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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024
Timber Yield Tax Law
Revenue and Taxation Code
Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 18.5. Timber Yield Tax
Chapter 7. Overpayments and Refunds
Article 1. Claim for Refund
Section 38601
38601. Credits and refunds. If the department determines that any amount, penalty, or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the department shall set forth that fact in the records of the department, certify the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid, and credit the excess amount collected or paid 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 be refunded to the person, or the person’s successors, administrators, or executors. Any determination by the department pursuant to this section with respect to an amount in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be available as a public record for at least 10 days after the effective date of that determination.
History—Stats. 1979, Ch. 516, in effect January 1, 1980, substituted "five" for "one" and "($5,000)" for "($1,000)" in the first sentence of the second paragraph. Stats. 1985, Ch. 591, effective January 1, 1986, substituted "fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)" for "five thousand dollars ($5,000)" in the second paragraph. Stats. 1988, Ch. 1029, in effect January 1, 1989, added "or her" after "his" in the first paragraph, substituted "fifty" for "fifteen" after "exceeding, substituted "50,000" for "15,000" after "dollars", and added "or her" after "his" in the second paragraph. Stats. 1994, Ch. 726, in effect September 22, 1994, substituted ", certify" for "and shall certify to the State Board of Control" after "records of the board", substituted ", and credit" for ". If approved by the State Board of Control" after "by whom paid" in the first sentence; added the second sentence; and deleted the second paragraph which read: "In the case, however, of a determination by the board that an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) was not required to be paid under this part, the board without obtaining approval of the State Board of Control may credit the amount on any amounts then due and payable under this part from the person by whom the amount was paid and may refund the balance to the person or his successors, administrators, or executors." Stats. 2022, Ch. 474 (SB 1496), in effect January 1, 2023, substituted "department" for "board" throughout the section; substituted "the person’s" for "his or her" before "successors" in the first sentence of the paragraph; deleted "proposed" before "determination" and substituted "after" for "prior to" before "the effective" in the second sentence of the paragraph.