§ 4.72.130. Refunds and procedures.

A.

Whenever the amount of any tax, interest or penalty has been overpaid or paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city under this chapter, it may be refunded as provided in Subsections B. and C. of this section provided a written claim for refund is filed with the director of finance, and the provisions of Chapter 4.82 are satisfied.

B.

An operator may obtain a refund or take as credit against taxes collected and remitted the amount overpaid, paid more than once, or erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city by filing a claim in the manner provided in Subsection A. of this section, but only when the operator establishes to the satisfaction of the director of finance that the person from whom the tax has been collected was not a transient; provided, however, that neither a refund nor a credit shall be allowed unless the amount of the tax so collected has either been refunded to the transient or credited to rent subsequently payable by the transient to the operator.

C.

A transient may obtain a refund of taxes overpaid or paid more than once or erroneously or illegally collected or received by the city by filing a claim in the manner provided in Subsection A. of this section, but only when the tax was paid by the transient directly to the director of finance, or when the transient having paid the tax to the operator, establishes to the satisfaction of the director of finance that the transient has been unable to obtain a refund from the operator who collected the tax.

(Prior code § 13011; Ord. 27787.)