(a) Except as provided in Alaska Stat. § 43.20.021, a claim for credit or refund of a tax under this title for which a taxpayer is required to file a return or pay a tax may be filed by the taxpayer

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 43.05.275

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) before the later of

(A) three years from the time the return was filed; or
(B) two years from the time the tax was paid; or
(2) within two years from the time the tax was paid, if no return was filed.
(b) If the department and the taxpayer have consented to extend the period for assessment of tax as provided in Alaska Stat. § 43.05.260(c)(3), a tax refund claim may be filed at any time before the expiration of the period agreed upon.
(c) A taxpayer who has filed a return, paid the full amount due on the return, and made a claim under this section may, without exhausting administrative remedies, file an action in superior court to recover on the claim if the sole ground for appeal is that a tax statute is

(1) violative of the United States Constitution;
(2) violative of the state constitution; or
(3) preempted by federal statute, regulation, or treaty.
(d) An action may not be brought under (c) of this section if

(1) there is a dispute of material fact;
(2) a factual record is necessary to decide the appeal;
(3) development of a factual record will render it unnecessary to reach a question of constitutional law or federal preemption; or
(4) the taxpayer challenges the assessment of the tax on a ground other than one listed in (c) of this section.