(a) All taxes by this chapter shall be collectible, together with any non-filing or late fees, interest and penalties thereon, by a civil action at law. Except in the case of fraud, omission of 25 percent or more of income subject tot his tax, or failure to file a return, all additional assessments shall be made and all civil actions to recover Municipal income taxes and penalties, interest and non-filing or late fees thereon shall be brought within three years after the tax was due or the return was filed, whichever is later. In the case of fraud, omission of 25 percent or more of income subject to this tax, or failure to file a return, all additional assessments shall be made and all prosecutions to recover Municipal income taxes and penalties and interest thereon shall be brought within six years after the tax was due or the return was filed, whichever is later.
(b) Taxes erroneously paid shall not be refunded unless a claim for a refund is made. Claims for refund of Municipal income taxes shall be brought within three years from the date on which such payment was made or the return was due, or within three months after final determination of the Federal tax liability, whichever is later. However, the following shall apply regarding refunds of tax withheld from Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plans (NDCP).
(1) A taxpayer may be eligible for a refund if the taxpayer has suffered a loss from an NDCP. The loss will be considered sustained only in the taxable year in which the taxpayer receives the final distribution of money and property pursuant to the NDCP. Full loss is sustained if no distribution of money and property will be made by the NDCP.
(2) A taxpayer who receives income as a result of payments from NDCP, and that income is less than the amount of income deferred to the NDCP and upon which Municipal tax was withheld, then a refund will be issued on the amount representing the difference between the deferred income that was taxed and the income received from the NDCP. If different tax rates applied to the tax years in which deferrals, a weighted average of the different tax rates will be used to compute the refund amount.
(3) Refunds shall be allowed only if the loss is attributable to the bankruptcy of the employer who had established the NDCP, or the employee's failure or inability to satisfy all of the employer's terms and conditions necessary to receive the non-qualified compensation.
(c) Income tax that has been deposited with the City of Pickerington, but should have been deposited with another Municipality, is allowable by the City of Pickerington as a refund, but is subject to the three-year limitation on refunds. Income tax that should have been deposited with the City, but was deposited with another municipality, shall be subject to recovery by the City. The City will allow a non-refundable credit for any amount owed the City that is in excess of the amount to be refunded by the other municipality as long as the tax rate of the other municipality is the same or higher than the City's tax rate. If the City's tax rate is higher, the tax representing the net difference of the rates is also subject to collection by the City.
(d) Amounts of less than one dollar ($1.00) shall not be collected or refunded.
(Ord. 2002-141. Passed 1-7-03; Ord. 2004-25. Passed 5-4-04.)