The Sales and Use Tax Law imposes various penalties for failure to file a timely return form, failure to remit the tax when due, and failure to remit the amount due by an appropriate electronic funds transfer.
This bill would add an additional penalty for the failure to remit the tax when due if that failure results in the State Board of Equalization’s issuance of a deficiency determination.
Under the Sales and Use Tax Law, retailers located outside this state who are engaged in business in this state are required to register with the State Board of Equalization and collect, report, and remit any applicable California use taxes on sales made to customers located in this state. If a retailer fails to register with the board and fails to file a return, the board is authorized to issue a notice of determination for a period of 8 years.
This bill would reduce the period within which the board may issue a deficiency determination from 8 years to 3 years for a “qualifying retailer,” as defined.
The Sales and Use Tax Law authorizes the Controller to recover any refund that is erroneously made or any credit that is erroneously allowed in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, as specified. Existing law requires the Attorney General to prosecute the action, and makes relevant provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure applicable to the proceedings.
This bill would, as an alternative to that provision, authorize the State Board of Equalization to recover any refund or credit erroneously made or allowed. It would permit the board, in its discretion, to issue a deficiency determination, as specified.
The Sales and Use Tax Law makes it a misdemeanor to make a false or fraudulent return with intent to defeat or evade the determination of an amount required by law to be made.
This bill would also make it a misdemeanor to willfully aid or assist in, or procure, counsel, or advise in, the preparation of a false or fraudulent return or other document. By creating a new crime punishable as a misdemeanor, this bill would create a state-mandated local program.
This bill would make additional, clarifying changes to the Sales and Use Tax Law.
The Sales and Use Tax Law, the Use Fuel Tax Law, the Hazardous Substances Tax Law, the Integrated Waste Management Fee Law, the Underground Storage Tank Maintenance Fee Law, and the Fee Collection Procedures Law authorize the State Board of Equalization to require any person subject to those laws to place with it security, as determined by the board. Those provisions of existing law refer to bearer bonds issued by the state or federal government as one of the forms of security that may be held by the board.
This bill would delete any reference to bearer bonds in those provisions of law.
Under the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law, both cigarettes and tobacco products are subject to that tax. The existing law requires any person desiring to engage in the sale of cigarettes as a wholesaler to register with and obtain a wholesaler’s license from the State Board of Equalization.
This bill would also apply that provision to any person desiring to engage in the sale of tobacco products as a wholesaler.
This bill would incorporate the changes to Section 8951 of the Revenue and Taxation Code proposed by both this bill and SB 840, to become operative only if this bill and SB 840 are both chaptered and this bill is chaptered last.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.