Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-2385.16
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Deposit of payments - Refunds - Method of refunds
Official statutory text
A. All payments received by the Oklahoma Tax Commission
transmitted by employers for taxes withheld from employees and all
payments received by the Tax Commission from taxpayers as herein
provided shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in the Tax
Commission's Official Depository Clearing Account and be designated
Income Tax Withholding Funds. These funds shall be under the
exclusive control of the Tax Commission. The Tax Commission is
empowered and directed each month to transfer the amount thereof
which the Tax Commission estimates to be necessary to make tax
refunds to a separate account designated as the Income Tax
Withholding Refund Account, and to make apportionments from such
funds remaining in the Official Depository Clearing Account, of the
amount it considers available for distribution as income taxes
collected. The Tax Commission shall maintain a balance in the
refund account sufficient to cover anticipated tax refunds.
All warrants drawn against such refund account as provided in
the preceding subsection which are not presented for payment within
ninety (90) days of issuance thereof shall be void.
Persons entitled to refunds of monies represented by warrants
which are not presented for payment within ninety (90) days from the
date of issuance thereof may file claims for refund at any time
within three (3) years from the due date of the return. Such claims
shall be filed and paid under the provisions of Section 2373 of this
Code, and if allowed shall be paid under the provisions of such
section. An income tax refund warrant which was not presented for
payment within ninety (90) days from the date of issuance or
reissued for a like amount up to three (3) years from the date of
issuance of the original warrant shall be subject to reporting and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 1082
remittance to the Oklahoma State Treasurer pursuant to the Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act.
B. Neither the Tax Commission nor any member or employee
thereof shall be held personally liable for making any refund by
reason of a fraudulent withholding certificate being used as a basis
for such refund.
C. The Oklahoma Tax Commission may use a direct deposit system
and card-based disbursement system in lieu of checks or warrants for
the purposes of issuing refunds for overpayment of individual income
taxes. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 205 of this title,
the Tax Commission may enter into a contract with, and release
taxpayer information to, entities deemed to be qualified by the Tax
Commission to implement the card-based disbursement system.
transmitted by employers for taxes withheld from employees and all
payments received by the Tax Commission from taxpayers as herein
provided shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in the Tax
Commission's Official Depository Clearing Account and be designated
Income Tax Withholding Funds. These funds shall be under the
exclusive control of the Tax Commission. The Tax Commission is
empowered and directed each month to transfer the amount thereof
which the Tax Commission estimates to be necessary to make tax
refunds to a separate account designated as the Income Tax
Withholding Refund Account, and to make apportionments from such
funds remaining in the Official Depository Clearing Account, of the
amount it considers available for distribution as income taxes
collected. The Tax Commission shall maintain a balance in the
refund account sufficient to cover anticipated tax refunds.
All warrants drawn against such refund account as provided in
the preceding subsection which are not presented for payment within
ninety (90) days of issuance thereof shall be void.
Persons entitled to refunds of monies represented by warrants
which are not presented for payment within ninety (90) days from the
date of issuance thereof may file claims for refund at any time
within three (3) years from the due date of the return. Such claims
shall be filed and paid under the provisions of Section 2373 of this
Code, and if allowed shall be paid under the provisions of such
section. An income tax refund warrant which was not presented for
payment within ninety (90) days from the date of issuance or
reissued for a like amount up to three (3) years from the date of
issuance of the original warrant shall be subject to reporting and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 68. Revenue and Taxation Page 1082
remittance to the Oklahoma State Treasurer pursuant to the Uniform
Unclaimed Property Act.
B. Neither the Tax Commission nor any member or employee
thereof shall be held personally liable for making any refund by
reason of a fraudulent withholding certificate being used as a basis
for such refund.
C. The Oklahoma Tax Commission may use a direct deposit system
and card-based disbursement system in lieu of checks or warrants for
the purposes of issuing refunds for overpayment of individual income
taxes. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 205 of this title,
the Tax Commission may enter into a contract with, and release
taxpayer information to, entities deemed to be qualified by the Tax
Commission to implement the card-based disbursement system.
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