(a) Section thirteen of this article authorizes the Tax Commissioner to combine into one form the annual returns due under this article and article twenty-three of this chapter. To facilitate combining returns, reports and declarations for these two taxes, and to allow a taxpayer to pay both taxes with one remittance, the amount of taxes collected under this article and article twenty-three of this chapter, including any additions to tax, penalties or interest collected with respect to such taxes, pursuant to a combined return, report or declaration shall be deposited in one account: Provided, That the Tax Commissioner shall keep such records as may be necessary to separately account for the amount of each tax collected, including additions to tax, penalties or interest collected with respect to each tax, during each fiscal year of the state.

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Terms Used In West Virginia Code 11-24-38

  • Commissioner: means the State Tax Commissioner. See West Virginia Code 11-22-1
  • including: when used in a definition contained in this article, do not exclude other things otherwise within the meaning of the term being defined. See West Virginia Code 11-24-3a
  • state: means any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States and any foreign country or political subdivision thereof. See West Virginia Code 11-24-3a
  • tax: includes , within its meaning, interest and additions to tax, unless the intention to give it a more limited meaning is disclosed by the context. See West Virginia Code 11-24-3a
  • Tax Commissioner: means the Tax Commissioner of the State of West Virginia or his or her delegate. See West Virginia Code 11-24-3a
  • taxpayer: means any person subject to the tax imposed by this article. See West Virginia Code 11-24-3a

(b) Overpayments of the tax imposed by article twenty-three of this chapter may be applied against tax due under this article for same taxable year, and overpayments of the tax imposed by this article may be applied against underpayment of the tax imposed by article twenty-three of this chapter for the same taxable year.

(c) The provisions of this section shall take effect upon passage.