COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1364
(Reference to Senate engrossed bill)
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Page 3, between lines 7 and 8, insert:
"Sec. 2. Section 42-1123, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-1123. Interest
A. If it is provided by law that interest applies as determined pursuant to this section, the department shall apply interest, compounded annually, in the same manner and at the same times as prescribed by section 6621 of the United States internal revenue code, except that the rate of interest for both overpayments and underpayments for all taxpayers is the federal short‑term rate, determined pursuant to section 6621(b) of the internal revenue code, plus three percentage points.
B. On January 1 of each year the department shall add any interest outstanding as of that date to the principal amount of the tax. For purposes of this section, the amount added to the principal is thereafter considered a part of the principal amount of the tax and accrues interest pursuant to this section.
C. If the tax, whether determined by the department or the taxpayer, or any portion of the tax is not paid on or before the date prescribed for its payment, the department shall collect, as a part of the tax, interest on the unpaid amount at the rate determined pursuant to this section from the date prescribed for its payment until it is paid.
D. Interest on the amount assessed as a deficiency shall be assessed and paid at the same time as the deficiency at the rate determined pursuant to this section from the date prescribed for the payment of the tax to the date the deficiency is assessed. If any portion of the deficiency is paid before the date it is assessed, interest shall accrue on that portion only to the date paid.
E. If the time for filing a return is extended, the department shall collect, as part of such tax, interest on any unpaid balance at the rate determined pursuant to this section from the date on which the payment should have been made if no extension had been granted until the date the tax is paid.
F. Except in the case of a jeopardy assessment, collection of which has been stayed by the posting of a bond, if a deficiency or any interest is not paid in full within ten days from the date of notice and demand from the department, the department shall collect as a part of the tax interest on the unpaid tax or interest at the rate determined pursuant to this section from the date of the notice and demand until it is paid.
G. If an original return filed with the department shows that the taxpayer is entitled to a refund, interest is not allowed on the amount to be refunded if the refund is paid within sixty days of the last day for filing the return or sixty days from the filing of the return, whichever is later. If the department does not pay the amount of the refund due within sixty days after the date established in this subsection, the department shall pay the interest on the amount at the rate prescribed in this section from the sixty‑first day to the issued date of the refund warrant. The department's annual budget shall separately state the amount necessary to satisfy the requirements of this subsection.
H. In the case of an amended return, claim for refund or refund determined through audit, interest shall be allowed and paid, with respect to any tax, from the date prescribed for the payment of that tax to the issue date of the refund warrant, but in the case of an original return of tax which that is filed after the last date prescribed for filing the return and paying such tax, determined with regard to extensions, no interest may be allowed or paid for any day before the date on which the return is filed or the tax paid, whichever is later. A payment not made incident to a bona fide and orderly discharge of an actual liability or one reasonably assumed to be imposed by law is not an overpayment for the purposes of this subsection and interest is not payable on the payment.
I. If a credit or refund of any part of an overpayment would be barred under section 42‑1106, subsection A, except for the provisions of section 42‑1104, subsection B c, paragraph 4, interest shall not be allowed or paid with respect to such part of the overpayment for any period beginning after the expiration of the period of limitation provided in section 42‑1106, subsection A for filing a claim for credit or refund of such part of the overpayment and ending at the expiration of six months after the date on which the claim was filed or, if no claim was filed and the overpayment was found by the department, ending at the time the appeal was filed with the board.
J. In any judgment of any court rendered for any overpayment, interest shall be allowed at the rate determined pursuant to this section on the amount of the overpayment from the date of the payment or collection to the date of allowance of credit on account of such judgment or to a date determined by the department preceding the date of the refund warrant by not more than thirty days."
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Page 4, between lines 15 and 16, insert:
"Sec. 4. Section 42-2075, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-2075. Audit duration; definition
A. An audit of a taxpayer's return or claim for refund shall not exceed two years from the date of initial audit contact to the issuance of a notice of proposed deficiency assessment or proposed overpayment, except:
1. An audit of a fraudulent tax return.
2. An audit delayed as the result of the taxpayer's bankruptcy proceeding.
3. An audit in which the department has issued a letter to the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative citing the potential imposition of the penalty described in section 42‑1125, subsection C for the taxpayer's failure or refusal to provide information pursuant to the department's written request.
4. An audit involving proceedings concerning the enforcement or validity of a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued pursuant to section 42‑1006, subsection C.
5. An audit involving a proceeding under section 42‑2056.
6. An audit where a taxpayer has filed a petition pursuant to section 43‑1148, but only in relation to the effect of the petition request.
7. An audit in which the taxpayer provides a written request to extend the audit beyond the two‑year period. A request for extension under this paragraph is not a substitute for a waiver of the statute of limitations pursuant to section 42‑1104, subsection B C, paragraph 9. However, a waiver of the statute of limitations is considered to be a written request to extend the audit beyond the two‑year period under this paragraph.
B. This section applies to audits conducted by the department and to joint audits conducted by the department and cities and towns pursuant to section 42‑6005.
C. For the purposes of this section, "initial audit contact" means:
1. For a field audit, the date of the first meeting between the taxpayer or the taxpayer's representative and a member of the department's audit staff.
2. For a desk or office audit, the date of the first letter to the taxpayer regarding the audit.
Sec. 5. Section 42-5069, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-5069. Commercial lease classification; definitions
A. The commercial lease classification is comprised of the business of leasing for a consideration the use or occupancy of real property.
B. A person who, as a lessor, leases or rents for a consideration under one or more leases or rental agreements the use or occupancy of real property that is used by the lessee for commercial purposes is deemed to be engaged in business and subject to the tax imposed by article 1 of this chapter, but this subsection does not include leases or rentals of real property used for residential or agricultural purposes.
C. The commercial lease classification does not include:
1. Any business activities that are classified under the transient lodging classification.
2. Activities engaged in by the Arizona exposition and state fair board or county fair commissions in connection with events sponsored by those entities.
3. Leasing real property to a lessee who subleases the property if the lessee is engaged in business classified under the commercial lease classification or the transient lodging classification.
4. Leasing real property pursuant to a written lease agreement entered into before December 1, 1967. This exclusion does not apply to the businesses of hotels, guest houses, dude ranches and resorts, rooming houses, apartment houses, office buildings, automobile storage garages, parking lots or tourist camps, or to the extension or renewal of any such written lease agreement.
5. Leasing real property by a corporation to an affiliated corporation. For the purposes of this paragraph, "affiliated corporation" means a corporation that owns or controls at least eighty per cent of the lessor, that is at least eighty per cent owned or controlled by the lessor or that is at least eighty per cent owned or controlled by a corporation that also owns or controls at least eighty per cent of the lessor. Ownership and control are determined by reference to the voting shares of a corporation.
6. Leasing real property for boarding horses.
7. Leasing or renting real property or the right to use real property at exhibition events in this state sponsored, operated or conducted by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) or 501(c)(6) of the internal revenue code if the organization is associated with major league baseball teams or a national touring professional golfing association and no part of the organization's net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
8. Leasing or renting real property or the right to use real property for use as a rodeo featuring primarily farm and ranch animals in this state sponsored, operated or conducted by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(6), 501(c)(7) or 501(c)(8) of the internal revenue code and no part of the organization's net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
9. Leasing or renting dwelling units, lodging facilities or trailer or mobile home spaces if the units, facilities or spaces are intended to serve as the principal or permanent place of residence for the lessee or renter or if the unit, facility or space is leased or rented to a single tenant thirty or more consecutive days.
10. Leasing or renting real property and improvements for use primarily for religious worship by a nonprofit organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code and no part of the organization's net earnings inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
11. Leasing or renting real property used for agricultural purposes under either of the following circumstances:
(a) The lease or rental is between family members, trusts, estates, corporations, partnerships, joint venturers or similar entities, or any combination thereof, if the individuals or at least eighty per cent of the beneficiaries, shareholders, partners or joint venturers share a family relationship as parents or ancestors of parents, children or descendants of children, siblings, cousins of the first degree, aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews of the first degree, spouses of any of the listed relatives and listed relatives by the half-blood or by adoption.
(b) The lessor leases or rents real property used for agricultural purposes under no more than three leases or rental agreements.
12. Leasing, renting or granting the right to use real property to vendors or exhibitors by a trade or industry association that is a qualifying organization pursuant to section 513(d)(3)(C) of the internal revenue code for a period not to exceed twenty-one days in connection with an event that meets all of the following conditions:
(a) The majority of such vending or exhibition activities relate to the nature of the trade or business sponsoring the event.
(b) The event is held in conjunction with a formal business meeting of the trade or industry association.
(c) The event is organized by the persons engaged in the particular trade or industry.
13. Leasing, renting or granting the right to use real property for a period not to exceed twenty-one days by a coliseum, civic center, civic plaza, convention center, auditorium or arena owned by this state or any of its political subdivisions.
14. Leasing or subleasing real property used by a nursing care institution as defined in section 36-401 that is licensed pursuant to title 36, chapter 4.
15. Leasing or renting an eligible facility as defined in section 28‑7701.
16. Granting or providing rights to real property that constitute a profit ŕ prendre for the severance of minerals, including all rights to use the surface or subsurface of the property as is necessary or convenient to the right to sever the minerals. This paragraph does not exclude from the commercial lease classification leasehold rights to the real property that are granted in addition to and not included within the right of profit ŕ prendre, but the tax base for the grant of such a leasehold right, if the gross income derived from the grant is not separately stated from the gross income derived from the grant of the profit ŕ prendre, shall not exceed the fair market value of the leasehold rights computed after excluding the value of all rights under the profit ŕ prendre. For the purposes of this paragraph, "profit ŕ prendre" means a right to use the land of another to mine minerals, and carries with it the right of entry and the right to remove and take the minerals from the land and also includes the right to use the surface of the land as is necessary and convenient for exercise of the profit.
D. The tax base for the commercial lease classification is the gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the business, but reimbursements to the lessor for utility service shall be deducted from the tax base.
E. Notwithstanding section 42‑1104, subsection B C, paragraph 1, subdivision (b) and paragraph 2, the failure to file tax returns for the commercial lease classification that report gross income derived from any agreement that constitutes, in whole or in part, a grant of a right of profit ŕ prendre for the severance of minerals does not constitute an exception to the general rule for the statute of limitations.
F. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Leasing" includes renting.
2. "Real property" includes any improvements, rights or interest in such property."
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