Terms Used In California Codes > Revenue and Taxation Code > Division 2 > Part 6 > Chapter 2 > Article 4 - Estimated and Escaped Assessments

• Assessee: means the person to whom property or a tax is assessed. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 23
• board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. ^{Source: OCC}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.