(a) If the department determines that any overpayment has been made intentionally or by reason of carelessness, it shall not allow any interest thereon.
(b) If any person who has filed a claim for refund requests the department to defer action on the claim, the department, as a condition to deferring action, may require the claimant to waive interest for the period during which the person requests the department to defer action on the claim.