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HOUSE BILL NO. 446 – Tax returns, file electronically

HOUSE BILL NO. 446

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H0446...............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
TAX RETURNS - FILING - Amends existing law to provide a definition of the
filing date of tax returns which are filed electronically.
                                                                        
01/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/27    Rpt prt - to Rev/Tax
02/02    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/03    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/04    3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
      Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes,
      Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
      Jones, Judd, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher,
      Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
      Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
      Stone, Taylor, Trail(Miller), Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Gould, Kellogg, Tilman
    Floor Sponsor - Ridinger
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/07    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Loc Gov
02/10    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/11    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/24    3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-0-5
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Darrington, Deide, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough,
      King-Barrutia, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Riggs, Risch, Sandy,
      Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Walton, Wheeler,
      Whitworth, Williams
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Danielson, Davis, Dunklin, Lee, Richardson
    Floor Sponsor - Stennett
    Title apvd - to House
02/25    To enrol
02/28    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/29    Pres signed
03/01    To Governor
03/03    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 15
         Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text


 H0446
                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 446
                                                                        
                             BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO FILING TAX RETURNS ELECTRONICALLY; AMENDING SECTION 63-113,  IDAHO
  3        CODE,  AS  ADDED  BY SECTION 10, CHAPTER 117, LAWS OF 1997, TO REDESIGNATE
  4        THE SECTION AND  TO  CLARIFY  THE  FILING  DATE  OF  ELECTRONICALLY  FILED
  5        RETURNS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 63-113, Idaho Code, as added by Section 10, Chap-
  8    ter 117, Laws of 1997, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        63-1135.  FILING  OF  ELECTRONIC RETURNS AND DOCUMENTS -- ELECTRONIC FUNDS
 10    TRANSFERS. (1) Any return or other document filed with  or  submitted  to  the
 11    state  tax commission may be transmitted electronically to the commission when
 12    permitted by rules or procedures established by the  commission.  Payments  of
 13    any  amounts to the commission by electronic funds transfer shall be in accor-
 14    dance with sections 67-2026 and 67-2026A, Idaho Code.
 15        (2)  As used in this section, "transmitted electronically" means  the  use
 16    of a telecommunication or computer network to transfer information in an opti-
 17    cal,  electronic,  magnetic  or other machine sensible form. The term includes
 18    the use of facsimile machines and third party value added networks.
 19        (3)  Any return or other document transmitted electronically to  the  com-
 20    mission and accepted by the commission shall be deemed received on the earlier
 21    of:
 22        (a)  The  date  it  arrives  at  the commission or, at a third party value
 23        added network under contract with the commission to receive the return  or
 24        document  in  the  case of returns filed through the Internal Revenue Ser-
 25        vice, the date the return is received by the Internal Revenue Service; or
 26        (b)  The date that a third party, in accordance with  procedures  approved
 27        by  the  commission,  transmits  the  return to the commission or makes it
 28        otherwise available to the commission.
 29        (4)  Any payment made electronically shall be deemed paid on the date  the
 30    funds are available to the state treasurer.
 31        (5)  To constitute a properly filed valid tax return or report, a document
 32    transmitted  electronically  or  submitted in a physical machine sensible form
 33    such as tape or disk must:
 34        (1a)  Be filed in a format prescribed by the tax commission and be  suffi-
 35        ciently  free of errors to identify the filer and the tax type and to cal-
 36        culate the amounts due;
 37        (2b)  Contain the taxpayer's name, address (if required by the tax commis-
 38        sion) and identifying number;
 39        (3c)  Be signed by the taxpayer or other individual effecting  the  signa-
 40        ture or verification; and
 41        (4d)  Include  sufficient information to permit the mathematical verifica-
 42        tion of any tax liability.
 43        (6)  The tax commission may, by  rule,  prescribe  exclusive  methods  for
                                                                        
                                       2
                                                                        
  1    electronically  signing  or  verifying  a return or other document transmitted
  2    electronically to the commission that shall have the same validity and  conse-
  3    quences  as  manual  signing by the taxpayer or other individual effecting the
  4    signature or verification.
                                                                        
  5        SECTION 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and  after  July
  6    1, 2000.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                            RS09349

This bill removes an inconsistency in current law and provides a 
clearer definition of the filing date of tax returns filed 
electronically.  It provides that an electronically filed return 
is filed on the earlier of the date that it is received by the 
Commission or the IRS or on the date an approved intermediary 
submits the return.

                        FISCAL NOTE

No fiscal effect 

Contact
Name: Dan John / Ted Spangler
Agency: State Tax Commission
Phone: 334-7530

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       H44