Certification of excess amount collected; credit and refund; overpayment of use tax by purchaser.
1. If the Department determines that any amount, penalty or interest has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the Department shall set forth that fact in the records of the Department and shall certify to the board of county commissioners the amount collected in excess of the amount legally due and the person from whom it was collected or by whom paid. If approved by the board of county commissioners, the excess amount collected or paid must be credited on any amounts then due from the person pursuant to this chapter, and the balance must be refunded to the person, or his successors, administrators or executors.
2. Any overpayment of the use tax by a purchaser to a retailer who is required to collect the tax and who gives the purchaser a receipt therefor pursuant to NRS 374.190 to 374.260, inclusive, and 374.727, must be credited or refunded by the county.
Last modified: February 27, 2006