North Dakota Code 57-65-11 – Refund claims
1. A taxpayer may file a claim for credit or refund of an overpayment of tax within three years of the due date of the return or three years after the return was filed. However, if there is a change in tax liability on any return by an amount in excess of twenty-five percent of the amount of tax before any credits, a claim for refund of tax may be filed within six years after the due date of the return or six years after the return was filed, whichever period expires last.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-65-11
- Credits: means and includes every claim and demand for money or other valuable thing, and every annuity or sum of money receivable at stated periods, due or to become due, and all claims and demands secured by deeds or mortgages, due or to become due. See North Dakota Code 57-02-01
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
2. If any taxpayer consents to an extension of time for the assessment of tax under subsection 5 of section 57-65-09, the period of time for filing a claim for credit or refund will be similarly extended. If an assessment is issued under this circumstance, the taxpayer has sixty days from the assessment to file a claim for refund. If a claim for refund is filed in any year extended by an agreement under subsection 5 of section 57-65-09, the tax commissioner may assess additional tax for any year extended by the same agreement which has otherwise expired. The additional assessment is limited to the issues raised in the claim for credit or refund.
3. Every claim for credit or refund must be made by filing with the tax commissioner an amended return, or other report as prescribed by the tax commissioner, accompanied by a statement outlining the specific grounds upon which the claim is based.
4. In all cases of overpayment, duplicate payment, or payment made in error, the tax commissioner shall issue a certificate containing the facts and the amount of the refund to which the taxpayer may be entitled. Upon presentation of the certificate to the office of management and budget, a warrant must be issued to the taxpayer for the purpose of refunding any overpayment, duplicate payment, or payment made in error out of the unapportioned potash and byproducts tax in the state treasury and a pro rata share must be charged against the county entitled to share in the tax. Interest arising from refunds of overpayments, duplicate payments, and erroneous payments must be allowed and paid at the rate of ten percent per annum and accrues for payment from sixty days after the due date of the return or after the return was filed or after the tax was fully paid, whichever comes later.