valley fire

The California State Board of Equalization (SBE) has announced that taxpayers impacted by the Butte Fire in Amador and Calaveras counties and the Valley Fire in Lake and Napa counties may request an extension to file their returns, relief from penalties and/or interest on some taxes and fees, or to replace copies of records lost to damage. (California SBE News Release No. 76-15-G, 09/17/2015.)

Requesting relief and taxes and fees for which relief is available. Taxpayers and fee payers can go online to request relief from penalty and/or interest, and an extension of time to file a tax/fee return. Any taxpayer or feepayer can use the online system to make their request; those without Internet access may call the SBE Customer Service Center at 1 (800) 400-7115.

Relief from penalty and interest is available for the following taxes and fees: sales and use taxes; fire prevention fee; alcoholic beverage tax; cigarettes and tobacco products excise taxes; energy resources surcharge; emergency telephone users surcharge; natural gas surcharge; timber yield tax; fuel taxes (diesel fuel tax, interstate user tax, use fuel tax, motor vehicle fuel tax, aircraft jet fuel tax); underground storage tank maintenance fee; oil spill prevention […]