452A.81 - AGREEMENT FOR REFUND OF FEDERAL TAX. - Iowa Statutes

452A.81 AGREEMENT FOR REFUND OF FEDERAL TAX. 1. The department of revenue is hereby authorized to enter into and empowered to carry out the provisions of agreements with any duly authorized agent or department of the United States government for joint or cooperative action by the state and the United States government in the making of refunds of the federal tax on gasoline. Such agreements may provide that the department of revenue may receive applications for and make refunds of the federal tax on gasoline as an agent of the United States. Such agreements shall provide that the United States shall provide the department of revenue with sufficient funds in advance to pay all costs to the state in the performance of such agreements and in the making of such refunds. In the event such an agreement is concluded, the director of revenue is hereby designated, appointed and empowered, through the motor vehicle fuel tax division of the department, to, as an agent of the United States government, accept applications for refunds of the federal tax on gasoline and to make such refunds from such moneys provided to the director in advance by the federal government. 2. All moneys that may be paid in advance by the United States to the state to pay the cost to the state of performing such agreements and the cost of making such refunds are hereby appropriated to the department of revenue for such purposes. Neither the state nor the department of revenue shall be liable in any manner for the actions of the department of revenue or employees of the department in the receipt, administration, and expenditure of such federal funds including the making of refunds.          Section History: Early Form [C58, 62, 66, § 324.80; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 324.81]          Section History: Recent Form C93, § 452A.81 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286 See refunds, § 452A.17