1. If the Office of Economic Development approves an application by a business for an abatement of taxes pursuant to NRS 360.950 or a partial abatement pursuant to NRS 360.750, 360.752, 360.753, 360.754 or 360.890, the agreement with the Office must provide that the business:
(a) Agrees to allow the Department to conduct audits of the business to determine whether the business is in full compliance with the requirements for the abatement or partial abatement; and
(b) Consents to the disclosure of the audit reports in the manner set forth in this section.
2. If the Department conducts an audit of the business to determine whether the business is in full compliance with the requirements for the abatement or partial abatement, the Department shall, upon request, provide the audit report to the Office of Economic Development.
3. Until the business has exhausted all appeals to the Department and the Nevada Tax Commission relating to the audit, the information contained in the audit report provided to the Office of Economic Development:
(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;
(b) Is not a public record; and
(c) Must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office of Economic Development unless the business consents to the disclosure.
4. After the business has exhausted all appeals to the Department and the Nevada Tax Commission relating to the audit:
(a) The audit report provided to the Office of Economic Development is a public record; and
(b) Upon request by any person, the Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development shall disclose the audit report to the person who made the request, except for any information in the audit report that is protected from disclosure pursuant to subsection 5.
5. Before the Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development discloses the audit report to the public, the business may submit a request to the Executive Director to protect from disclosure any information in the audit report which, under generally accepted business practices, would be considered a trade secret or other confidential proprietary information of the business. After consulting with the business, the Executive Director shall determine whether to protect the information from disclosure. The decision of the Executive Director is final and is not subject to judicial review. If the Executive Director determines to protect the information from disclosure, the protected information:
(a) Is confidential proprietary information of the business;
(b) Is not a public record;
(c) Must be redacted by the Executive Director from any audit report that is disclosed to the public; and
(d) Must not be disclosed to any person who is not an officer or employee of the Office of Economic Development unless the business consents to the disclosure.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2859, 2988; A 2011, 3465; 2013, 2810; 2014, 28th Special Session, 22; 2015, 2330, 3047; 2015, 29th Special Session, 32)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 360 - General Provisions
NRS 360.001 - "Department" and "Executive Director" defined.
NRS 360.005 - "Retailer" defined.
NRS 360.010 - Nevada Tax Commission: Creation; composition; Chair.
NRS 360.020 - Qualifications of commissioners.
NRS 360.030 - Limitations on appointment of commissioners; terms; removal from office.
NRS 360.050 - Compensation of commissioners.
NRS 360.070 - Location of office of Nevada Tax Commission.
NRS 360.080 - Quorum; voting by commissioners.
NRS 360.100 - Annual report by Department; statements to be furnished to Governor.
NRS 360.105 - Submission of proposed budget and legislation of Department to Nevada Tax Commission.
NRS 360.120 - Department of Taxation: Creation; head of Department; Executive Director.
NRS 360.140 - Organization of Department; hiring and assignment of employees.
NRS 360.145 - Employees of Department: Evaluation on basis of assessments or collections prohibited.
NRS 360.200 - General powers of Department.
NRS 360.210 - Power of Department to appraise and assess property.
NRS 360.220 - Duty of Department to require local governments to submit fiscal information.
NRS 360.232 - Audits by Department: Notification of taxpayer and extension of date for completion.
NRS 360.235 - Refund or credit to taxpayer after audit.
NRS 360.236 - Overpayments: Credit against other amounts due required before any refund.
NRS 360.238 - Department may charge fee for returned checks.
NRS 360.260 - Power of Nevada Tax Commission to institute and instigate action and prosecution.
NRS 360.265 - Power of Nevada Tax Commission regarding uncollectible debts.
NRS 360.271 - Deposit of money received by Department in lieu of surety bond.
NRS 360.278 - Authority to engage service of armored car.
NRS 360.280 - Duties of county assessor and board of county commissioners.
NRS 360.285 - Certification of population by Governor.
NRS 360.287 - Apportionment of tax receipts to cities.
NRS 360.289 - Annual reports of projected population of counties.
NRS 360.2905 - Citation of NRS 360.291.
NRS 360.291 - Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights.
NRS 360.292 - Preparation and distribution of pamphlet regarding Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights.
NRS 360.293 - Provision of response to request submitted by taxpayer.
NRS 360.2935 - Refund to taxpayer of overpayment together with payment of interest.
NRS 360.2937 - Amount of interest required on overpayment of certain taxes, fees and assessments.
NRS 360.295 - Extension of time for payment: Interest on amount due.
NRS 360.297 - Joint and several liability of responsible persons.
NRS 360.320 - Offsetting of certain overpayments; calculation of penalties and interest.
NRS 360.350 - Notice of determination required; method and effect of service.
NRS 360.355 - Time for provision of notice of determination.
NRS 360.360 - Redetermination: Petition; time for filing.
NRS 360.365 - Redetermination: Contents of petition and accompanying materials.
NRS 360.370 - Redetermination: Oral hearing; notice; continuances.
NRS 360.380 - Redetermination: Change in determined amount; limitations.
NRS 360.395 - Redetermination: Prerequisites to judicial review of final order; credit or refund.
NRS 360.400 - Time for payment of determined amount; penalty for delinquency in payment.
NRS 360.412 - Duty of Department to make determination; service of notice.
NRS 360.414 - When payment due; finality of determination; penalty for delinquent payment.
NRS 360.416 - Petition for redetermination; deposit of security.
NRS 360.417 - Penalty for failure to pay tax or fee.
NRS 360.419 - Waiver or reduction of interest or penalty.
NRS 360.4195 - Action for use tax: Manner of service of process.
NRS 360.440 - Execution: Issuance; sale.
NRS 360.450 - Recordation of abstract or copy of judgment; effect and duration of resulting lien.
NRS 360.460 - Extension of lien.
NRS 360.470 - Remedies of State are supplemental; additional requirements unimpaired.
NRS 360.480 - Cases of priority; subordination to prior recorded liens and certain other debts.
NRS 360.483 - Issuance; effect; levy and sale.
NRS 360.500 - Delivery of order to lock and seal business to sheriff for enforcement.
NRS 360.510 - Notice of delinquency and demand to transmit certain assets: Issuance and effect.
NRS 360.520 - Limitation on withholding or transmitting assets.
NRS 360.540 - Service and contents of notice of sale of property seized to pay taxes.
NRS 360.550 - Sale of property for delinquent taxes.
NRS 360.5972 - Fee for permit; distribution.
NRS 360.5974 - Fee for reinstatement of suspended or revoked permit.
NRS 360.5975 - Revocation or suspension of permit: Procedure; limitation on issuance of new permit.
NRS 360.605 - "Account" defined.
NRS 360.610 - "County" defined.
NRS 360.620 - "Enterprise district" defined.
NRS 360.640 - "Local government" defined.
NRS 360.650 - "Special district" defined.
NRS 360.670 - Eligibility for allocation from Account.
NRS 360.680 - Annual allocations from Account.
NRS 360.698 - Pledge of percentage of revenue to payment of bonds.
NRS 360.700 - Guaranteed allocation from Account for tax proceeds pledged to secure obligations.
NRS 360.710 - Determination of whether governmental entity is enterprise district.
NRS 360.7581 - "Above-the-line personnel" defined.
NRS 360.7582 - "Below-the-line personnel" defined.
NRS 360.7583 - "Nevada business" defined.
NRS 360.7584 - "Nevada resident" defined.
NRS 360.7585 - "Production company" defined.
NRS 360.75855 - "Qualified direct production expenditures" defined.
NRS 360.7586 - "Qualified production" defined.
NRS 360.7589 - Determination of whether employee is full-time equivalent employee.
NRS 360.7597 - Repayment of amount of credit required under certain circumstances.
NRS 360.767 - "Exhibition" defined.
NRS 360.773 - "State business license" defined.
NRS 360.774 - "Unauthorized alien" defined.
NRS 360.780 - Participants in exhibition: Exemption from licensing requirement.
NRS 360.790 - Deposit of proceeds in State General Fund.
NRS 360.805 - "Affected local government" defined.
NRS 360.810 - "Local government" defined.
NRS 360.815 - "Public utility" defined.
NRS 360.820 - "Telecommunication service" defined.
NRS 360.840 - Adoption of regulations by Nevada Tax Commission.
NRS 360.861 - "Declaration of restrictive covenants and conditions" defined.
NRS 360.862 - "Division" defined.
NRS 360.863 - "Federal low-income housing tax credit" defined.
NRS 360.864 - "Project" defined.
NRS 360.865 - "Project sponsor" defined.
NRS 360.866 - "Qualified allocation plan" defined.
NRS 360.869 - Repayment of tax credits to which project sponsor not entitled.
NRS 360.880 - Definitions. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.881 - "Capital investment" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.882 - "Employer excise taxes" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.883 - "Lead participant" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.884 - "Local sales and use taxes" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.885 - "Participant" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.886 - "Project" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.887 - "Property taxes" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.888 - "Qualified project" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2032.]
NRS 360.900 - Definitions. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.905 - "Capital investment" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.910 - "Employer excise taxes" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.915 - "Lead participant" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.920 - "Local sales and use taxes" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.925 - "Participant" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.930 - "Project" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.935 - "Property taxes" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.940 - "Qualified project" defined. [Effective through June 30, 2036.]
NRS 360.982 - "Economic development financing agreement" defined.
NRS 360.983 - "Economic development financing proposal" defined.
NRS 360.984 - "Infrastructure project" defined.
NRS 360.985 - "Lead participant" defined.
NRS 360.986 - "Local government" defined.
NRS 360.987 - "Office" defined.
NRS 360.988 - "Qualified project" defined.
NRS 360.989 - Submittal and contents of economic development financing proposal.
NRS 360.990 - Approval of economic development financing proposal.