Remittances of taxes; income tax withholding; failure to remit tax; penalties; disposition of money not paid to department; allocation of payment.

MCL 205.19

in effect

205.19. Remittances of taxes; income tax withholding; failure to remit tax; penalties; disposition of money not paid to department; allocation of payment. Sec. 19. (1) All remittances of taxes administered by this act shall be made to the department payable to the state of Michigan by bank draft, check, cashier's check, certified check, money order, cash, or electronic funds transfer. The money received shall be credited as provided by law. A remittance other than cash or electronic funds transfer shall not be a final discharge of liability for the tax assessed and levied until the instrument remitted has been honored. The department may accept major credit cards or debit cards, or both, for payment. For taxes paid by credit or debit card, or both, the department may add a processing fee; however, the fee shall not exceed the charges that the state incurs because of the use of the credit or debit card, or both. (2) For reporting periods beginning after August 31, 1991, a taxpayer other than a city or a county who paid in the immediately preceding calendar year an average of $40,000.00 or more per month in income tax withholding pursuant to the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.713, shall deposit Michigan income tax withholding either in the same manner and according to the same schedule as deposits of federal income tax withholding or in another manner that has been approved by the department. (3) For failure to remit a tax administered by this act with a negotiable remittance, the following penalty may be added in addition to any other penalties imposed by this act: (a) For notices of intent to assess issued on or before February 28, 2003, 25% of the tax due. (b) For notices of intent to assess issued after February 28, 2003, $50.00. (4) The department may require that all money collected by the taxpayer for taxes administered by this act that has not been paid to the department is public money and the property of this state, and shall be held in trust in a separate account and fund for the sole use and benefit of this state until paid over to the department. (5) For tax years after the 1995 tax year for which taxes are collected under an agreement entered into pursuant to section 9 of chapter 1 of the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.509, if a taxpayer pays, when filing his or her annual return, an amount less than the sum of the declared tax liability under the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.501 to 141.787, and the declared tax liability under the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.713, and if there is no indication of the allocation of payment between the tax liabilities against which the payment should be applied, the amount paid shall first be applied against the taxpayer's tax liability under the city income tax act, 1964 PA 284, MCL 141.501 to 141.787, and any remaining amount of the payment shall be applied to the taxpayer's tax liability under the income tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.1 to 206.713. The taxpayer's designation of a payee on a payment is not a dispositive determination of the allocation of that payment under this subsection. Add. 1980, Act 162, Eff. Sept. 17, 1980; Am. 1986, Act 58, Eff. May 1, 1986; Am. 1991, Act 83, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1991; Am. 1996, Act 479, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1996; Am. 2002, Act 657, Imd. Eff. Dec. 23, 2002; Am. 2011, Act 76, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2011 [Compiler] Enacting section 4 of Act 162 of 1980 provides: [Compiler] "Section 4. This amendatory act shall take effect 90 days after signature by the Governor. All new appeals from an assessment, decision or order of the department shall be made to the tax tribunal effective with the effective date of this act. An appeal to the state board of tax appeals filed prior to the effective date of this act shall proceed as follows: [Compiler] "(a) A matter which has not been heard on or before January 1, 1981, shall be transferred to the tax tribunal as of January 1, 1981. [Compiler] "(b) A matter which has been heard on or before January 1, 1981 shall be completed by the board and a decision issued before December 31, 1981. [Compiler] "(c) An appeal having been filed in any court of record in this state prior to January 1, 1981 shall proceed in those courts until a decision is rendered. Appeals filed after January 1, 1981 shall be in accordance with this amendatory act." [Compiler] Act 138 of 1981 purported to amend enacting sections 3 and 4 of Act 162 of 1980 to read as follows: [Compiler] "Section 3. Sections 7, 8, and 9 of Act No. 122 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, being sections 205.7, 205.8, and 205.9 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, are repealed effective September 30, 1982. [Compiler] "Section 4. (1) This amendatory act shall take effect September 16, 1980. All new appeals from an assessment, decision or order of the department shall be made to the tax tribunal effective September 16, 1980. An appeal to the state board of tax appeals filed prior to September 16, 1980 shall proceed as follows: [Compiler] "(a) A matter which has not been heard, and submitted to the board for decision, on or before January 1, 1982 shall be transferred to the tax tribunal as of January 1, 1982. [Compiler] "(b) A matter which has been heard, and submitted to the board for decision, on or before January 1, 1982 shall be completed and a decision issued before September 30, 1982. [Compiler] "(2) An appeal having been filed in any court of record in this state prior to January 1, 1981 shall proceed in those courts until a decision is rendered. Appeals filed after January 1, 1981 shall be in accordance with this amendatory act." [Compiler] However, the provisions of Act 162 of 1980 had already taken effect prior to October 29, 1981, the effective date of Act 138 of 1981. [Compiler] Enacting sections 2 and 3 of Act 58 of 1986 provide: [Compiler] "Section 2. The changes in penalties and interest affected by this amendatory act shall take effect July 1, 1986. [Compiler] "Section 3. Except for section 31 and the provisions of enacting section 2, this amendatory act shall take effect May 1, 1986." [PopularName] Revenue Act

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