Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 21, May 25, 2024
(a)Power of Department to audit annual reports submitted by local taxing authorities. The Department has the power to audit the annual reports submitted by local taxing authorities.(b)Right to contest audit or distribution by Department. Affected public utilities and local taxing authorities have no statutory or administrative right to contest the audit or the distribution by the Department.(c)Correctness of annual reports. Annual reports submitted to the Department by local taxing authorities are prima facie correct, but the prima facie correctness may be rebutted by evidence submitted by affected public utilities.(d)Rights of affected public utilities. Affected public utilities have a right to assist the Department in the audit by the Department of the annual reports submitted by the local taxing authorities.(e)Confidentiality of annual reports. Section 731 of the FC (72 P. S. § 731), pertaining to confidential information, does not apply to reports submitted by local taxing authorities.