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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024

Fee Collection Procedures Law

Revenue and Taxation Code

Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 30. Fee Collection Procedures Law
Chapter 5. Overpayments and Refunds
Article 1. Claim for Refund

Section 55222


55222. Claim; limitation periods. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no refund shall be approved by the board after three years from the due date of the payment for the period for which the overpayment was made, or, with respect to determinations made under Article 2 (commencing with Section 55061) of Chapter 3, after six months from the date the determinations have become final, or six months from the date of overpayment, whichever period expires later, unless a claim therefor is filed with the board within that period. No credit shall be approved by the board after the expiration of that period, unless a claim for credit is filed with the board within that period or unless the credit relates to a period for which a waiver is given pursuant to Section 55064.

(b) A refund may be approved by the board for any period for which a waiver is given under Section 55064 if a claim therefor is filed with the board before the expiration of the period agreed upon.

(c) Every claim for refund or credit shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded.

History—Stats. 2001, Ch. 543 (SB 1185), substituted "after" for "within" and "from the date" for "after" in subdivision (a), effective January 1, 2002.