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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="13-905" title_number="13" title_name="Procedure" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Refunds and Offsets">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to the additional provisions under this section, a tax collector shall pay any claim for refund that has been allowed by the tax collector unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the claimant has not paid all other taxes, fees, or charges payable to the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the amount of the refund due is less than $1.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If a claim for refund of income tax is based on a return that is filed jointly by the personal representative and surviving spouse of a decedent, the Comptroller shall pay the claim to the estate of the decedent.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The payment of income tax refunds is subject to tax refund interception under § 10–113 of the Family Law Article and §§ 13–912 through 13–919 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Comptroller may not pay a refund of excess motor carrier tax credit unless the motor carrier has complied with Title 9, Subtitle 2 of this article and regulations adopted under it for a full registration year and the Comptroller, in the Comptroller’s discretion, allows the refund.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>For a claim of refund for sales and use tax, the Comptroller shall either:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pay the refund; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>allow a credit of the amount of the refund on subsequent sales and use tax payments due from the claimant.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If requested by a claimant on a form provided by the Comptroller, the Comptroller shall directly deposit portions of an income tax refund into at least two accounts at one or more financial institutions.</text>
  </level>
</section>
