Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:473 Primary Sponsor:Waddell Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Setoff provisions for delinquent taxes Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Companion Bill Number:3274 Computer Document Number:473 Introduced Date:Jan 15, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Feb 20, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Waddell Leatherman Lourie Hayes Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN ---- ------ ------------ ------------------------------ --- 473 House Feb 20, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 30 referred to Committee 473 Senate Feb 19, 1991 Read third time, sent to House 473 Senate Feb 14, 1991 Read second time, notice of general amendments 473 Senate Feb 13, 1991 Committee Report: Favorable 06 473 Senate Jan 15, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 06 referred to CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
COMMITTEE REPORT
February 13, 1991
S. 473
Introduced by SENATORS Waddell, Leatherman, Lourie and Hayes
S. Printed 2/13/91--S.
Read the first time January 15, 1991.
To whom was referred a Bill (S. 473), to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 12-54-260 so as to provide for the collection of delinquent state taxes, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:
JAMES M. WADDELL, JR., for Committee.
STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT
Senate Bill 473 adds Section 12-54-260 so as to provide for the collection of delinquent state taxes by setting off delinquent taxes against amounts due the taxpayer for providing goods and services to the state, to provide that the South Carolina Tax Commission shall provide appropriate information to the Comptroller General for the purpose of making setoffs, to require amounts set off to be remitted to the Commission, to provide for written notices of the setoff to the taxpayers, and to provide for review of setoffs by the Commission.
This bill would increase state revenue by an undeterminable amount.
Approved By:
S. Hunter Howard, Jr.
S.C. Tax Commission
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 12-54-260 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF DELINQUENT STATE TAXES BY SETTING OFF DELINQUENT TAXES AGAINST AMOUNTS DUE THE TAXPAYER FOR PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES TO THE STATE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SOUTH CAROLINA TAX COMMISSION SHALL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING SETOFFS, TO REQUIRE AMOUNTS SET OFF TO BE REMITTED TO THE COMMISSION, TO PROVIDE FOR WRITTEN NOTICES OF THE SETOFF TO THE TAXPAYERS, AND TO PROVIDE FOR REVIEW OF SETOFFS BY THE COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 54, Title 12 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 12-54-260. (A) As used in this section:
(1) `Delinquent taxes' mean state taxes including penalty, interest, and costs for which a warrant for distraint has been issued and filed by the commission.
(2) `Commission' means the South Carolina Tax Commission.
(3) `Payment owed by the State' means amounts for which the Comptroller General is responsible for payment and which result from goods or services rendered or to be rendered to the State or its agencies or political subdivisions.
(4) `Collecting agency' means the Comptroller General.
(B) The commission may collect delinquent taxes by means of a setoff procedure as provided in this section.
(C) The commission shall provide to the Comptroller General the names, social security numbers, or federal employer identification numbers, or other identifying information considered necessary by the Comptroller General to determine whether a payment owed by the State to a taxpayer is a payment due a taxpayer owing delinquent taxes.
(D) Based solely on the information furnished by the commission, the Comptroller General shall determine if a payment owed by the State is payable to a taxpayer owing delinquent taxes and on this determination he shall remit the payment to the commission. The commission shall promptly notify the delinquent taxpayer of the payment. Remitting of the payment to the commission terminates the Comptroller General's responsibilities under this section, except as otherwise provided by law. The commission's notice to the taxpayer must:
(1) be in writing;
(2) specify the amount paid to the commission;
(3) state the total amount the commission determines to be due from the taxpayer;
(4) specify the name, address, and telephone number of an employee of the commission whom the taxpayer can contact to discuss the delinquent tax liability.
(E) Reviews of setoffs are with the commission and information furnished by the commission to the Comptroller General is considered correct and reliable for use by the Comptroller General in applying the setoff procedure."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.