Administrative Appeal Petition Form - West Shore Tax Bureau printable pdf download

Administrative Appeal Petition Form - West Shore Tax Bureau

WEST SHORE TAX BUREAU

3607 Rosemont Avenue

P.O. Box 656

Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17001-0656

Phone (717)761-4900 Fax (717)975-8955

Web Site:

ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL PETITION

The West Shore Tax Bureau has established and provides for an administrative process to

receive and produce a determination on petitions from taxpayers pertaining to the assessment,

determination, or refund of an eligible tax. This Bureau’s administrative process consists of the

provision for a hearing and decision by a hearing officer who shall be the Bureau Executive

Director, or his authorized representative who is appointed by the Bureau’s Board of Directors.

In the case of “an assessment and collection of underpayment of the Tax,” this Bureau’s

provisions within this Bureau’s Rules and Regulations, shall be the applicable process to be

utilized to resolve the appeal.

Deadlines for filing a timely petition are as follows:

The date of the filing of the petition is determined by the postmark by the United

States Postal Service, when received by mail.

(1)

Refund petitions must be filed within three (3) years after the due date for filing

the tax returns as extended, or one (1) year after actual payment of the tax, whichever is

later.

(2)

Petitions for reassessment of an eligible tax shall be filed within ninety (90) days

of the date of the assessment. The form and content of the petition shall be in conformity

with the Bureau’s adopted regulations specifying the form and content of the petitions,

and including the process and deadlines. These regulations shall not be governed by 2

P.A. C.S. Chapter 5, subchapter B (relating to judicial review of local agencies), since the

Bureau has adopted regulations governing practice and procedure under Act 50, approved

May 5, 1998.

(3)

Mail or present this Administrative Appeal Petition form, when completed, to the

address on this letterhead c/o Bureau Administrator.

A mutually agreeable time and date shall be scheduled during normal Bureau office hours for the

purpose of conducting the hearing at the Bureau’s office.

Administrative Appeal Petition Form - West Shore Tax Bureau