Beginning January 1, 2014:
(A) A wireless service provider, reseller, seller, wireless service subscriber, or consumer of a prepaid wireless calling service may apply to the tax commissioner for a refund of wireless 9-1-1 charges described in division (B) of this section. The application shall be made on the form prescribed by the tax commissioner. The application shall be made not later than four years after the date of the illegal or erroneous payment of the wireless 9-1-1 charge by the subscriber or consumer, unless the wireless service provider, reseller, or seller waives the time limitation under division (A)(3) of section 128.462 of the Revised Code. If the time limitation is waived, the refund application period shall be extended for the same period as the waiver.
(B)
(1) If a wireless service provider, reseller, or seller refunds to a subscriber or consumer the full amount of wireless 9-1-1 charges that the subscriber or consumer paid illegally or erroneously, and if the provider, reseller, or seller remitted that amount under section 128.46 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall refund that amount to the provider, reseller, or seller.
(2) If a wireless service provider, reseller, or seller has illegally or erroneously billed a subscriber or charged a consumer for a wireless 9-1-1 charge, and if the provider, reseller, or seller has not collected the charge but has remitted that amount under section 128.46 of the Revised Code, the tax commissioner shall refund that amount to the provider, reseller, or seller.
(C)
(1) The tax commissioner may refund to a subscriber or consumer wireless 9-1-1 charges paid illegally or erroneously to a provider, reseller, or seller only if both of the following apply:
(a) The tax commissioner has not refunded the wireless 9-1-1 charges to the provider, reseller, or seller.
(b) The provider, reseller, or seller has not refunded the wireless 9-1-1 charges to the subscriber or consumer.
(2) The tax commissioner may require the subscriber or consumer to obtain from the provider, reseller, or seller a written statement confirming that the provider, reseller, or seller has not refunded the wireless 9-1-1 charges to the subscriber or consumer and that the provider, reseller, or seller has not filed an application for a refund under this section. The tax commissioner may also require the provider, reseller, or seller to provide this statement.
(D) On the filing of an application for a refund under this section, the tax commissioner shall determine the amount of refund to which the applicant is entitled. If the amount is not less than that claimed, the commissioner shall certify the determined amount to the director of budget and management and the treasurer of state for payment from the tax refund fund created under section 5703.052 of the Revised Code. If the amount is less than that claimed, the commissioner shall proceed in accordance with section 5703.70 of the Revised Code.
(E) Refunds granted under this section shall include interest as provided by section 5739.132 of the Revised Code.
Added by 130th General Assembly File No. 25, HB 59, ยง101.01, eff. 9/29/2013.
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