Bill Text: IN SB0298 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State tax administration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations [SB0298 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0298-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 6-3-4-8; IC 6-8.1.
Synopsis: State tax administration. Deletes the provision that prohibits
an employee from receiving a refund of state income taxes withheld if
the employee fails to file the employee's tax return within two years of
the due date of the tax return. Provides that for taxable years beginning
after 2013, a person may not file a claim for a refund with the
department of revenue more than 10 years (rather than more than three
years, under current law) after the later of the due date of the return or
the date of payment. Requires the department of revenue to maintain
for 10 years (rather than three years, under current law) a record of all
money received and disbursed and copies of all returns filed with the
department.
Effective: July 1, 2013; January 1, 2014.
January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Appropriations.
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exclusion, regardless of the total number of exclusions that
IC 6-3-1-3.5(a)(3) and IC 6-3-1-3.5(a)(4) permit the taxpayer to apply
on the taxpayer's final return for the taxable year. Such employer
making payments of any wages:
(1) shall be liable to the state of Indiana for the payment of the tax
required to be deducted and withheld under this section and shall
not be liable to any individual for the amount deducted from the
individual's wages and paid over in compliance or intended
compliance with this section; and
(2) shall make return of and payment to the department monthly
of the amount of tax which under this article and IC 6-3.5 the
employer is required to withhold.
(b) An employer shall pay taxes withheld under subsection (a)
during a particular month to the department no later than thirty (30)
days after the end of that month. However, in place of monthly
reporting periods, the department may permit an employer to report and
pay the tax for a calendar year reporting period, if the average monthly
amount of all tax required to be withheld by the employer in the
previous calendar year does not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
An employer using a reporting period (other than a monthly reporting
period) must file the employer's return and pay the tax for a reporting
period no later than the last day of the month immediately following
the close of the reporting period.
(c) For purposes of determining whether an employee is subject to
taxation under IC 6-3.5, an employer is entitled to rely on the statement
of an employee as to the employee's county of residence as represented
by the statement of address in forms claiming exemptions for purposes
of withholding, regardless of when the employee supplied the forms.
Every employee shall notify the employee's employer within five (5)
days after any change in the employee's county of residence.
(d) A county that makes payments of wages subject to tax under this
article:
(1) to a precinct election officer (as defined in IC 3-5-2-40.1); and
(2) for the performance of the duties of the precinct election
officer imposed by IC 3 that are performed on election day;
is not required, at the time of payment of the wages, to deduct and
retain from the wages the amount prescribed in withholding
instructions issued by the department.
(e) Every employer shall, at the time of each payment made by the
employer to the department, deliver to the department a return upon the
form prescribed by the department showing:
(1) the total amount of wages paid to the employer's employees;
(2) the amount deducted therefrom in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code;
(3) the amount of adjusted gross income tax deducted therefrom in accordance with the provisions of this section;
(4) the amount of income tax, if any, imposed under IC 6-3.5 and deducted therefrom in accordance with this section; and
(5) any other information the department may require.
Every employer making a declaration of withholding as provided in this section shall furnish the employer's employees annually, but not later than thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar year, a record of the total amount of adjusted gross income tax and the amount of each income tax, if any, imposed under IC 6-3.5, withheld from the employees, on the forms prescribed by the department.
(f) All money deducted and withheld by an employer shall immediately upon such deduction be the money of the state, and every employer who deducts and retains any amount of money under the provisions of this article shall hold the same in trust for the state of Indiana and for payment thereof to the department in the manner and at the times provided in this article. Any employer may be required to post a surety bond in the sum the department determines to be appropriate to protect the state with respect to money withheld pursuant to this section.
(g) The provisions of IC 6-8.1 relating to additions to tax in case of delinquency and penalties shall apply to employers subject to the provisions of this section, and for these purposes any amount deducted or required to be deducted and remitted to the department under this section shall be considered to be the tax of the employer, and with respect to such amount the employer shall be considered the taxpayer. In the case of a corporate or partnership employer, every officer, employee, or member of such employer, who, as such officer, employee, or member is under a duty to deduct and remit such taxes shall be personally liable for such taxes, penalties, and interest.
(h) Amounts deducted from wages of an employee during any calendar year in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be considered to be in part payment of the tax imposed on such employee for the employee's taxable year which begins in such calendar year, and a return made by the employer under subsection (b) shall be accepted by the department as evidence in favor of the employee of the amount so deducted from the employee's wages. Where the total amount so deducted exceeds the amount of tax on the employee as computed under this article and IC 6-3.5, the department shall, after examining the return or returns filed by the employee in accordance with this
article and IC 6-3.5, refund the amount of the excess deduction.
However, under rules promulgated by the department, the excess or any
part thereof may be applied to any taxes or other claim due from the
taxpayer to the state of Indiana or any subdivision thereof. For a
taxable year beginning before January 1, 2014, no refund shall be
made to an employee who fails to file the employee's return or returns
as required under this article and IC 6-3.5 within two (2) years from the
due date of the return or returns. In the event that the excess tax
deducted is less than one dollar ($1), no refund shall be made.
(i) This section shall in no way relieve any taxpayer from the
taxpayer's obligation of filing a return or returns at the time required
under this article and IC 6-3.5, and, should the amount withheld under
the provisions of this section be insufficient to pay the total tax of such
taxpayer, such unpaid tax shall be paid at the time prescribed by
section 5 of this chapter.
(j) Notwithstanding subsection (b), an employer of a domestic
service employee that enters into an agreement with the domestic
service employee to withhold federal income tax under Section 3402
of the Internal Revenue Code may withhold Indiana income tax on the
domestic service employee's wages on the employer's Indiana
individual income tax return in the same manner as allowed by Section
3510 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(k) To the extent allowed by Section 1137 of the Social Security
Act, an employer of a domestic service employee may report and remit
state unemployment insurance contributions on the employee's wages
on the employer's Indiana individual income tax return in the same
manner as allowed by Section 3510 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(l) A person who knowingly fails to remit trust fund money as set
forth in this section commits a Class D felony.
(b) At the end of each fiscal year, the state board of accounts shall audit the department's record of receipts and disbursements.
refund, the person must file the claim with the department within the
following period:
(1) For a taxable year beginning before January 1, 2014, three
(3) years after the latter later of the following:
(1) (A) The due date of the return.
(2) (B) The date of payment.
(2) For a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2013, ten
(10) years after the later of the following:
(A) The due date of the return.
(B) The date of payment.
For purposes of this section, the due date for a return filed for the state
gross retail or use tax, the gasoline tax, the special fuel tax, the motor
carrier fuel tax, the oil inspection fee, or the petroleum severance tax
is the end of the calendar year which contains the taxable period for
which the return is filed. The claim must set forth the amount of the
refund to which the person is entitled and the reasons that the person
is entitled to the refund.
(b) After considering the claim and all evidence relevant to the
claim, the department shall issue a decision on the claim, stating the
part, if any, of the refund allowed and containing a statement of the
reasons for any part of the refund that is denied. The department shall
mail a copy of the decision to the person who filed the claim. If the
person disagrees with a part of the decision, the person may file a
protest and request a hearing with the department. The department
shall mail a copy of the decision to the person who filed the protest. If
the department allows the full amount of the refund claim, a warrant for
the payment of the claim is sufficient notice of the decision.
(c) If the person disagrees with any part of the department's
decision, the person may appeal the decision, regardless of whether or
not the person protested the tax payment or whether or not the person
has accepted a refund. The person must file the appeal with the tax
court. The tax court does not have jurisdiction to hear a refund appeal
suit, if:
(1) the appeal is filed more than ninety (90) days after the later of
the date the department mails:
(A) the decision of denial of the claim to the person; or
(B) the decision made on the protest filed under subsection
(b); or
(2) the appeal is filed both before the decision is issued and
before the one hundred eighty-first day after the date the person
files the claim for refund with the department.
(d) The tax court shall hear the appeal de novo and without a jury,
and after the hearing may order or deny any part of the appealed
refund. The court may assess the court costs in any manner that it feels
is equitable. The court may enjoin the collection of any of the listed
taxes under IC 33-26-6-2. The court may also allow a refund of taxes,
interest, and penalties that have been paid to and collected by the
department.
(e) With respect to the motor vehicle excise tax, this section applies
only to penalties and interest paid on assessments of the motor vehicle
excise tax. Any other overpayment of the motor vehicle excise tax is
subject to IC 6-6-5.
(f) If a taxpayer's federal income tax liability for a taxable year is
modified by the Internal Revenue Service, and the modification would
result in a reduction of the tax legally due, the due date by which the
taxpayer must file a claim for refund with the department is the later of:
(1) the date determined under subsection (a); or
(2) the date that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the date on
which the taxpayer is notified of the modification by the Internal
Revenue Service.
(g) If an agreement to extend the assessment time period is entered
into under IC 6-8.1-5-2(h), the period during which a person may file
a claim for a refund under subsection (a) is extended to the same date
to which the assessment time period is extended.
