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§ 27-7-307. Employer and certain persons owning stock of corporations or interest in limited liability companies with thirty-five or less owners liable for amounts required to be withheld.
 

Every employer shall be liable for amounts required to be deducted and withheld by this article regardless of whether or not the amounts were in fact deducted and withheld, except that if the employer fails to deduct and withhold the required amounts and if the tax against which the required amounts would have been credited is paid, the employer shall not be liable for those amounts not deducted and withheld if such failure was due to reasonable cause. 
 

Persons owning stock of ten percent (10%) or more of the total of corporations or ten percent (10%) interest in limited liability companies with thirty-five (35) or less owners and exercising responsibilities for fiscal management of such corporation shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts withheld or required to be withheld under this article, including interest and penalties thereon, when such amounts become due and unpaid to the extent that such amounts accrued while such person was exercising responsibilities for fiscal management. The commissioner shall make assessments against and effect collection from said persons pursuant to the provisions of this article for the making of withholding tax determinations against employers. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 9220-64; Laws,  1968, ch. 580, § 4; Laws, 1977, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 391, § 7; Laws, 1994, ch. 503, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 346, § 4, eff from and after January 1, 1995.
 

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-27 > 7 > 27-7-307

§ 27-7-307. Employer and certain persons owning stock of corporations or interest in limited liability companies with thirty-five or less owners liable for amounts required to be withheld.
 

Every employer shall be liable for amounts required to be deducted and withheld by this article regardless of whether or not the amounts were in fact deducted and withheld, except that if the employer fails to deduct and withhold the required amounts and if the tax against which the required amounts would have been credited is paid, the employer shall not be liable for those amounts not deducted and withheld if such failure was due to reasonable cause. 
 

Persons owning stock of ten percent (10%) or more of the total of corporations or ten percent (10%) interest in limited liability companies with thirty-five (35) or less owners and exercising responsibilities for fiscal management of such corporation shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts withheld or required to be withheld under this article, including interest and penalties thereon, when such amounts become due and unpaid to the extent that such amounts accrued while such person was exercising responsibilities for fiscal management. The commissioner shall make assessments against and effect collection from said persons pursuant to the provisions of this article for the making of withholding tax determinations against employers. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 9220-64; Laws,  1968, ch. 580, § 4; Laws, 1977, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 391, § 7; Laws, 1994, ch. 503, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 346, § 4, eff from and after January 1, 1995.
 


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Mississippi > Title-27 > 7 > 27-7-307

§ 27-7-307. Employer and certain persons owning stock of corporations or interest in limited liability companies with thirty-five or less owners liable for amounts required to be withheld.
 

Every employer shall be liable for amounts required to be deducted and withheld by this article regardless of whether or not the amounts were in fact deducted and withheld, except that if the employer fails to deduct and withhold the required amounts and if the tax against which the required amounts would have been credited is paid, the employer shall not be liable for those amounts not deducted and withheld if such failure was due to reasonable cause. 
 

Persons owning stock of ten percent (10%) or more of the total of corporations or ten percent (10%) interest in limited liability companies with thirty-five (35) or less owners and exercising responsibilities for fiscal management of such corporation shall be jointly and severally liable for amounts withheld or required to be withheld under this article, including interest and penalties thereon, when such amounts become due and unpaid to the extent that such amounts accrued while such person was exercising responsibilities for fiscal management. The commissioner shall make assessments against and effect collection from said persons pursuant to the provisions of this article for the making of withholding tax determinations against employers. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 9220-64; Laws,  1968, ch. 580, § 4; Laws, 1977, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 391, § 7; Laws, 1994, ch. 503, § 1; Laws, 1995, ch. 346, § 4, eff from and after January 1, 1995.