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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 35063

35063. Expediting the Scheduling of an Appeals Conference.

Reference: 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, 8800, 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, 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) The taxpayer may request that the appeals conference for the taxpayer’s appeal be expedited by submitting such a request, in writing, in which the taxpayer agrees to:

(1) Attend an appeals conference at CDTFA’s headquarters office in Sacramento or at an office in Southern California designated by the Appeals Bureau;

(2) Attend a video conference at one of CDTFA’s offices equipped with video conferencing capabilities; or

(3) Participate in the appeals conference via telephone.

(b) Where the taxpayer submits a request described in subdivision (a), the Appeals Bureau will schedule the appeals conference as soon as feasible, and will issue the notice of appeals conference no more than 60 days after receiving the request. That notice of appeals conference may be issued less than 45 days before the scheduled conference, but the Appeals Bureau will not issue the notice less than 21 days before the scheduled conference without the consent of the parties.

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 5263 in division 2.1.)

Note.—Authority cited: 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.