Section 360.485 - Standards for use by Department in determining whether overpayment was made intentionally or by reason of carelessnessFor the purposes of NRS 363A.170, 363B.160, 363C.620, 368A.270, 372.665, 372A.320, 372B.200 and 374.670, an overpayment of a tax imposed by chapter 363A, 363B, 363C, 368A, 372, 372A, 372B or 374 of NRS, as applicable, and administered by the Department was made:
1. Intentionally if the overpayment was made for any reason other than a good-faith belief that the taxpayer owed the tax and paid the amount of tax owed by the taxpayer.2. By reason of carelessness if the overpayment is the result of the failure of the taxpayer to make reasonable and prudent efforts to avoid the overpayment. Such reasonable and prudent efforts may include, without limitation:(a) Maintaining accurate and complete books and records;(b) Correcting errors in the computation of the tax which were identified by an audit conducted before the overpayment;(c) Investigating the taxability of transactions during an audit when the overpayment was reasonably identifiable;(d) Ceasing to make overpayments after receiving a refund for a prior overpayment involving the same or similar issues;(e) Ceasing to make overpayments resulting from repeated transactions or transactions of a similar type when the taxability of the transactions is governed by a regulation or law that is commonly followed in the taxpayer's industry, trade or practice and the transactions are conducted over a period of time of sufficient length that a reasonable person would have discovered and corrected the issue causing the overpayment;(f) Seeking an advisory opinion or other written advice from the Department concerning an interpretation of law when the taxpayer is unsure of the correct interpretation of the law; and(g) Seeking advice on complex tax matters from a certified public accountant certified to practice in this State pursuant to chapter 628 of NRS or any other person who is certified or licensed in this State to practice a profession the members of which engage in the provision of advice on tax matters and who has knowledge of, or experience in, tax matters.Nev. Admin. Code § 360.485
Added to NAC by Tax Comm'n by R143-18, eff. 12/19/2018