The Administrator shall refund or grant credits to vendors or booking agents collecting for vendors for the amount of tax paid illegally or erroneously or paid on any illegal or erroneous assessment where the vendor or booking agent has not reimbursed itself from the transient guest. As between a vendor and a booking agent, the request for refund shall be made by the party that filed the return containing the illegal or erroneous assessment. A transient guest may obtain a refund or credit for the amount of taxes paid illegally or erroneously, but only when the tax was paid by the transient guest directly to the Administrator. No refund shall be paid unless the claimant establishes a right thereto by written records showing entitlement thereto and makes a claim filed within three (3) years of the date of payment in the manner and on forms prescribed and furnished by the Administrator, and stating under penalty of perjury, the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded.
(Ord. No. 30-16. Passed 6-6-16, eff. 7-1-16)