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receive reimbursement, the qualified community wind power | | generator must file a claim for reimbursement in accordance | | with this subsection. Reimbursement may not be issued to a | | qualified community wind power generator under this paragraph | | unless the contractor or subcontractor has previously | | submitted to the bureau a certificate, signed by the | | contractor or subcontractor, releasing the contractor's or | | subcontractor's claim to the reimbursement. The certificate | | must be in a format prescribed by the State Tax Assessor. |
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| | | 4. Limitations. Limitations on reimbursements made pursuant to | | this section are governed by this subsection. |
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| | | A. Reimbursements made by the State Tax Assessor pursuant to | | this section are limited to taxes paid in connection with | | sales of tangible personal property that occur within a | | period of 5 years from the date the qualified community wind | | power generator receiving the property is certified pursuant | | to section 5219-AA or by December 31, 2011, whichever occurs | | first. |
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| | | B. Reimbursement pursuant to this section of taxes paid in | | connection with the sale of tangible personal property | | subsequently attached to real property may not be made when | | those real property improvements: |
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| | | (1) Are owned by more than one person prior to their | | acquisition by the qualified community wind power | | generator whose certification accompanies the | | reimbursement claim pursuant to subsection 3; or |
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| | | (2) Have been used for a business purpose by a person | | other than the qualified community wind power generator | | whose certification accompanies the reimbursement claim | | pursuant to subsection 3. |
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| | | 5. Audit. The State Tax Assessor has the authority to audit | | any claim filed under this section. If the assessor determines | | that the amount of the claimed reimbursement is incorrect, the | | assessor shall redetermine the claim and notify the claimant in |
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| | | writing of the redetermination. If the claimant has received | | reimbursement of an amount that the assessor concludes should not | | have been reimbursed, the assessor may issue an assessment for | | that amount within 3 years from the date the reimbursement claim | | was filed or at any time if a fraudulent reimbursement claim was | | filed. The claimant may seek reconsideration, pursuant to section | | 151, of the redetermination or assessment. |
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