Section 55333 Of Article 2. The California Taxpayers’ Bill Of Rights From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 2.
55333
. (a) The board shall release any levy or notice to withhold
issued pursuant to this part on any property in the event that the
expense of the sale process exceeds the liability for which the levy
is made.
(b) (1) (A) The Taxpayers' Rights Advocate may order the release
of any levy or notice to withhold upon his or her finding that the
levy or notice to withhold issued pursuant to this part or, within 90
days from the receipt of funds pursuant to a levy or notice to
withhold, order the return of any amount up to two thousand three
hundred dollars ($2,300) of moneys received, threatens the health or
welfare of the taxpayer or his or her spouse and dependents or
family.
(B) The amount the Taxpayers' Rights Advocate may release or
return to each taxpayer subject to a levy or notice to withhold, is
limited to two thousand three hundred dollars ($2,300), or the
adjusted amount as specified in paragraph (2), in any monthly period.
(C) The Taxpayers' Rights Advocate may order amounts returned in
the case of a seizure of property as a result of a jeopardy
determination, subject to the amounts set or adjusted pursuant to
this section and if the ultimate collection of the amount due is no
longer in jeopardy.
(2) (A) The board shall adjust the
two-thousand-three-hundred-dollar ($2,300) amount specified in
paragraph (1) as follows:
(i) On or before March 1, 2016, and on or before March 1 each year
thereafter, the board shall multiply the amount applicable for the
current fiscal year by the inflation factor adjustment calculated
based on the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, as
recorded by the California Department of Industrial Relations for the
most recent year available, and the formula set forth in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041. The resulting amount will be
the applicable amount for the succeeding fiscal year only when the
applicable amount computed is equal to or exceeds a new operative
threshold, as defined in subparagraph (B).
(ii) When the applicable amount equals or exceeds an operative
threshold specified in subparagraph (B), the resulting applicable
amount, rounded to the nearest multiple of one hundred dollars
($100), shall be operative for purposes of paragraph (1) beginning
July 1 of the succeeding fiscal year.
(B) For purposes of this paragraph, "operative threshold" means an
amount that exceeds by at least one hundred dollars ($100) the
greater of either the amount specified in paragraph (1) or the amount
computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) as the operative adjustment to
the amount specified in paragraph (1).
(c) The board shall not sell any seized property until it has
first notified the taxpayer in writing of the exemptions from levy
under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 703.010) of Division 2 of
Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(d) Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b), this section shall not apply to the seizure of any
property as a result of a jeopardy determination.