Section 19590 Of Article 4. Tax Service Fees From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.2. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 4.
19590
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) In addition to standard services that the Franchise Tax Board
provides to all taxpayers and the public, the board also, upon
request, provides specialized taxpayer services to individuals and
entities.
(b) The provision of specialized taxpayer services imposes
additional costs on the agency which are borne by all taxpayers.
(c) The full cost of administering specialized taxpayer services
should be paid by the individual or entity that requests and receives
the specialized taxpayer services, rather than by all taxpayers.
(d) Establishing a specialized service fee is the most efficient
and convenient way to recover the full costs of administering and
providing specialized taxpayer services.
(e) The amount of the specialized service fee imposed on an
individual or an entity pursuant to this article shall be reasonably
related to the actual costs incurred by the board to provide the
specialized taxpayer service.
(f) The revenues derived from the fees imposed pursuant to this
article are not the proceeds of taxes within the meaning Section 3 of
Article XIII A of the California Constitution.