Cal. Code Regs. tit. 18, § 35049 – Authority to Grant Relief of Interest Due to Unreasonable Error or Delay and Contents of a Request for Such Relief.

(a) A taxpayer may be relieved of interest imposed under the Sales and Use Tax Law, Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, Use Fuel Tax Law, Cigarette and Tobacco Products Tax Law, Timber Yield Tax Law, Energy Resources Surcharge Law, Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Law, Hazardous Substances Tax Law, Integrated Waste Management Fee Law, Oil Spill Response, Prevention, and Administration Fees Law, Underground Storage Tank Maintenance Fee Law, Fee Collection Procedures Law, and Diesel Fuel Tax Law, if the taxpayer was charged interest due to an unreasonable error or delay:
1. (1) By CDTFA staff acting in their official capacity; and
2. (2) No significant aspect of the error or delay is attributable to an act or failure to act by the taxpayer.
(b) A taxpayer may be relieved of interest imposed under the Sales and Use Tax Law where the taxpayer's failure to pay the correct amount of sales or use tax was the direct result of an error or delay by a state agency that collects the tax on behalf of CDTFA.
(c) A request for relief of interest must:
1. (1) Be in writing;
2. (2) Specifically identify the error or delay that caused the taxpayer requesting relief to be charged interest;
3. (3) Specifically identify the period for which interest relief is sought; and
4. (4) Be signed by the taxpayer requesting relief under penalty of perjury.
(d) A request for relief of interest may also be filed online through CDTFA's website at www.cdtfa.ca.gov.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 15570.40 and 15606, Government Code; Section 25215.74, Health and Safety Code; and Sections 7051, 8251, 9251, 30451, 34013, 38701, 40171, 41128, 42103, 43501, 45851, 46601, 50152, 55301 and 60601, Revenue and Taxation Code. Reference: Sections 6593.5, 7658.1, 8878.5, 30283.5, 38455, 40103.5, 41097.5, 43158.5, 45156.5, 46157.5, 50112.4, 55046 and 60212, Revenue and Taxation Code.

History

1. New section filed 3-19-2018 as an emergency; operative 3-19-2018 (Register 2018, No. 12). Pursuant to Government Code section 15570.40, this action is a deemed emergency and exempt from OAL review. A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-17-2018 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. New section refiled 9-17-2018 as an emergency; operative 9-17-2018 (Register 2018, No. 38). Pursuant to Government Code section 15570.40, this action is a deemed emergency and exempt from OAL review. A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-17-2018 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

3. New section refiled 12-17-2018 as an emergency; operative 12-17-2018 (Register 2018, No. 51). Pursuant to Government Code section 15570.40, this action is a deemed emergency and exempt from OAL review. A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-18-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

4. Repealed by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) (Register 2019, No. 12).

5. New section filed 3-19-2019; operative 3-19-2019. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only. Exempt from the APA pursuant to Government Code section 15570.40(b) (Register 2019, No. 12).

6. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(1) and (b) and amending Note filed 6-27-2024 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2024, No. 26).