Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 15. TAXATION

CHAPTER 1. TAX ADMINISTRATION

Part 4. Protest Payments, Actions to Recover, and Alternative Remedies

Alternative Remedy -- Judgment

15-1-408. Alternative remedy -- judgment. If the district court determines that the tax was illegally or unlawfully imposed or exceeded the taxing authority of the entity imposing the tax, the judgment may direct:

(1) that the revenue collected under the illegal tax be directly refunded to the taxpayers who have paid the illegal tax and who have not been excluded from the action;

(2) that the revenue collected under the illegal tax be used to reduce a similar levy in the ensuing tax year;

(3) that the assessment be changed for the taxpayer or taxpayers who brought the action as well as for all similarly situated taxpayers; or

(4) any other remedy as the court considers appropriate.

History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 463, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 594, L. 1993.