California Revenue and Taxation Code

§ 30282

RTC § 30282 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Part 13 · Ch. 4 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)If the department finds that a person’s failure to make a timely report or payment is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the penalty provided by Sections 30171, 30190, 30221, 30264, and 30281.

(b)Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), any person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the department a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the person bases the claim for relief.

(c)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the department may grant relief of the penalty for any person in an area identified in a state of emergency proclamation made by the Governor for the period the state of emergency proclamation is effective, regardless of whether the person has filed a statement with the department pursuant to subdivision (b).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 474, Sec. 30. (SB 1496) Effective January 1, 2023.