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175.1105 AMENDED RETURNS.
(a) Where necessary, an amended return must be filed in order to report additional income and pay any additional tax due, or claim a refund of tax overpaid, subject to the requirements, limitations, or both, contained in Sections 175.1701 to 175.1703, inclusive, and Section 175.1901 hereof. Such amended return shall be on a form obtainable on request from the Administrator. A taxpayer may not change the method of accounting or apportionment of net profits after the due date for filing the original return.
(b) Within three months from the final determination of any Federal tax liability affecting the taxpayer's Municipal tax liability, such taxpayer shall make and file an amended return showing income subject to the Municipality's tax based upon such final determination of Federal tax liability, and pay any additional tax shown due thereon or make claim for refund of any overpayment.
(Ord. 1021. Passed 8-21-67.)
PAYMENT OF TAX
175.1301 PAYMENT ON FILING.
(a) The taxpayer making a return shall, at the time of filing thereof, pay to the
Administrator the amount of taxes shown as due thereon, provided that:
(1) Where any portion of the tax so due shall have been deducted at the source pursuant to the provisions of Section 175.1302 hereof, or,
(2) Where any portion of the tax shall have been paid by the taxpayer pursuant to the provisions of Section 175.1303 hereof or,
(3) Where an income tax has been paid on the same income to another municipality, credit for the amount so deducted or paid, or credit to the extent provided for in Section 175.1901, shall be deducted from the amount shown to be due and only the balance, if any, shall be due and payable at the time of filing the return.
(b) A taxpayer who has overpaid the amount of tax to which the Municipality is entitled under the provisions of this chapter may have such overpayment applied against any subsequent liability hereunder or, at his election, indicated on the return, such overpayment, or part thereof, shall be refunded provided that no additional taxes or refunds of less than one dollar ($1.00) shall be collected or refunded.
(Ord. 71-50. Passed 12-20-71.)
(c) If an employer which is liable for tax obligations imposed by this chapter undergoes a fundamental change, then the employer and its manager shall be liable for taxes due up to the date of the fundamental change. Taxes and final tax returns shall be due immediately after the fundamental change. Any successor employer shall withhold from any purchase price that the successor owes to the predecessor an amount sufficient to pay all unpaid taxes, interest and penalty which the predecessor employer owes pursuant to this chapter. The successor employer shall make such withholding until such time that the predecessor employer has paid such taxes, interest and penalties. If the successor fails to withhold such amount, then the successor and, in a personal manner, the successor's manager shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of such taxes, interest and penalty.
(Ord. 84-41. Passed 12-17-84.)
175.1302 COLLECTION AT SOURCE .
(a) In accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Administrator, each employer within or doing business within the Municipality shall deduct, at the time of the payment of such salary, wages, commission or other compensation, the amount of tax levied by Section on the gross salaries, wages, commissions or other compensation due by the employer to the employee, and shall, on or before the last day of each month, make a return and pay to the Administrator the amount of taxes so deducted during the previous month. However, if the amount of the tax so deducted by any employer in any one month is less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), the employer may defer the filing of a return and payment of the amount deducted until the last day of the month following the end of the calendar quarter in which such month occurred. (Ord. 2010-02. Passed 3-15-10.)
(b) The returns shall be on a form or forms prescribed or acceptable to the Administrator and shall be subject to the rules and regulations prescribed therefor by the Administrator. Such employer shall be liable for the payment of the tax required to be deducted and withheld whether or not such taxes have, in fact, been withheld.
(c) Such employer in collecting the tax shall be deemed to hold the same until payment is made by such employer to the Municipality as a trustee for the benefit of the Municipality and any such tax collected by such employer from his employees shall, until the same is paid to the Municipality be deemed a trust fund in the hands of such employer.
(d) No person shall be required to withhold the tax on wages or other compensation paid domestic servants employed by him exclusively in or about such person's residence, even though such residence is in the Municipality but such employee shall be subject to all of the requirements of this chapter.
(Ord. 71-50. Passed 12-20-71.)
(e) Manager's Obligation.
(1) Every manager is deemed to be a trustee of this Municipality in collecting and holding the tax required under this chapter to be withheld and the funds so collected by such withholding are deemed to be trust funds. Every manager is liable directly to this Municipality for payment of such trust, whether actually collected by such employer or not. Any tax deducted and withheld is to be considered paid to this Municipality, whether or not the employer actually remits the tax to this Municipality, for purposes of determining employee payments or credits.
(2) All managers shall be personally liable to the extent of the tax, interest and penalty, jointly and severally, for failure to file the employer's return or to pay the employer's tax interest and penalty as required under this chapter.
(3) No change in structure by an employer, including a fundamental change, discharges its managers from liability for the employees' or manager's failure to remit funds held in trust, to file a tax return or to pay taxes.
(Ord. 84-41. Passed 12-17-84.)
175.1303 DECLARATION OF INCOME NOT COLLECTED AT SOURCE.
Every person shall file a declaration setting forth estimated taxable income, including distributive shares of net profits of unincorporated business entities, estimated to be earned by the taxpayer during the current tax year, together with the estimated tax due thereon, less the tax withheld within the Municipality and less the tax credit allowed in Section 175.1901 hereof.
(Ord. 71-50. Passed 12-20-71.)
175.1304 TIME OF FILING.
(Ord. 2005-05. Passed 1-24-05.)
(b) Except as provided in this section, every person shall file a declaration setting forth taxable income, including distributive shares of net profits of unincorporated business entities, estimated to be earned during the current tax year, together with the estimated tax due thereon, less the amount withheld within the Municipality and less the tax credit allowed in Section 175.1901, unless the entire taxable income is subject to withholding within the Municipality as provided in this chapter. If the estimated tax for the current year, less the tax to be withheld and less such tax credit, amounts to not more than ten dollars ($10.00), no declaration of payment of estimated tax is required.
(Ord. 73-41. Passed 11-19-73.)
175.1305 FORM OF DECLARATION.
(a) The declaration required by Section 175.1303 shall be filed upon a form furnished by or obtainable from the Administrator. As provided in Section 175.1303 hereof, credit shall be taken for Municipal tax to be withheld from any portion of such income and credit shall be taken for tax to be paid or withheld and remitted to another taxing municipality, in accordance with the provision of Section 175.1901.
(b) The original declaration or any subsequent amendment thereof may be increased or decreased on or before any subsequent quarterly payment date as provided for herein.
Effective January 1, 2005, the declaration of estimated tax to be paid the Municipality by taxpayers who are individuals shall be accompanied by a payment of at least one-fourth (1/4) of the declaration amount and at least a similar amount shall be paid on or before July 31st and October 31st of the taxable year, and January 31st of the following year.
Effective January 1, 2005, such declaration of estimated tax to be paid to the Municipality by corporations and associations shall be accompanied by a payment of at least one-fourth (1/4) of the declaration amount and at least a similar amount shall be paid on or before June 15th, September 15th and December 15th. In the case of a fiscal year taxpayer the second, third and fourth quarterly estimated payments shall be due on the fifteenth day of the sixth, ninth, and twelfth months of the taxable year, respectively.
However, in case an amended declaration has been filed, the unpaid balance shown due thereon shall be paid in equal installments on or before the remaining payment date or dates.
(Ord. 2005-20. Passed 7-18-05.)
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