Posted on 08/23/2021 7:09:58 AM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
The Nevada DMV’s plan to pay back millions of collected $1 fees — charges declared unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court — is temporarily on ice after state lawmakers said they want additional buy-in on the plan.
Members of the Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday opted to not accept the agency’s plan to transfer $6 million in collected technology fee payments into a new refund budget account and attached disbursement plan. IFC Chair Sen. Chris Brooks (D-Las Vegas) lauded the proposal as a “creative solution” but said the committee wanted explicit approval from the court and state Senate Republicans (who filed the initial legal challenge over the fees).
“Once we pull the trigger on this, this work program, then it's out of our hands until it falls in our lap,” Brooks said.
The required payments are the result of a May decision by the Nevada Supreme Court finding that two taxes — the DMV $1 fee and a higher payroll tax rate — were unconstitutionally extended in 2019 beyond their set-in-statute expiration dates without a two-thirds vote, required for any tax bill passed by legislators. The lawsuit was filed by all members of the state Senate Republican caucus shortly after the close of the 2019 legislative session.
But while the Department of Taxation has made progress on refunding unconstitutionally collected payroll tax — reporting last week that it had refunded a total of $30.6 million to more than 22,600 businesses — the DMV has faced more roadblocks in its task to return millions of $1 transaction fees to customers.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenevadaindependent.com ...
Talk about mismanagement. The state says that it will cost $50-$60 per check to send out $1 checks to residents. Uh, how do the rebate companies do it?
OH. 50.00 per check? That’s to pay for the same people who, on the federal payroll, charge 5.00 - 15.00 dollar fee for electronically filing your income tax. While those who mail in a paper copy that needs to be typed in by IRS employees, can do it for free.
Remember, the democrat head of the NV Senate committee said, “Once is is out of our hands ... until it falls (back) in our lap.” They do NOT EVER want to release controls.
cause just dropping their renewal by a dollar makes too much sense
Thanks RACPE.
Just give them a buck off on next year's renewal.
If they go through with this, the citizens of Nevada should be done.
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