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Committee reviews bills to tighten sales tax refund process, require electronic documentation and add penalties for frivolous claims
Summary
House Bills 1551 and 1552 would require electronic documentation for many sales tax refund petitions and impose penalties to deter duplicate or baseless refund claims, the Department of Revenue told the House Finance Committee.
Representative Siegel and Ryan Froman, chair of the Pennsylvania Board of Appeals at the Department of Revenue, presented two companion bills, House Bill 1551 and House Bill 1552, aimed at reducing duplicated and frivolous sales tax refund petitions and improving processing times at the Board of Appeals.
Representative Siegel told the committee the bills were requested by the Department of Revenue to “streamline and modernize the Board of Revenue sales tax refund process.” HB 1551 would require claimants to submit the basis for the claim and proof that the tax was paid and, in cases involving large numbers of transactions, supply documentation in an electronic spreadsheet (for example, Excel) rather than unorganized paper boxes. Siegel said that when a…
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