Returns and reports by withholding agents

Authority: IC 6-8.1-3-3

Affected: IC 6-3-4

Sec. 97. Withholding Agent's Returns and Reports to the Department. Employers who make payments of wages subject to the Adjusted Gross Income Tax Act, and who are required to withhold Federal taxes pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code (USC Title 26), are required to withhold from employees' wages Adjusted Gross and County Adjusted Gross Income Tax.

Withholding agents who are required to withhold Indiana Adjusted Gross Income Tax and County Adjusted Gross Income Tax (where applicable), shall make return of and payment to the Department monthly whenever the amount of tax due, for either County and State, exceeds an aggregate of $50 per month with such payment due on the thirtieth (30th) day of the following month. Where the aggregate amount of tax due under the Adjusted Gross Income Tax or County Adjusted Gross Income Tax does not exceed $50 per month, payment and return of the amount of tax due shall be made quarterly, with such payment due on the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. The following criteria should be used:

(1) A withholding agent who falls within the monthly reporting system, due to maintaining an aggregate of fifty dollars ($50) per month, but who in any month thereafter may maintain an aggregate of less than fifty dollars ($50) per month, should remit that lesser amount on a monthly basis so as to maintain the status of being on the monthly system.

(2) A withholding agent who falls within the quarterly reporting system, due to not maintaining an aggregate of fifty dollars ($50) per month, but who in any month thereafter does maintain an aggregate of fifty dollars ($50) per month, should then, and thereafter, begin reporting and making returns on a monthly basis and thereby maintain the status of being on the monthly system.

EXAMPLES:

(1) A withholding agent withheld $45.00 state income tax and $20.00 county income tax during July, 1978. Since the aggregate withheld exceeds $50.00 per month the withholding agent falls within the monthly system and must submit the return and make payment for the month of July no later than August 30, 1978.

(2) A withholding agent withheld $30.00 state income tax and $10.00 county income tax during July, 1978. Since the aggregate does not exceed $50.00 per month the withholding agent must submit a return and make payment on a quarterly basis with such return and payment due on or before the last day of the month following the end of the quarter.

All amounts deducted and withheld by an employer shall immediately upon deduction become the money of the State. All employers who make a declaration of withholding must provide each employee annually, but not later than January 30, a statement on Form W-2 of the total amount of wages paid, and adjusted gross and county adjusted gross income tax withheld. In the case of delinquency or nonpayment of withholding tax, the employer is liable for such tax, penalties, and interest. If the employer is a corporation or partnership, all officers, employees, or members under a duty to withhold and remit adjusted gross income tax are personally liable for such taxes, penalty, and interest.

The withholding provisions of this Act apply to both resident and nonresident employers having employees resident and/or working in the state (except employees resident in states having reciprocal agreements with Indiana).