Section 701.150.4. Procedure after submission of evidence.

Upon timely receipt of evidence by the department from the taxpayer as set forth in 150.3(1)“c,” the department has 60 days to review the evidence and notify the taxpayer whether the evidence submitted is sufficient to terminate the intended offset. If the department determines that the evidence is sufficient, the procedure to initiate the federal offset shall be terminated for that obligation and the taxpayer’s record of Iowa income tax obligation for that particular obligation shall be adjusted accordingly. However, if the department determines that the evidence is insufficient to show that the amount or amounts at issue are not, in whole or in part, a past due and legally enforceable income tax obligation, the department must notify the taxpayer within 60 days of receiving the evidence from the taxpayer.

The contest of an offset under these rules is subject to judicial review under Iowa Code section 17A.19 as “other agency action.”

In cases in which a taxpayer claims immunity from state taxation due to being an enrolled member of an Indian tribe who lives on that member’s reservation and derives all of that member’s income from that reservation, Iowa must consider such claims de novo on the merits, unless such claims have been previously adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction.