California Revenue and Taxation Code 40 – (a) (1) The board shall publish on its Internet Web site a …
(a) (1) The board shall publish on its Internet Web site a written formal opinion, a written memorandum opinion, or a written summary decision for each decision of the board in which the amount in controversy is five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or more, within 120 days of the date upon which the board rendered its decision.
(2) A decision of the board shall not include consent calendar actions taken by the board.
Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 40
- board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
(b) Each formal opinion, memorandum opinion, and summary decision as described in subdivision (a) shall include all of the following:
(1) Findings of fact.
(2) The legal issue or issues presented.
(3) Applicable law.
(4) Analysis.
(5) Disposition.
(6) Names of adopting board members.
(c) (1) A board member may submit a dissenting opinion setting forth his or her rationale for disagreeing with the memorandum opinion or formal opinion.
(2) A board member may submit a concurring opinion setting forth the board member’s rationale for agreeing with the result reached in the memorandum opinion or formal opinion, if different than the rationale set forth in the memorandum opinion or formal opinion.
(3) A dissenting opinion and a concurring opinion shall be published in the same manner as prescribed in subdivision (a) for a formal opinion or memorandum opinion.
(d) A formal opinion or memorandum opinion adopted by the board may be cited as precedent in any matter or proceeding before the board, unless the opinion has been depublished, overruled, or superseded. A summary decision may not be cited as precedent in any matter or proceeding before the board.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 788, Sec. 1. (AB 2323) Effective January 1, 2013.)