Effective - 01 Jul 2003
143.225. Quarter-monthly remittance, when — deemed filed on time, when — quarter-monthly defined — underpayment penalty, exceptions — electronic funds payment system authorized. — 1. The director of revenue, by regulation, may require an employer to timely remit the unpaid amount required to be deducted and withheld by section 143.191 at the end of any quarter-monthly period, only if the employer was required to deduct and withhold six thousand dollars or more in each of at least two months during the prior twelve months.
2. The director may increase the monthly requirement to more than six thousand dollars or otherwise narrow the application of the quarter-monthly remittance system authorized by this section. The director may not require the remittance of withheld taxes more often than monthly unless authorized by this section.
3. A remittance shall be timely if mailed as provided in section 143.851 within three banking days after the end of the quarter-monthly period or if received by the director or deposited in a depository designated by the director within four banking days after the end of the quarter-monthly period.
4. The unpaid amount shall be after a reduction for the compensation provided by section 143.261. The unpaid amount at the end of a quarter-monthly period shall not include unpaid amounts for any prior quarter-monthly period.
5. For purposes of this section, "quarter-monthly period" means:
(1) The first seven days of a calendar month;
(2) The eighth to fifteenth day of a calendar month;
(3) The sixteenth to twenty-second day of a calendar month; and
(4) The portion following the twenty-second day of a calendar month.
6. (1) In the case of an underpayment of any amount required to be paid pursuant to this section, an employer shall be liable for a penalty in lieu of all other penalties, interest or additions to tax imposed by this chapter for violating this section. The penalty shall be five percent of the amount of the underpayment determined under subdivision (2) of this subsection.
(2) The amount of the underpayment shall be the excess of:
(a) Ninety percent of the unpaid amount at the end of a quarter-monthly period; over
(b) The amount, if any, of the timely remittance for the quarter-monthly period.
7. (1) The penalty with respect to any quarter-monthly period shall not be imposed if the employer's timely remittance for the quarter-monthly period equals or exceeds one-fourth of the average monthly withholding tax liability of the employer for the preceding calendar year. The month of highest liability and the month of lowest liability shall be excluded in computing the average. This subdivision shall apply only to an employer who had a withholding tax liability for at least six months of the previous calendar year.
(2) The penalty shall not be imposed if the employer establishes that the failure to make a timely remittance of at least ninety percent was due to reasonable cause, and not due to willful neglect.
(3) The penalty shall not be imposed against any employer for the first two months the employer is obligated to make quarter-monthly remittance of withholding taxes.
8. Tax amounts remitted under this section shall be treated as payments on the employer's monthly return required by subsection 2 of section 143.221. Tax amounts remitted under this section shall be deemed to have been paid on the last day prescribed for filing the return. The preceding sentence shall apply in computing compensation under section 143.261, interest, penalties and additions to tax and for purposes of all sections of chapter 143, except this section.
9. The director of revenue may prescribe the use of an electronic funds payment system for the payment of withholding taxes by any employer subject to the requirement of quarter-monthly remittance as provided in this section.
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(L. 1983 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 10, A.L. 2003 H.B. 600)
Effective 7-01-03
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title X - Taxation and Revenue
Section 143.005 - Sections 143.181 and 143.471 effective date.
Section 143.009 - Effective date.
Section 143.011 - Resident individuals — tax rates — rate reductions, when.
Section 143.021 - Tax determined by rates in section 143.011 — no tax on taxable income, when.
Section 143.031 - Combined return of husband and wife.
Section 143.051 - Part-year resident.
Section 143.061 - Fiduciaries.
Section 143.071 - Corporations — inapplicable to out-of-state businesses, when.
Section 143.081 - Credit for income tax paid to another state.
Section 143.091 - Meaning of terms.
Section 143.101 - Definitions.
Section 143.111 - Missouri taxable income.
Section 143.113 - Deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, rules.
Section 143.118 - Health care sharing ministry deduction — rulemaking authority.
Section 143.121 - Missouri adjusted gross income.
Section 143.125 - Social Security benefits income tax exemption — amount — rulemaking authority.
Section 143.131 - Missouri standard deduction, when used, amount.
Section 143.141 - Itemized deductions, when authorized, how computed.
Section 143.143 - Provisions of sections 143.131 and 143.141 effective, when.
Section 143.151 - Missouri personal exemptions.
Section 143.161 - Missouri dependency exemptions.
Section 143.171 - Federal income tax deduction, amount, corporate and individual taxpayers.
Section 143.174 - Tax deduction for compensation received as an active duty military member.
Section 143.175 - Military personnel, reserves and inactive duty training, deduction, amount.
Section 143.181 - Missouri nonresident adjusted gross income.
Section 143.201 - Information statement for employee.
Section 143.211 - Credit for tax withheld.
Section 143.221 - Employer's return and payment of tax withheld.
Section 143.251 - Employer's failure to withhold.
Section 143.261 - Compensation.
Section 143.265 - Retirement income, withholding authorized, when.
Section 143.271 - Period for computation of taxable income.
Section 143.281 - Methods of accounting.
Section 143.291 - Adjustments.
Section 143.301 - Transitional adjustments.
Section 143.311 - Missouri taxable income and tax.
Section 143.321 - Exempt associations, trusts, and organizations.
Section 143.331 - Resident estate or trust defined.
Section 143.341 - Missouri taxable income of resident estate or trust.
Section 143.351 - Fiduciary adjustment.
Section 143.361 - Credit for income tax paid to another state.
Section 143.371 - Nonresident estate or trust defined.
Section 143.381 - Missouri taxable income of nonresident estate or trust.
Section 143.401 - General treatment of partners and partnerships.
Section 143.421 - Nonresident partner — adjusted gross income from Missouri sources.
Section 143.431 - Missouri taxable income and tax.
Section 143.433 - No corporate income tax return or other document filing required, when.
Section 143.441 - Corporation defined — corporate tax inapplicable, when.
Section 143.461 - Elective division of income.
Section 143.481 - Persons required to make returns of income.
Section 143.491 - Returns by husband and wife.
Section 143.501 - Returns by fiduciary and partnership.
Section 143.511 - Time and place for filing returns and paying tax, exception.
Section 143.521 - Declarations of estimated tax.
Section 143.531 - Time for filing declaration of estimated tax.
Section 143.541 - Payments of estimated tax.
Section 143.551 - Extension of time for filing and payment.
Section 143.561 - Signing of returns and other documents.
Section 143.571 - Requirements — returns, notices, records, and statements.
Section 143.581 - Partnership returns.
Section 143.591 - Information returns.
Section 143.601 - Report of change in federal taxable income.
Section 143.611 - Examination of return.
Section 143.621 - Assessment final if no protest.
Section 143.641 - Notice of determination after protest.
Section 143.651 - Action of director of revenue final — review.
Section 143.661 - Burden of proof on taxpayer, exceptions.
Section 143.671 - Evidence of related federal determination admissible, when.
Section 143.681 - Mathematical error.
Section 143.691 - Waiver of restriction.
Section 143.701 - Assessment of tax.
Section 143.711 - Limitations on assessment.
Section 143.721 - Recovery of erroneous refund.
Section 143.731 - Interest on underpayments.
Section 143.741 - Failure to file tax returns.
Section 143.751 - Failure to pay tax.
Section 143.761 - Failure to pay estimated income tax.
Section 143.771 - Additions treated as tax.
Section 143.773 - Penalty for filing incomplete or misleading return — procedure.
Section 143.782 - Definitions.
Section 143.787 - Director's duties, forms — rules and regulations, procedure.
Section 143.801 - Limitations on credit or refund.
Section 143.811 - Interest on overpayment.
Section 143.821 - Refund claim.
Section 143.831 - Notice of director's action.
Section 143.841 - Protest of denied claim.
Section 143.851 - Timely mailing.
Section 143.861 - Collection procedures.
Section 143.871 - Income tax claim of other states.
Section 143.881 - Transferees.
Section 143.891 - Jeopardy assessments.
Section 143.901 - Bankruptcy or receivership, claims for deficiency.
Section 143.911 - Attempt to evade or defeat tax, penalty.
Section 143.921 - Failure to collect or pay over tax, penalty.
Section 143.931 - Failure to file return, supply information, pay tax, penalty.
Section 143.941 - False statements, penalty.
Section 143.946 - Prior conviction, effect of.
Section 143.951 - Limitations.
Section 143.961 - Rules and regulations.
Section 143.971 - Returns and forms.
Section 143.986 - Closing agreements.
Section 143.991 - Armed Forces relief provision — Christopher J. Bosche memorial act.
Section 143.996 - Prohibition of legislator representation.
Section 143.998 - Tax return to contain number assigned by director to school district.
Section 143.1000 - Funding — income tax refund, designating authorized amount, when — contributions.
Section 143.1004 - Tax refund may be designated to the Missouri military family relief fund.
Section 143.1006 - Childhood lead testing fund — refund donation designation.
Section 143.1016 - Organ Donor Program fund, designation of refund permitted — director's duties.
Section 143.1020 - Designation of state tax refund to general revenue — transfer of contributions.
Section 143.1029 - Soldiers Memorial Military Museum in St. Louis Fund tax refund designation.
Section 143.1032 - Missouri medal of honor fund tax refund designation.
Section 143.2100 - Definitions — report, contents — rulemaking authority.
Section 143.2110 - Income tax deduction for cargo — amount, claiming procedure.