Any civil employment tax matter dispute arising under Article 8 (commencing with Section 1126), Article 9 (commencing with Section 1176), or Article 11 (commencing with Section 1221), may be settled under the following conditions: (a) (1) The director may approve a settlement of a civil employment tax matter in dispute involving a reduction of tax or penalties, or both, that does not exceed the amount specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3). However, once an appeal of an employment tax matter dispute has been filed with the appeals board, the appeal has been assigned to an administrative law judge, and a notice of hearing has been issued, approval of the settlement by the assigned administrative law judge shall be obtained. If the decision of the administrative law judge has been appealed, approval of the appeals board shall be obtained. A proposed settlement shall be grounds for continuance of the scheduled hearing until the Attorney General has completed a review of the proposed settlement. âCivil employment tax matters in disputeâ means those matters that are the subject of protests, appeals, or refund claims. (2) Except as provided by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3), each proposed settlement shall be submitted to the Attorney General. Within 30 days of receiving that proposed settlement, the Attorney General shall review the recommendation and advise, in writing, of their conclusions as to whether the recommendation is reasonable from an overall perspective. If the Attorney General determines that the settlement is reasonable from an overall perspective, the director, and the administrative law judge or the appeals board, as applicable, may then determine if a settlement will be approved. (3) (A) A settlement of any civil employment tax matter dispute involving a reduction of tax or penalties, or both, in settlement, the total of which reduction of tax or penalties, or both, in settlement does not exceed eleven thousand five hundred dollars ($11,500), may be approved by the director, and the administrative law judge or the appeals board, as applicable, without prior submission to the Attorney General. (B) On January 1 of each calendar year beginning on January 1, 2025, the Employment Development Department shall increase the amount specified in subparagraph (A). That adjustment shall be made as follows: (i) The Department of Industrial Relations shall transmit annually to the Employment Development Department the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index, as modified for rental equivalent home ownership for all items, from June of the prior calendar year to June of the current calendar year, no later than August 1 of the current calendar year. (ii) The Employment Development Department shall then: (I) Compute the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index from the later of June 2024 or June of the calendar year prior to the last increase in the amount specified in this subparagraph. (II) Compute the inflation adjustment factor by adding 100 percent to the percentage change so computed, and converting the resulting percentage to the decimal equivalent. (III) Multiply the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for the immediately preceding calendar year, as adjusted under this subparagraph, by the inflation adjustment factor determined in subclause (II), and round off the resulting product to the nearest one hundred dollars ($100). (b) The director may recommend to the appeals board a settlement of a civil employment tax matter dispute involving a reduction in tax or penalties, or both, exceeding the amount specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) and arising under Article 8 (commencing with Section 1126), Article 9 (commencing with Section 1176), or Article 11 (commencing with Section 1221). Each proposed settlement shall be submitted to the Attorney General in the same manner as described in subdivision (a). (c) Whenever a reduction of tax or penalties or tot
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