Georgia Code
Article 2 - Administration
§ 48-2-46. Procedures for Protests

Any taxpayer may contest any proposed assessment or license fee made or determined by the commissioner by filing with the commissioner a written protest at any time within 30 days from the date of notice of the proposed assessment or license fee or within such other time limit as may be specified within the notice of proposed assessment or license fee, if a different time limit is specified. All protests shall be prepared in the form and contain such information as the commissioner shall reasonably require and shall include a summary statement of the grounds upon which the taxpayer relies and his reasons for disputing the finding of the commissioner. The filing of a written protest, a petition for redetermination of a deficiency, or a written request by the taxpayer for additional time for filing such a petition shall toll the period of limitations for making an assessment until the petition is denied by the commissioner or the request is withdrawn in writing by the taxpayer. In the event the taxpayer desires a conference or hearing, the fact of such desire must be set out in the protest. The commissioner shall grant a conference before his officers or agents as he may designate at a time he shall specify and shall make such reasonable rules governing the conduct of conferences as he may deem proper. The discretion given in this Code section to the commissioner shall be reasonably exercised on all occasions.
History. Ga. L. 1937-38, Ex. Sess., p. 77, § 30; Code 1933, § 91A-241, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 309, § 2; Ga. L. 1981, p. 1857, § 7; Ga. L. 1993, p. 961, § 2.
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For article discussing general administrative procedures of the department as they relate to the assessment and collection of income taxes, see 27 Mercer L. Rev. 309 (1975).

Structure Georgia Code

Georgia Code

Title 48 - Revenue and Taxation

Chapter 2 - State Administrative Organization, Administration, and Enforcement

Article 2 - Administration

§ 48-2-30. Remittances

§ 48-2-31. Currency in Which Taxes to Be Paid

§ 48-2-32. Forms of Payment

§ 48-2-33. Receipts for Taxes

§ 48-2-34. Failure to Give Official Receipt for Payment of Taxes or License Fees; Penalty

§ 48-2-35. Refunds

§ 48-2-35.1. Refund of Sales and Use Taxes; Expedited Refunds

§ 48-2-36. Extension of Time for Returns

§ 48-2-37. Preparation of Delinquent Returns

§ 48-2-38. Due Date; Interest on Deferred Taxes

§ 48-2-39. When Date for Payment or Filing on Holiday

§ 48-2-40. Rate of Interest on Past Due Taxes

§ 48-2-41. Authority to Waive Interest on Unpaid Taxes

§ 48-2-42. Nature of Penalties

§ 48-2-43. Authority to Waive Penalties

§ 48-2-44. Penalty and Interest on Failure to File Return or Pay Revenue Held in Trust for State; Penalty and Interest on Willful Failure to Pay Ad Valorem Tax; Distribution of Penalties and Interest

§ 48-2-44.1. Failure to Follow Electronic Filing Requirements; Waivers for Undue Hardships; Justification for Failure to Follow

§ 48-2-45. Service of Notice of Assessment

§ 48-2-46. Procedures for Protests

§ 48-2-47. Final Assessments and License Fees

§ 48-2-48. Deficiency Assessments; Interest

§ 48-2-49. Periods of Limitation for Assessment of Taxes

§ 48-2-50. Review of Assessments; Certifications

§ 48-2-51. Jeopardy Assessments; Collection; Bond

§ 48-2-52. Personal Liability of Corporate Officer or Employee for Tax Delinquency

§ 48-2-53. Compelled Production of Evidence

§ 48-2-54. Action by Commissioner to Collect Unpaid Tax

§ 48-2-54.1. Authorization to Charge Taxpayer’s Account

§ 48-2-55. Attachment and Garnishment; Levy

§ 48-2-56. Liens for Taxes; Priority

§ 48-2-57. Effect of Judicial Sale on State Tax Lien

§ 48-2-58. Release of Property Subject to State Tax Lien

§ 48-2-59. Appeals; Payment of Taxes Admittedly Owed; Bond; Costs

§ 48-2-60. Compromise Settlements; Penalty Refunds

§ 48-2-61. Effect of Actions Taken to Avoid Payment of Taxes; Liability

§ 48-2-62. Penalties for Tax Return Preparers; Prohibition on Continuing to Prepare Returns; Refunds

§ 48-2-63. Delinquent Taxpayer Financial Accounts; Required Reporting by Financial Institutions to Department; Confidentiality; Fines; Levies; Liability