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2021 California Code
Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC
DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES
PART 22 - HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TAX LAW
CHAPTER 3 - Determinations
ARTICLE 1 - Returns and Payments
Section 43157.

Universal Citation:
CA Rev & Tax Code § 43157 (2021)
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43157.  

(a) If the board finds that a person’s failure to make a timely return, prepayment, or payment is due to reasonable cause and circumstances beyond the person’s control, and occurred notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and the absence of willful neglect, the person may be relieved of the penalty provided by Sections 43155, 43170, and 43306.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), any person seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the board a statement, under penalty of perjury, setting forth the facts upon which he or she bases his or her claim for relief.

(c) The board shall establish criteria that provide for efficient resolution of requests for relief pursuant to this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1052, Sec. 56.5. Effective January 1, 2001.)

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