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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-508" future_version_removed="true" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Appeals and Judicial Procedures Generally">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Within 30 days after the date on which a notice of assessment of the admissions and amusement tax, alcoholic beverage tax, boxing and wrestling tax, digital advertising gross revenues tax, income tax, motor carrier tax, motor fuel tax, public service company franchise tax, financial institution franchise tax, sales and use tax, or tobacco tax is mailed, a person or governmental unit against which the assessment is made may submit to the tax collector:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an application for revision of the assessment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>except for the public service company franchise tax, if the assessment is paid, a claim for refund.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a person or governmental unit fails to submit an application for revision or claim for refund within the time allowed in subsection (a) of this section, the assessment becomes final.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Comptroller or an employee of the Comptroller’s office expressly designated by the Comptroller promptly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall hold an informal hearing on a person’s or governmental unit’s admissions and amusement tax, alcoholic beverage tax, boxing and wrestling tax, digital advertising gross revenues tax, income tax, motor carrier tax, motor fuel tax, sales and use tax, or tobacco tax application for revision or claim for refund under subsection (a) of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>after the hearing:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>shall act on the application for revision; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>may assess any additional tax, penalty, and interest due; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall mail to the person or governmental unit a notice of final determination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Department promptly:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall act on a person’s public service company franchise tax or financial institution franchise tax application for revision under subsection (a) of this section; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <level label="1">
          <text>shall hold an informal hearing after giving reasonable notice to the person; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>after the hearing:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>shall act on the application for revision; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>may assess any additional tax, penalty, and interest due; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>shall mail to the person a notice of final determination.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
