which may include, but not be limited to, electronic media. Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.

History—Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 459 (AB 1936), in effect January 1, 2003.

55041. Extension of time. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board for good cause may extend, for not to exceed one month, the time for making any return or paying any amount required to be paid under this part. The extension may be granted at any time if a request therefor is filed with the board within or prior to the period for which the extension may be granted.

(b) (1) In the case of a disaster, the board, for a period not to exceed three months, may extend the time for making any report or return or paying any fee required under this part. The extension may be granted at any time provided a request therefor is filed with the board within or before the period for which the extension may be granted.

(2) For purposes of this section, "disaster" means fire, flood, storm, tidal wave, earthquake, or similar public calamity, whether or not resulting from natural causes.

(c) Any person to whom an extension is granted shall pay, in addition to the fee, interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5 from the date on which the fee would have been due without the extension until the date of payment.

History— Stats. 2016, Ch. 257 (AB 1559), in effect September 9, 2016, lettered first paragraph as subdivision (a), substituted "Except as provided in subdivision (b), the" for "The" before "board for good cause", added new subdivision (b), and lettered last paragraph as subdivision (c).

55041.1. Final return. The board may require the payment of the amount due and the filing of returns for periods other than the period or periods set forth in the tax and fee laws administered under this part.

History—Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 545 (AB 1547), in effect January 1, 2010.

55041.5. Extension of time; state of emergency. (a) Subject to subdivision (c), if the Governor issues a state of emergency proclamation, the department may extend the time, for a period not to exceed three months, for making any report or return or paying any tax required under this part for any person in an area identified in the state of emergency proclamation.

(b) If the department makes an extension pursuant to subdivision (a), any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation shall not be required to file a request for the extension.

(c) The department may make the extension in subdivision (a) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

History—Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474 (SB 1496), in effect January 1, 2023.

55042. Penalties. (a) Any person who fails to pay any fee, except fees determined by the board under Article 2 (commencing with Section 55061), within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the fee, together with interest on that fee at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date on which the fee became due and payable until the date of payment.

(b) Any person who fails to file a return within the time prescribed for filing the return shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the fee with respect to the period for which the return is required.

(c) The penalties imposed by this section shall be limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the fee for which the return is required for any one return.

History—Stats. 2000, Ch. 923 (AB 2894), effective January 1, 2001, deleted "If the fee … of the delinquency" of first sentence, added subdivision (a), (b) and (c).

55042.5. Interest; daily basis. [Repealed by Stats. 2016, Ch. 264 (AB 2201), in effect January 1, 2017.

55042.5. Interest; daily basis. (a) If the department finds, taking into account all facts and circumstances, that it is inequitable to compute interest at the modified adjusted rate per month or fraction thereof, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 6591.5, interest shall be computed at the modified adjusted daily rate from the date on which the fee was due until the date of payment, if all of the following occur:

(1) The payment of the fee was made one business day after the date the fee was due.

(2) The person was granted relief from all penalties that applied to that fee payment.

(3) The person files a request for an adjustment.

(b) For purposes of this section, "modified adjusted daily rate" means the modified adjusted rate per annum, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 6591.5, determined on a daily basis by dividing the modified adjusted rate per annum by 365.

(c) For purposes of this section, "business day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any day designated as a state holiday.

(d) This section does not apply to any payment made pursuant to a deficiency determination, a determination where a return has not been filed, or a jeopardy determination issued by the department.

(e) This section only applies to electronic payments of fees.

History—Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 264 (AB 2201), in effect January 1, 2017. Stats. 2017, Ch. 561 (AB 1516), in effect January 1, 2018, add commas after "annum" and after "Section 6591.5" in subdivision (b); substitute "does" for "shall" after "This section", substitute "a" for "no" after "determination where", add "not" after "return has", and add comma after "been filed" in subdivision (e); and delete "shall" and substitute "applies" for "apply" in subdivision (f). Stats. 2021, Ch. 432 (SB 824), in effect January 1, 2022, substituted "department" for "board" throughout; substituted "adjustment" for "oral hearing before the board" after "request for an" in paragraph (a)(3); deleted subdivision (c); and relettered former subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) as subdivisions (c), (d), and (e), respectively.

Note.— Sec. 1, Stats. 2010, Ch. 316 (SB 1028) provides the following: "It is the intent of the Legislature that California's penalty and interest provisions foster and maintain the current high level of compliance, provide appropriate costs and sanctions for noncompliance, and provide a reasonable and administrable degree of latitude for individual taxpayer circumstances and errors. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act, that the State Board of Equalization strictly and narrowly apply its provisions on a case-by-case basis and only in special circumstances."

55043. Interest rates. [Repealed by Stats. 2000, Ch. 923 (AB 2894), in effect January 1, 2001.]

55044. Relief of penalty; excusable delay. (a) If the department finds that a person's failure to make a timely return or payment is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person's control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the penalty provided by Sections 34013, 55042, 55050, and 55086.

(b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and(d), any person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the department a statement, under penalty of perjury, setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the penalty for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The department may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

(d) The department shall establish criteria that provide for efficient resolution of requests for relief pursuant to this section.

History—Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052 (AB 2898), effective January 1, 2001, renumbered first sentence as subdivision (a), renumbered second sentence as subdivision (b), substituted "55042, 55050, and 55086" for "55042 and 55086", added "Except as provided in subdivision (c)" to subdivision (b), added subdivision (c). Stats. 2017, Ch. 253 (AB 133), in effect September 16, 2017, substituted "department" for "board" in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c); and added "34013," after "penalty provided by Sections" in subdivision (a). Stats. 2022, Ch. 474 (SB 1496), in effect January 1, 2023, substituted "subdivisions (c) and (d)" for "subdivision(c)" after "as provided in," substituted "the person" for "he or she" before "bases", and "the" for "his or her" before "claim" in subdivision (b); added subdivision (c); and relettered former subdivision (c) as (d).

55045. Relief of fee, penalty, or interest due to reliance on advice from the Board. (a) If the board finds that a person's failure to make a timely report or payment is due to the person's reasonable reliance on written advice from the board, the person may be relieved of the fees imposed or administered under this part and any penalty or interest added thereto.

(b) For purposes of this section, a person's failure to make a timely report or payment shall be considered to be due to reasonable reliance on written advice from the board, only if the board finds that all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The person requested in writing that the board advise him or her whether a particular activity or transaction is subject to the fee under this part. The specific facts and circumstances of the activity or transaction shall be fully described in the request.

(2) The board responded in writing to the person regarding the written request for advice, stating whether or not the described activity or transaction is subject to the fee, or stating the conditions under which the activity or transaction is subject to the fee.

(3) The liability for fees applied to a particular activity or transaction which occurred before either of the following:

(A) Before the board rescinded or modified the advice so given, by sending written notice to the person of the rescinded or modified advice.

(B) Before a change in statutory or constitutional law, a change in the board's regulations, or a final decision of a court, which renders the board's earlier written advice no longer valid.

(c) Any person seeking relief under this section shall file with the board all of the following:

(1) A copy of the person's written request to the board and a copy of the board's written advice.

(2) A statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts on which the claim for relief is based.

(3) Any other information which the board may require.

(d) Only the person making the written request shall be entitled to rely on the board's written advice to that person.

55045.1. Relief of spouse. (a) Under regulations prescribed by the board, if:

(1) A tax or fee liability under this part was understated by a failure to file a return required to be filed under this part, by the omission of an amount properly includable therein, or by erroneous deductions or credits claimed on a return, and the understatement of tax or fee liability is attributable to one spouse; or any amount of the tax or fee reported on a return was unpaid and the nonpayment of the reported tax or fee liability is attributable to one spouse, or any amount of the fee due on a notice of determination or similar billing document used for collection of the fee was unpaid and the nonpayment of the fee liability is attributable to one spouse.

(2) The other spouse establishes that he or she did not know of, and had no reason to know of, that understatement or nonpayment.

(3) Taking into account whether or not the other spouse significantly benefited directly or indirectly from the understatement or the nonpayment and taking into account all other facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to hold the other spouse liable for the deficiency in the tax or fee attributable to that understatement or nonpayment, then the other spouse shall be relieved of liability for the tax or fee (including interest, penalties, and other amounts) to the extent that the liability is attributable to that understatement or nonpayment of tax or fee.

(b) For purposes of this section, the determination of the spouse to whom items of understatement or nonpayment are attributable shall be made without regard to community property laws.

(c) This section shall apply to all calendar months, quarters, or years subject to the provisions of this part, but shall not apply to any calendar month, quarter, or year that is more than five years from the final date on the board-issued determination or similar billing document for collection of the fee, five years from the return due date for nonpayment on a return, or one year from the first contact with the spouse making a claim under this section; or that has been closed by res judicata, whichever is later.

(d) For purposes of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), "reason to know" means whether or not a reasonably prudent person would have had reason to know of the understatement or nonpayment.

(e) For purposes of this section, with respect to a failure to file a return or an omission of an item from the return, "attributable to one spouse" may be determined by whether a spouse rendered substantial service as a taxpayer or feepayer engaged in an activity or transaction that is subject to a tax or fee administered under this part to which the understatement or nonpayment is attributable. If neither spouse rendered substantial services as a taxpayer or feepayer, then the attribution of applicable items of understatement or nonpayment shall be treated as community property. An erroneous deduction or credit shall be attributable to the spouse who caused that deduction or credit to be entered on the return.

(f) Under procedures prescribed by the board, if, taking into account all the facts and circumstances, it is inequitable to hold the other spouse liable for any unpaid tax or fee or any deficiency (or any portion of either) attributable to any item for which relief is not available under subdivision (a), the board may relieve the other spouse of that liability.

(g) For purposes of this section, registered domestic partners, as defined in Section 297 of the Family Code, have the same rights, protections, and benefits as provided by this section, and are subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties as imposed by this section, as are granted to and imposed upon spouses.

(h) The relief provided by this section shall apply retroactively to liabilities arising prior to the effective date of this section.

History—Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 342 (AB 1748), in effect January 1, 2008.

55046. Relief of interest. (a) The board, in its discretion, may relieve all or any part of the interest imposed on a person by this part where the failure to pay fees is due in whole or in part to an unreasonable error or delay by an employee of the board acting in his or her official capacity.

(b) For purposes of this section, an error or delay shall be deemed to have occurred only if no significant aspect of the error or delay is attributable to an act of, or a failure to act by, the fee payer.

(c) Any person seeking relief under this section shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts on which the claim for relief is based and any other information which the board may require.

(d) The board may grant relief only for interest imposed on fee liabilities that arise during taxable periods commencing on or after January 1, 2000.

History—Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 929 (AB 1638), in effect January 1, 2000. Stats. 2000, Ch. 923 (AB 2894), effective January 1, 2001, deleted "or" after "not made timely," in subdivision (a). Stats. 2001, Ch. 251 (AB 1123), substituted "this part" for "Section 55043 and … made timely, or" in subdivision (a), effective January 1, 2002.

55046.5. Disaster. (a) If the department finds that a person’s failure to make a timely return or payment was due to a disaster, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of interest provided by Sections 55041, 55042, 55050, and 55061.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person seeking to be relieved of the interest shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(c) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the interest for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

(2) The department may grant the relief in paragraph (1) only during the first 12 months following the issuance of the state of emergency proclamation or the duration of the state of emergency, whichever is less.

History—Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 152 (AB 1458), in effect January 1, 2003. Stats. 2022, Ch. 474 (SB 1496), in effect January 1, 2023, substituted "department" for "board" throughout the section; lettered first paragraph as subdivision (a); substituted "Except as provided in subdivision (c), any" for "Any" before "person", substituted "the person" for “he or she" before "bases", and "the" for "his or her" before "claim" and lettered second paragraph as subdivision (b); and added subdivision (c).

Article 1.1. Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer

55050. Electronic funds transfer payments. (a) Any person whose estimated fee liability under this part averages twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more per month, as determined by the board pursuant to methods of calculation prescribed by the board, shall remit amounts due by an electronic funds transfer under procedures prescribed by the board.

(b) Any person whose estimated fee liability under this part averages less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per month may elect to remit amounts due by electronic funds transfer with the approval of the board.

(c) Any person remitting amounts due pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) shall perform electronic funds transfer in compliance with the due dates prescribed for the payment of the fee. Payment is deemed complete on the date the electronic funds transfer is initiated if settlement to the state's demand account occurs on or before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated. If settlement to the state's demand account does not occur on or before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated, payment is deemed to occur on the date settlement occurs.

(d) Any person remitting fees by electronic funds transfer shall, on or before the due date of the remittance, file a return for the preceding reporting period in the form and manner prescribed by the board. Any person who fails to timely file the required return shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of fees, exclusive of prepayments, with respect to the period for which the return is required.

(e) Any person required to remit fees pursuant to this article who remits those fees by means other than appropriate electronic funds transfer shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the fees incorrectly remitted.

(f) Any person who fails to pay any fee to the state or any amount of fee required to be collected and paid to the state, except amounts of determinations made by the board under Article 2 (commencing with Section 55061) within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the fee or amount of fee, in addition to the fee or amount of fee, plus interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date on which the fee or the amount of fee required to be collected became due and payable to the state until the date of payment.

(g) In determining whether a person's estimated fee liability averages twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more per month, the board may consider returns filed pursuant to this part and any other information in the board's possession.

(h) The penalties imposed by subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) shall be limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the fees due, exclusive of prepayments, for any one return. Any person remitting fees by electronic funds transfer shall be subject to the penalties under this section and not Section 55042.

(i) The board shall promulgate regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code for purposes of implementing this section.

History—Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 923 (AB 2894), effective January 1, 2001. Stats. 2005, Ch. 519 (AB 1765), in effect October 4, 2005, operative January 1, 2006, deleted the former last sentence of subdivision (b) which provided "The election shall be operative for a minimum of one year."

55051. Relief of penalty. If the board finds that a person's failure to make payment by an appropriate electronic funds transfer in accordance with board procedures is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person's control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect, that person shall be relieved of the penalty provided in subdivision (e) of Section 55050. Any person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which he or she bases his or her claim for relief.

History—Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 923 (AB 2894), effective January 1, 2001.

55052. Definitions. (a) "Electronic funds transfer" means any transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, or computer or magnetic tape, so as to order, instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an account. Electronic funds transfers shall be accomplished by an automated clearinghouse debit, an automated clearinghouse credit, or by Federal Reserve Wire Transfer (Fedwire).

(b) "Automated clearinghouse" means any federal reserve bank, or an organization established in agreement with the National Automated Clearing House Association, that operates as a clearinghouse for transmitting or receiving entries between banks or bank accounts and which authorizes an electronic transfer of funds between these banks or bank accounts.

(c) "Automated clearinghouse debit" means a transaction in which the state, through its designated depository bank, originates an automated clearinghouse transaction debiting the person's bank account and crediting the state's bank account for the amount of the fee. Banking costs incurred for the automated clearinghouse debit transaction shall be paid by the state.

(d) "Automated clearinghouse credit" means an automated clearinghouse transaction in which the person through his or her own bank, originates an entry crediting the state's bank account and debiting his or her own bank account. Banking costs incurred for the automated clearinghouse credit transaction charged to the state shall be paid by the person originating the credit.

(e) "Fedwire transfer" means any transaction originated by a person and utilizing the national electronic payment system to transfer funds through the federal reserve banks, when that person debits his or her own bank account and credits the state's bank account. Electronic funds transfers pursuant to Section 55050 may be made by Fedwire only if payment cannot, for good cause, be made according to subdivision (a), and the use of Fedwire is preapproved by the board. Banking costs incurred for the Fedwire transaction charged to the person and to the state shall be paid by the person originating the transaction.

History—Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 923 (AB 2894), effective January 1, 2001.

55053. Electronic filing. (a) Any return, declaration, statement, or other document required to be made under this part that is filed using electronic media shall be filed and authenticated pursuant to any method or form the board may prescribe.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, any return, declaration, statement, or other document otherwise required to be signed that is filed by the taxpayer using electronic media in a form as required by the board shall be deemed to be a signed, valid original document, including upon reproduction to paper form by the board.

(c) Electronic media includes, but is not limited to, computer modem, magnetic media, optical disk, facsimile machine, or telephone.

History—Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 543 (SB 1185), effective January 1, 2002.

Article 2. Deficiency Determinations

55061. Deficiency determinations; interest; penalty; notice of deficiency determination. (a) If the department is dissatisfied with the return filed or the amount of the fee paid to the state by any feepayer, or if no return has been filed or no payment of the fee has been made to the state by a feepayer, the department may compute and determine the amount to be paid, based upon any information available to it. In addition, where the department is authorized to collect a fee for another state agency, or where the department is authorized to collect a fee under circumstances where the feepayer is not required to file a return, the department may issue a notice of determination or similar billing document for collection of the fee. One or more additional determinations may be made of the amount of the fee due for one, or for more than one period. The amount of the fee so determined shall bear interest at the modified adjusted rate per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section 6591.5, from the date the amount of the fee, or any portion thereof, became due and payable until the date of payment. In making a determination, the department may offset overpayments for a period or periods against underpayments for another period or periods and against the interest and penalties on the underpayments.

(b) If any part of the deficiency for which a determination of an additional amount due is found to have been occasioned by negligence or intentional disregard of this part or authorized regulations, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the determination shall be added, plus interest as provided in subdivision (a).

(c) If any part of the deficiency for which a determination of an additional amount due is found to be occasioned by fraud or an intent to evade this part or authorized regulations, a penalty of 25 percent of the amount of the determination shall be added, plus interest as provided in subdivision (a).

(d) The department shall give to the feepayer written notice of its determination. The notice shall be served in one of the following manners:

(1) By placing the notice in a sealed envelope, with postage paid, addressed to the feepayer at their address as it appears in the records of the department. Service made pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed complete at the time of the deposit of the notice in a United States Post Office, or a mailbox, sub-post office, substation, or mail chute, or other facility regularly maintained or provided by the United States Postal Service without extension of time for any reason.

(2) By personally delivering the notice to the person to be served. Service made pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed complete at the time of delivery. Personal service to a corporation may be made by delivery of a notice to any person designated in the Code of Civil Procedure to be served for the corporation with summons and complaint in a civil action.

(3) (A) By delivering the notice electronically via secure transmission when either of the following applies:

(i) The feepayer requests the notice of determination to be sent electronically via secure transmission.

(ii) The department has evidence that the feepayer no longer receives mail at the address of record and has previously provided an address for electronic mail.

(B) Service provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be deemed complete at the time the department electronically transmits the notice via the feepayer’s secure web portal, without extension of time for any reason.

History–Stats. 2004, Ch. 527 (SB 1881), in effect January 1, 2005, added second sentence providing "in addition, where … collection of the fee" to subdivision (a), deleted "made is" after "amount due is" in subdivision (b), and deleted "," after "to be served" in subdivision (d). Stats. 2024, Ch. 499 (SB 1528), in effect January 1, 2024, substituted "department" for "board" throughout; substituted "served in one of the following manners:" for "placed in" in the second sentence and redesignated the remainder of the former second sentence and third sentence of subdivision (d) as paragraph (d)(1); added "By placing the notice in" before "a sealed" and substituted "their" for "his or her" after "feepayer at" in the first sentence, substituted "Service made pursuant to this paragraph" for "The giving of notice" and substituted "substation," for "substation" after "sub-post office," in the second sentence of new paragraph (d)(1); redesignated former third and fourth sentences as paragraph (d)(2); substituted "By personally" for "In lieu of mailing… personally by" before "delivering", added "the notice" after "delivering", and substituted "served." for "served and service" after "person to be" in the first sentence and added "Service made pursuant to this paragraph" before "shall be deemed" as the beginning of the new second sentence of new paragraph (d)(2); added paragraph (d)(3).

55062. Limitations; deficiency determinations. Except in the case of fraud, intent to evade this part, authorized rules and regulations, or failure to make a return, every notice of a determination of an additional amount due shall be served within three years after the date when the amount should have been paid or the return was due, or within three years after the return was filed, whichever period expires later. In the case of failure to make a return, the notice of determination shall be served within eight years after the date the return was due.

History—Ch. 1113, Stats. 1993, in effect January 1, 1994, added "or the return … expires later" after "have been paid" in the first sentence. Stats. 2024, Ch. 499 (SB 1528), in effect January 1, 2025, substituted "served" for "given" after "shall be" in the first sentence; substituted "served" for "mailed" after "shall be" in the second sentence.

55063. Limitations; deficiency determinations; decedents. In the case of a deficiency arising under this part during the lifetime of a decedent, a notice of deficiency determination shall be served within four months after written request therefor, in the form required by the department, by the fiduciary of the estate or trust or by any other person liable for the fee or any portion thereof.

History—Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 407, in effect January 1, 1993. Stats. 2024, Ch. 499 (SB 1528), in effect January 1, 2025, substituted "served" for "mailed" after "shall be" and "department," for "board," after "required by the."

55064. Waiver. If before the expiration of the time prescribed in Section 55062 for serving a notice of deficiency determination the feepayer has consented in writing to service of the notice after that time, the notice may be served at any time prior to the expiration of the period agreed upon. The period so agreed upon may be extended by subsequent agreements in writing made before the expiration of the period previously agreed upon.

History—Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 407, in effect January 1, 1993. Stats. 2024, Ch. 499 (SB 1528), in effect January 1, 2025, substituted "serving" for "the mailing of" after "Section 55062 for", "service" for "the mailing" after "in writing to", and "served" for "mailed" after "may be" in the first sentence.

Article 3. Redeterminations

55081. Petition for redetermination. Any person from whom an amount is determined to be due under Article 2 (commencing with Section 55061), or any person directly interested, may petition for a redetermination thereof within 30 days after service upon him or her of notice of the determination. If a petition for redetermination is not filed within the 30-day period, the amount determined to be due becomes final at the expiration thereof.

55082. Form and content of petition. Every petition for redetermination shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the petition is founded. The petition may be amended to state additional grounds at any time prior to the date on which the board issues its order or decision upon the petition for redetermination.

55083. Oral hearing. If a petition for redetermination is filed within the 30-day period, the board shall reconsider the amount determined to be due, and if the person has so requested in his or her petition, the board shall grant him or her an oral hearing and shall give him or her 10 days' notice of the time and place of the hearing. The board may continue the hearing from time to time as may be necessary.

55084. Decrease or increase of determinations. The board may decrease or increase the amount of the determination before it become final, but the amount may be increased only if a claim for the increase is asserted by the board at or before the hearing. Unless the 25-percent penalty imposed by subdivision (c) of Section 55061 applies to the amount of the determination as originally made or as increased, the claim for increase must be asserted within eight years after the date the return for the period for which the increase is asserted was due.

55085. Finality date of order or decision. The order or decision of the board upon a petition for redetermination shall become final 30 days after service upon the petitioner of notice thereof.

55086. Due date of determination; penalty. All amounts determined to be due by the board under Article 2 (commencing with Section 55061) are due and payable at the time they become final, and if not paid when due and payable, a penalty of 10 percent of the amount determined to be due shall be added to the amount due and payable.

55087. Service of notice. Any notice required by this article shall be served in the same manner as prescribed for service of notice by subdivision (d) of Section 55061.

History—Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 407, in effect January 1, 1993. Stats. 2024, Ch. 499 (SB 1528), in effect January 1, 2025, deleted "personally or by mail" after "served."

Article 4. Jeopardy Determinations

55101. Jeopardy determinations; interest and penalty. If the board believes that the collection of any amount of the fee will be jeopardized by delay, it shall thereupon make a determination of the amount of the fee due, noting that fact upon the determination, and the amount of the fee shall be immediately due and payable. If the amount of the fee, interest, and penalty specified in the jeopardy determination is not paid, or a petition for redetermination is not filed, within 10 days after the service upon the feepayer of notice of determination, the determination becomes final, and the delinquency penalty and interest provided in Section 55042 shall be attached to the amount of the fee specified therein.

History—Stats. 2004, Ch. 527 (SB 1881), in effect January 1, 2005, substituted "Section 55042" for "Sections 55042 and 55043" in last sentence.

55102. Petition for redetermination; security. The feepayer against whom a jeopardy determination is made may file a petition for redetermination thereof, pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 55081), with the department within 10 days after the service upon the feepayer of notice of the determination, but they shall, within the 10-day period, deposit with the department any security that it deems necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this part. The security may be sold by the department at public sale if it becomes necessary to do so in order to recover any amount due under this part. Notice of the sale may be served upon the person who deposited the security in the same manner as prescribed for service of notice by Section 55061. Upon any such sale, the surplus, if any, above the amount due under this part shall be returned to the person who deposited the security.

History—Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 407, in effect January 1, 1993. Stats. 2024, Ch. 499 (SB 1528), in effect January 1, 2025, substituted "department" for "board" throughout; substituted "they" for "he or she" after "determination, but" in the first sentence; deleted "personally or by mail" after "deposited the security" in the third sentence.

55103. Administrative hearing. In accordance with any rules and regulations that the board may prescribe, the person against whom a jeopardy determination is made may apply for an administrative hearing for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) To establish that the determination is excessive.

(b) To establish that the sale of property that may be seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination, or any part thereof, shall be delayed pending the administrative hearing because the sale would result in irreparable injury to the person.

(c) To request the release of all or a part of the property to the person.

(d) To request a stay of collection activities.

The application shall be filed within 30 days after service of the notice of jeopardy determination and shall be in writing and state the specific factual legal grounds upon which it is founded. The person shall not be required to post any security in order to file the application and to obtain the hearing. However, if the person does not deposit, within the 10-day period prescribed in Section 55102, the security that the board deems necessary to ensure compliance with this part, the filing of the application shall not operate as a stay of collection activities, except the sale of property seized after issuance of the jeopardy determination. Upon a showing of good cause for failure to file a timely application for an administrative hearing, the board may allow a filing of the application and grant the person an administrative hearing. The filing of an application pursuant to this section shall not affect the provisions of Section 55101 relating to the finality date of the determination or to penalty and interest.