Section 19057 Of Article 3. Deficiency Assessments From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 3.
19057
. (a) Except in the case of a false or fraudulent return and
except as otherwise expressly provided in this part, every notice of
a proposed deficiency assessment shall be mailed to the taxpayer
within four years after the return was filed. No deficiency shall be
assessed or collected with respect to the year for which the return
was filed unless the notice is mailed within the four-year period or
the period otherwise provided. For purposes of this chapter, the term
"return" means the return required to be filed by the taxpayer and
does not include a return of any person from whom the taxpayer has
received an item of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit.
(b) The running of the period of limitations provided in
subdivision (a) on mailing a notice of proposed deficiency assessment
shall, in a case under Title 11 of the United States Code, be
suspended for any period during which the Franchise Tax Board is
prohibited by reason of that case from mailing the notice of proposed
deficiency assessment and for 60 days thereafter.
(c) Where, within the 60-day period ending on the day on which the
time prescribed in this section for the assessment of any tax
imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) for any taxable year would otherwise
expire, the Franchise Tax Board receives a written document, other
than an amended return or a report required by Section 18622, signed
by the taxpayer showing that the taxpayer owes an additional amount
of that tax for that taxable year, the period for the assessment of
an additional amount in excess of the amount shown on either an
original or amended return shall not expire before the day 60 days
after the day on which the Franchise Tax Board receives that
document.
(d) If a taxpayer determines in good faith that it is an exempt
organization and files a return as an exempt organization under
Section 23772, and if the taxpayer is thereafter held to be a taxable
organization for the taxable year for which the return is filed,
that return shall be deemed the return of the organization for the
purposes of this section.