SECTION 12C
REFUNDS OF TAX
12C(1)
[Claim in writing and finding within 3 years]
Where the Commissioner finds that any person has made an overpayment of tax, the Commissioner shall not make any refund to that person in respect of that overpayment unless he so finds -
(a)
within a period of three years; or
(b)
on consideration of a claim in writing for that refund lodged with the Commissioner within a period of three years,
from the date upon which the overpayment was made.
12C(2)
[Operation of other provisions]
Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of -
(a)
any provision of any Sales Tax Assessment Act relating to objections and appeals;
(b)
section twelve A of this Act;
(c)
sub-sections (2), (4) and (5) of section twenty-six of the
Sales
Tax Assessment Act (No. 1) 1930-1936;
(ca)
sub-section 26(3A) of the
Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 1)
1930, or that sub-section as applied by any other Sales Assessment Act;
(d)
sub-sections (2) and (3) of section eleven of the
Sales Tax
Assessment Act (No. 2) 1930-1936;
(e)
sub-sections (2) and (3) of section eleven of the
Sales Tax
Assessment Act (No. 3) 1930-1936;
(f)
sub-sections (2), (2B) and (3) of section eleven and section eleven A of the
Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 5) 1930-1936;
(g)
sub-sections (2) and (3) of section eleven of the
Sales Tax
Assessment Act (No. 6) 1930-1936;
(h)
sub-sections (2) and (3) of section eleven of the
Sales Tax
Assessment Act (No. 7) 1930-1936;
(ha)
sub-section 11(1B) of the
Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 9)
1930;
(i)
sub-section (1) of section eleven of the
Sales Tax Assessment Act
(No. 9) 1930-1936 insofar as it empowers the Commissioner to make any refund consequential upon any reduction in the sale value of goods pursuant to sub-section (1A) of section four of that Act;
(ia)
sub-section 11(2) of the
Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 10)
1985 to the extent that a refund shall be made under that sub-section in pursuance of an amount being refunded or refundable under any provision referred to in paragraph (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (ha) or (i);
(ib)
sub-section 11(3) of the
Sales Tax Assessment Act (No. 10)
1985; or
(j)
the amendments effected to the
Sales Tax Exemptions Act 1935 by the
Sales Tax Exemptions Act 1936 insofar as those amendments apply to transactions, acts or operations performed or entered into prior to the date of the commencement of the
Sales Tax Exemptions Act 1935.
History
S 12C(2) amended by No 47 of 1985; s 58(a)-(c), effective 30 May 1985 by:
•
inserting para (ca);
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inserting the words ``, (213)'' in para (f); and
•
inserting para (ha).
S 12C(2) amended by No 47 of 1985, s 58(d) and (c), effective 10 May 1985 by:
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omitting the word ``or'' from para (i); and
•
inserting para (ia) and (ib).
S 12C(2)(d), (e), (g) and (h) were amended to delete reference to s 5A now omitted from various Assessment Acts by No 216 of 1973, effective 31 December 1973.
12C(3)
[Notice of refund decision]
Where a person makes a claim in writing for a refund or other payment under a Sales Tax Assessment Act and the Commissioner is satisfied that -
(a)
part only of the amount claimed is refundable or payable; or
(b)
no part of the amount claimed is refundable or payable,
the Commissioner shall cause notice in writing of the decision to be served on the person.
History
S 12C(3) inserted by No 48 of 1986, s 189, effective 1 July 1986.
Former s 12C(3) omitted by No 216 of 1973, effective 31 December 1973.