2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 208 - Business Tax › Act 36 of 2007 - Michigan Business Tax Act (208.1101 - 208.1601) › 36-2007-5 - Chapter 5 (208.1500...208.1601) › Section 208.1508 - Overpayment of Tax; Filing Claim for Refund; Limitation; Assessment; Appropriation.

***** 208.1508 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED BY ACT 90 OF 2019 EFFECTIVE FOR TAX YEARS THAT BEGIN AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2031 *****
208.1508 Overpayment of tax; filing claim for refund; limitation; assessment; appropriation.
Sec. 508.
(1) If, as a result of the changes enacted by the amendatory act that added this section, a taxpayer has an overpayment of tax for any tax year beginning after December 31, 2009 through the tax year beginning after December 31, 2013, the taxpayer shall, in accordance with sections 27a and 30 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.27a and 205.30, file a claim for a refund, on or after January 1, 2015 but no later than December 31, 2015, using a form, process, or format as prescribed by the department. A claim filed pursuant to this section is limited to the determination of any tax liability and any overpayment resulting from the changes enacted by the amendatory act that added this section. Interest shall be calculated in accordance with section 23 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.23. Any refund paid under this section shall be paid in equal annual payments over 6 years beginning in 2016.
(2) Notwithstanding section 21(6) and (7) of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.21, and the statute of limitations period prescribed under section 27a(2) of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.27a, the department may assess a taxpayer that claimed a refund pursuant to this section for any amount determined after audit or investigation to have exceeded the proper and correct amount of overpayment resulting from the changes enacted by the amendatory act that added this section. The assessment issued under this subsection shall not be issued more than 4 years after the date the taxpayer filed its claim under this section and shall be limited to the changes enacted by the amendatory act that added this section.
(3) There is appropriated to the department for the 2014-2015 state fiscal year the sum of $1,000,000.00 to begin implementing the requirements of the amendatory act that added this section. Any portion of this amount under this section that is not expended in the 2014-2015 state fiscal year shall not lapse to the general fund but shall be carried forward in a work project account that is in compliance with section 451a of the management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1451a, for the following state fiscal year.
History:
Add. 2014, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Sept. 12, 2014
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 282 of 2014 provides:"Enacting section 1. 1969 PA 343, MCL 205.581 to 205.589, is repealed retroactively and effective beginning January 1, 2008. It is the intent of the legislature that the repeal of 1969 PA 343, MCL 205.581 to 205.589, is to express the original intent of the legislature regarding the application of section 301 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1301, and the intended effect of that section to eliminate the election provision included within section 1 of 1969 PA 343, MCL 205.581, and that the 2011 amendatory act that amended section 1 of 1969 PA 343, MCL 205.581, was to further express the original intent of the legislature regarding the application of section 301 of the Michigan business tax act, 2007 PA 36, MCL 208.1301, and to clarify that the election provision included within section 1 of 1969 PA 343, MCL 205.581, is not available under the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.713."Enacting section 2 of Act 282 of 2014 provides:"Enacting section 2. This amendatory act is retroactive and is effective for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2010."