Section 11-1794. Jeopardy assessment  


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  • (a) Authority for making. If the tax
      commission believes that the assessment or collection  of  a  deficiency
      will  be  jeopardized by delay, it shall, notwithstanding the provisions
      of sections 11-1781 and  11-1796,  immediately  assess  such  deficiency
      (together with all interest, penalties and additions to tax provided for
      by  law),  and notice and demand shall be made by the tax commission for
      the payment thereof.
        (b) Notice of deficiency. If the jeopardy assessment  is  made  before
      any  notice  in  respect  of  the  tax  to which the jeopardy assessment
      relates has been mailed under section 11-1781, then the  tax  commission
      shall  mail  a  notice  under  such  section within sixty days after the
      making of the assessment.
        (c) Amount assessable before decision of tax commission. The  jeopardy
      assessment  may  be made in respect of a deficiency greater or less than
      that of which notice is mailed to the taxpayer and whether  or  not  the
      taxpayer  has  theretofore filed a petition with the tax commission. The
      tax commission may, at any time before  rendering  its  decision,  abate
      such  assessment,  or  any unpaid portion thereof, to the extent that it
      believes the assessment to be excessive in amount.  The  tax  commission
      may  in its decision redetermine the entire amount of the deficiency and
      of all amounts assessed at the same time in connection therewith.
        (d) Amount  assessable  after  decision  of  tax  commission.  If  the
      jeopardy  assessment is made after the decision of the tax commission is
      rendered, such assessment may be made only in respect of the  deficiency
      determined by the tax commission in its decision.
        (e)  Expiration  of  right to assess. A jeopardy assessment may not be
      made after the decision of the tax commission has become final or  after
      the  taxpayer  has made an application for review of the decision of the
      tax commission.
        (f) Collection of unpaid amounts. When a petition has been filed  with
      the  tax  commission and when the amount which should have been assessed
      has been determined by a decision of the tax commission which has become
      final, then any unpaid portion, the collection of which has been  stayed
      by  bond,  shall  be collected as part of the tax upon notice and demand
      from the tax commission, and any remaining  portion  of  the  assessment
      shall  be  abated.  If  the  amount already collected exceeds the amount
      determined as the amount which should have been  assessed,  such  excess
      shall  be  credited  or  refunded to the taxpayer as provided in section
      11-1786 without the filing of claim therefor. If the  amount  determined
      as the amount which should have been assessed is greater than the amount
      actually  assessed,  then  the difference shall be assessed and shall be
      collected as part of the  tax  upon  notice  and  demand  from  the  tax
      commission.
        (g) Abatement if jeopardy does not exist. The tax commission may abate
      the  jeopardy  assessment if it finds that jeopardy does not exist. Such
      abatement may not be made after a decision  of  the  tax  commission  in
      respect  of the deficiency has been rendered or, if no petition is filed
      with the tax commission, after the expiration of the period  for  filing
      such petition. The period of limitation on the making of assessments and
      levy or a proceeding for collection, in respect of any deficiency, shall
      be determined as if the jeopardy assessment so abated had not been made,
      except  that  the running of such period shall in any event be suspended
      for the period from the date  of  such  jeopardy  assessment  until  the
      expiration  of  the  tenth  day  after  the  day  on which such jeopardy
      assessment is abated.
        (h) Bond to stay collection. The collection of the whole or any amount
      of any jeopardy  assessment  may  be  stayed  by  filing  with  the  tax
      commission, within such time as may be fixed by regulation, a bond in an
    
      amount  equal to the amount as to which the stay is desired, conditioned
      upon the payment of the amount  (together  with  interest  thereon)  the
      collection  of  which is stayed at the time at which, but for the making
      of the jeopardy assessment, such amount would be due. Upon the filing of
      the  bond the collection of so much of the amount assessed as is covered
      by the bond shall be stayed. The taxpayer shall have the right to  waive
      such  stay at any time in respect of the whole or any part of the amount
      covered by the bond, and if as a result of such waiver any part  of  the
      amount  covered  by the bond is paid, then the bond shall at the request
      of the taxpayer, be proportionately  reduced.  If  any  portion  of  the
      jeopardy  assessment  is  abated,  or  if  a  notice of deficiency under
      section 11-1781 is mailed to the taxpayer in a lesser amount,  the  bond
      shall, at the request of the taxpayer, be proportionately reduced.
        (i)  Petition  to  tax  commission.  If  the  bond is given before the
      taxpayer has filed his or her petition under section 11-1789,  the  bond
      shall contain a further condition that if a petition is not filed within
      the  period provided in such section, then the amount, the collection of
      which is stayed by the bond, will be paid on notice and  demand  at  any
      time after the expiration of such period, together with interest thereon
      from  the  date  of the jeopardy notice and demand to the date of notice
      and demand under this subdivision. The bond shall  be  conditioned  upon
      the payment of so much of such assessment (collection of which is stayed
      by  the bond) as is not abated by a decision of the tax commission which
      has become final. If the  tax  commission  determines  that  the  amount
      assessed  is  greater  than  the amount which should have been assessed,
      then the bond shall, at the request of the taxpayer, be  proportionately
      reduced when the decision of the tax commission is rendered.
        (j)  Stay  of sale of seized property pending tax commission decision.
      Where a jeopardy  assessment  is  made,  the  property  seized  for  the
      collection of the tax shall not be sold:
        (1)  if  subdivision  (b)  of this section is applicable, prior to the
      issuance of the notice of deficiency and  the  expiration  of  the  time
      provided  in  section  11-1789  for  filing  a  petition  with  the  tax
      commission, and
        (2) if a petition is filed with the tax commission (whether before  or
      after  the  making of such jeopardy assessment), prior to the expiration
      of the period during which the assessment of  the  deficiency  would  be
      prohibited  if subdivision (a) of this section were not applicable. Such
      property may be sold if the taxpayer consents to the sale, or if the tax
      commission determines that the expenses of conservation and  maintenance
      will greatly reduce the net proceeds, or if the property is perishable.
        (k)  Interest.  For the purpose of subdivision (a) of section 11-1784,
      the last date prescribed for payment shall be determined without  regard
      to  any notice and demand for payment issued under this section prior to
      the last date otherwise prescribed for such payment.
        (l) Early termination of taxable year. If  the  tax  commission  finds
      that  a  taxpayer designs quickly to depart from this state or to remove
      his or her property therefrom, or to conceal himself or herself  or  his
      or  her property therein, or to do any other act tending to prejudice or
      to render wholly or partly ineffectual proceedings to collect  the  city
      personal income tax for the current or the preceding taxable year unless
      such  proceedings  be  brought  without  delay, the tax commission shall
      declare the taxable period for such taxpayer immediately terminated, and
      shall cause notice of such finding  and  declaration  to  be  given  the
      taxpayer,  together  with  a demand for immediate payment of the tax for
      the taxable period so  declared  terminated  and  of  the  tax  for  the
      preceding  taxable  year or so much of such tax as is unpaid, whether or
      not the time otherwise allowed by law for filing return and  paying  the
    
      tax  has  expired; and such taxes shall thereupon become immediately due
      and payable. In any proceeding brought to enforce payment of taxes  made
      due  and  payable  by  virtue of the provisions of this subdivision, the
      finding  of  the  tax  commission  made as herein provided, whether made
      after notice  to  the  taxpayer  or  not,  shall  be  for  all  purposes
      presumptive evidence of jeopardy.
        (m)  Reopening  of  taxable period. Notwithstanding the termination of
      the taxable period of the taxpayer by the tax commission, as provided in
      subdivision (1), the tax commission may reopen such taxable period  each
      time  the  taxpayer  is  found  by  the  tax commission to have received
      income, within the current taxable year, since the termination  of  such
      period.  A  taxable  period  so  terminated by the tax commission may be
      reopened by the taxpayer if he or she files with the  tax  commission  a
      true  and  accurate  return  of taxable income and credits allowed under
      this  chapter  for  such  taxable  period,  together  with  such   other
      information as the tax commission may by regulations prescribe.
        (n)  Furnishing  of  bond  where  taxable  year  is  closed by the tax
      commission. Payment of taxes shall not be enforced  by  any  proceedings
      under  the  provisions  of  subdivision (1) of this section prior to the
      expiration of the time otherwise allowed for paying such  taxes  if  the
      taxpayer  furnishes, under regulations prescribed by the tax commission,
      a bond to insure the timely making  of  returns  with  respect  to,  and
      payment  of,  such  taxes  or  any  city personal income taxes for prior
      years.