Collection of taxes by Department of Revenue - Reports; costs; enabling act; rules and regulations; assessment, rates of interest.
(a) Municipalities may, upon request of the municipal governing body, engage the Department of Revenue to collect their municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax. Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Department of Revenue shall collect the municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax on behalf of the requesting municipality. The Department of Revenue shall prepare and distribute reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary to provide for the collection of any municipal tax it collects and, on request, shall make all reports available for inspection by the governing body of the municipality. In collecting a municipal sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax, the department shall have all the authority and duties as it has in connection with the collection of the corresponding state tax including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapters 2A, 12, 23, and 26 of Title 40.
(b)(1) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected and, on a biweekly basis, shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount of taxes collected for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount, less the Department of Revenue's actual cost of collection, to be distributed to each municipality, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof.
(2) The department shall charge each municipality the actual cost to the department for collecting its tax. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality. At least once each month, the State Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the Department of Revenue for the collection charges due as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue. Payment shall be from funds collected under this section and shall be the actual cost of collection, not to exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality.
(3) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the department, in cooperation with the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts, shall recompute its actual costs for collection of municipal taxes for the preceding fiscal year. Any collection over-charge shall be redistributed to the municipalities for which the department collects local taxes, on a pro rata basis of each municipality's receipts. No undercharge shall be recovered, either directly or indirectly, from any municipality.
(c) Except where the department is collecting on July 1, 1998, any municipality which has a tax levy that will be collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to the provisions of this section shall forward a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution to the department at least 30 days prior to the first day of the first month on which the department is to begin collecting the tax.
(d) A new levy, or a levy changed by an amendment of a heretofore adopted levy, which will be collected under this section shall not be subject to collection by the Department of Revenue until the first day of the month next following the expiration of 30 days after receipt by the department of a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution with any amendments thereto.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Department of Revenue shall from time to time issue such rules and regulations for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment, collection, and administration of taxes subject to the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions and shall furnish any county or municipal governing body with a copy of those rules and regulations within 15 days of final adoption. Upon request, the Department of Revenue shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of those rules and regulations.
(f) Any self-administered municipal governing body, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(20), may elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to assess interest on any tax delinquency. Any such assessment of interest shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 40-23-2.1. Any self-administered municipal governing body may also elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to pay interest on any refund of tax erroneously paid. In the event that the governing body elects to assess interest on any tax delinquency, the governing body must also elect to pay interest, at the same rate charged by the municipality on tax delinquencies, on any refund of tax erroneously paid. Unless otherwise specified in the ordinance or resolution in which the municipal governing body elects to assess and pay interest determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44, the applicable interest rate to be charged by or due from the municipality shall be one percent per month. References in this subsection to "erroneously paid" taxes on which interest shall be due to the taxpayer shall only mean and refer to taxes erroneously paid to the self-administered municipality or its agent as a result of any error, omission, or inaccurate advice by or on behalf of the self-administered municipality, including in connection with a prior examination of its books and records by the self-administered municipality or its agent.
(g) Notwithstanding subsection (f), the applicable interest rate to be assessed on any tax delinquency or paid on any refund of erroneously paid taxes with respect to all municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax levies collected by the Department of Revenue shall be determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44.
Collection of taxes by Department of Revenue - Reports; costs; enabling act; rules and regulations; assessment, rates of interest.
(a) Municipalities may, upon request of the municipal governing body, engage the Department of Revenue to collect their municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax. Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Department of Revenue shall collect the municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax on behalf of the requesting municipality. The Department of Revenue shall prepare and distribute reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary to provide for the collection of any municipal tax it collects and, on request, shall make all reports available for inspection by the governing body of the municipality. In collecting a municipal sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax, the department shall have all the authority and duties as it has in connection with the collection of the corresponding state tax including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapters 2A, 12, 23, and 26 of Title 40.
(b)(1) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected and, on a biweekly basis, shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount of taxes collected for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount, less the Department of Revenue's actual cost of collection, to be distributed to each municipality, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof.
(2) The department shall charge each municipality the actual cost to the department for collecting its tax. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality. At least once each month, the State Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the Department of Revenue for the collection charges due as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue. Payment shall be from funds collected under this section and shall be the actual cost of collection, not to exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality.
(3) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the department, in cooperation with the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts, shall recompute its actual costs for collection of municipal taxes for the preceding fiscal year. Any collection over-charge shall be redistributed to the municipalities for which the department collects local taxes, on a pro rata basis of each municipality's receipts. No undercharge shall be recovered, either directly or indirectly, from any municipality.
(c) Except where the department is collecting on July 1, 1998, any municipality which has a tax levy that will be collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to the provisions of this section shall forward a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution to the department at least 30 days prior to the first day of the first month on which the department is to begin collecting the tax.
(d) A new levy, or a levy changed by an amendment of a heretofore adopted levy, which will be collected under this section shall not be subject to collection by the Department of Revenue until the first day of the month next following the expiration of 30 days after receipt by the department of a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution with any amendments thereto.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Department of Revenue shall from time to time issue such rules and regulations for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment, collection, and administration of taxes subject to the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions and shall furnish any county or municipal governing body with a copy of those rules and regulations within 15 days of final adoption. Upon request, the Department of Revenue shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of those rules and regulations.
(f) Any self-administered municipal governing body, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(20), may elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to assess interest on any tax delinquency. Any such assessment of interest shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 40-23-2.1. Any self-administered municipal governing body may also elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to pay interest on any refund of tax erroneously paid. In the event that the governing body elects to assess interest on any tax delinquency, the governing body must also elect to pay interest, at the same rate charged by the municipality on tax delinquencies, on any refund of tax erroneously paid. Unless otherwise specified in the ordinance or resolution in which the municipal governing body elects to assess and pay interest determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44, the applicable interest rate to be charged by or due from the municipality shall be one percent per month. References in this subsection to "erroneously paid" taxes on which interest shall be due to the taxpayer shall only mean and refer to taxes erroneously paid to the self-administered municipality or its agent as a result of any error, omission, or inaccurate advice by or on behalf of the self-administered municipality, including in connection with a prior examination of its books and records by the self-administered municipality or its agent.
(g) Notwithstanding subsection (f), the applicable interest rate to be assessed on any tax delinquency or paid on any refund of erroneously paid taxes with respect to all municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax levies collected by the Department of Revenue shall be determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44.
Collection of taxes by Department of Revenue - Reports; costs; enabling act; rules and regulations; assessment, rates of interest.
(a) Municipalities may, upon request of the municipal governing body, engage the Department of Revenue to collect their municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax. Subject to subsections (c) and (d), the Department of Revenue shall collect the municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax on behalf of the requesting municipality. The Department of Revenue shall prepare and distribute reports, forms, and other information as may be necessary to provide for the collection of any municipal tax it collects and, on request, shall make all reports available for inspection by the governing body of the municipality. In collecting a municipal sales, use, rental, or lodgings tax, the department shall have all the authority and duties as it has in connection with the collection of the corresponding state tax including, without limitation, the provisions of Chapters 2A, 12, 23, and 26 of Title 40.
(b)(1) The Commissioner of Revenue shall deposit into the State Treasury all municipal taxes collected and, on a biweekly basis, shall certify to the State Comptroller the amount of taxes collected for the approximate two-week period immediately preceding the certification and the amount, less the Department of Revenue's actual cost of collection, to be distributed to each municipality, which shall be paid to the treasurer or other custodian of funds of the municipality within three days after certification thereof.
(2) The department shall charge each municipality the actual cost to the department for collecting its tax. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, the charge shall not exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality. At least once each month, the State Comptroller shall issue a warrant to the Department of Revenue for the collection charges due as determined by the Commissioner of Revenue. Payment shall be from funds collected under this section and shall be the actual cost of collection, not to exceed two percent of the amount collected for each municipality.
(3) Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, the department, in cooperation with the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts, shall recompute its actual costs for collection of municipal taxes for the preceding fiscal year. Any collection over-charge shall be redistributed to the municipalities for which the department collects local taxes, on a pro rata basis of each municipality's receipts. No undercharge shall be recovered, either directly or indirectly, from any municipality.
(c) Except where the department is collecting on July 1, 1998, any municipality which has a tax levy that will be collected by the Department of Revenue pursuant to the provisions of this section shall forward a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution to the department at least 30 days prior to the first day of the first month on which the department is to begin collecting the tax.
(d) A new levy, or a levy changed by an amendment of a heretofore adopted levy, which will be collected under this section shall not be subject to collection by the Department of Revenue until the first day of the month next following the expiration of 30 days after receipt by the department of a certified copy of the enabling act, ordinance, or resolution with any amendments thereto.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Department of Revenue shall from time to time issue such rules and regulations for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment, collection, and administration of taxes subject to the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary to enforce its provisions and shall furnish any county or municipal governing body with a copy of those rules and regulations within 15 days of final adoption. Upon request, the Department of Revenue shall furnish any taxpayer with a copy of those rules and regulations.
(f) Any self-administered municipal governing body, as defined in Section 40-2A-3(20), may elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to assess interest on any tax delinquency. Any such assessment of interest shall be consistent with the provisions of Section 40-23-2.1. Any self-administered municipal governing body may also elect, by the adoption of an ordinance or resolution, to pay interest on any refund of tax erroneously paid. In the event that the governing body elects to assess interest on any tax delinquency, the governing body must also elect to pay interest, at the same rate charged by the municipality on tax delinquencies, on any refund of tax erroneously paid. Unless otherwise specified in the ordinance or resolution in which the municipal governing body elects to assess and pay interest determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44, the applicable interest rate to be charged by or due from the municipality shall be one percent per month. References in this subsection to "erroneously paid" taxes on which interest shall be due to the taxpayer shall only mean and refer to taxes erroneously paid to the self-administered municipality or its agent as a result of any error, omission, or inaccurate advice by or on behalf of the self-administered municipality, including in connection with a prior examination of its books and records by the self-administered municipality or its agent.
(g) Notwithstanding subsection (f), the applicable interest rate to be assessed on any tax delinquency or paid on any refund of erroneously paid taxes with respect to all municipal sales, use, rental, and lodgings tax levies collected by the Department of Revenue shall be determined in accordance with Section 40-1-44.
