1999 Minnesota Code
Chapters 294 - 295 Gross Earnings Taxes
Chapter 295 Companies Subject to Gross Earnings Taxes
Section 295.57 Collection and enforcement; refunds; rulemaking; application of other chapters; access to records; interest on overpayments.

295.57 Collection and enforcement; refunds; rulemaking; application of other chapters; access to records; interest on overpayments.

Subdivision 1. Application of other chapters. Unless specifically provided otherwise by sections 295.50 to 295.59, the enforcement, interest, and penalty provisions under chapter 294, appeal provisions in sections 289A.43 and 289A.65, criminal penalties in section 289A.63, and refunds provisions in section 289A.50, and collection and rulemaking provisions under chapter 270, apply to a liability for the taxes imposed under sections 295.50 to 295.59.

Subd. 2. Access to records. For purposes of administering the taxes imposed by sections 295.50 to 295.59, the commissioner may access patients' records that contain billing or other financial information without prior consent from the patients. The data collected is classified as private or nonpublic data.

Subd. 3. Interest on overpayments. Interest must be paid on an overpayment refunded or credited to the taxpayer from the date of payment of the tax until the date the refund is paid or credited. For purposes of this subdivision, the date of payment is the due date of the return or the date of actual payment of the tax, whichever is later.

Subd. 4. Sampling techniques. The commissioner may use statistical or other sampling techniques consistent with generally accepted auditing standards in examining returns or records and making assessments.

HIST: 1992 c 549 art 9 s 11; 1993 c 345 art 13 s 20; 1995 c 234 art 9 s 12; 1995 c 264 art 18 s 6; 1999 c 243 art 8 s 6