Increasingly frequent Board of Equalization website outages has prompted the passage of a bill sponsored by Nevada County’s State Senator. Ted Gaines says the legislation sailed through the Senate and Assembly and is headed for the governor’s desk. He says it would waive penalties and interest for taxpayers who filed on line during an outage. He says there have been four system failures in the last year…

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Gaines says the Board of Equalization, or its successor agency, is currently authorized to waive any penalties or interest if the late payment is due to a disaster or agency error. But it’s the responsibility of the taxpayer to file paperwork and petition for a refund…

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Gaines is confident Governor Brown will sign the measure.