Section 41060 Of Article 1.1. Payment By Electronic Funds Transfer From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 20. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.1.
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. (a) Any person whose estimated surcharge liability under
this part averages twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more per
month, as determined by the board pursuant to methods of calculation
prescribed by the board, shall remit amounts due by an electronic
funds transfer under procedures prescribed by the board.
(b) Any person whose estimated surcharge liability under this part
averages less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per month may
elect to remit amounts due by electronic funds transfer with the
approval of the board.
(c) Any person remitting amounts due pursuant to subdivision (a)
or (b) shall perform electronic funds transfer in compliance with the
due dates set forth in Article 1 (commencing with Section 41050).
Payment is deemed complete on the date the electronic funds transfer
is initiated if settlement to the state's demand account occurs on or
before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated.
If settlement to the state's demand account does not occur on or
before the banking day following the date the transfer is initiated,
payment is deemed to occur on the date settlement occurs.
(d) Any person remitting surcharges by electronic funds transfer
shall, on or before the due date of the remittance, file a return for
the preceding reporting period in the form and manner prescribed by
the board. Any person who fails to timely file the required return
shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the surcharges
with respect to the period for which the return is required.
(e) Any person required to remit surcharges pursuant to this
article who remits those surcharges by means other than appropriate
electronic funds transfer shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the
surcharges incorrectly remitted.
(f) Any person who fails to pay any surcharge to the state or any
amount of surcharge required to be collected and paid to the state,
except amounts of determinations made by the board under Article 3
(commencing with Section 41070) or Article 4 (commencing with Section
41080), within the time required shall pay a penalty of 10 percent
of the surcharge or amount of surcharge, in addition to the surcharge
or amount of surcharge, plus interest at the modified adjusted rate
per month, or fraction thereof, established pursuant to Section
6591.5, from the date on which the surcharge or the amount of
surcharge required to be collected became due and payable to the
state until the date of payment.
(g) In determining whether a person's estimated surcharge
liability averages twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more per
month, the board may consider returns filed pursuant to this part and
any other information in the board's possession.
(h) The penalties imposed by subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) shall
be limited to a maximum of 10 percent of the surcharges due for any
one return. Any person remitting surcharges by electronic funds
transfer shall be subject to the penalties under this section and not
Section 41095.
(i) The board shall promulgate regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2
of the Government Code for purposes of implementing this section.