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INCOME TAX ON EMPLOYEES

SEC. 2. (a) In addition to other taxes, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the income of every employee a tax equal to the following percentages of so much of the compensation of such employee as is not in excess of $300 for any calendar month, earned by him after December 31, 1936—

1. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1937, 1938, and 1939, the rate shall be 234 per centum;

2. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1940, 1941, and 1942, the rate shall be 3 per centum;

3. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1943, 1944, and 1945, the rate shall be 34 per centum;

4. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1946, 1947, and 1948, the rate shall be 32 per centum;

5. With respect to compensation earned after December 31, 1948, the rate shall be 334 per centum;

(b) The tax imposed by this section shall be collected by the employer of the taxpayer by deducting the amount of the tax from the compensation of the employee as and when paid. If an employee is paid compensation by more than one employer with respect to any calendar month, then, under regulations made under this Act, the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may prescribe the proportion of the tax to be deducted by each employer from the compensation paid by him to the employee with respect to such month. Every employer required under this subsection to deduct the tax is hereby made liable for the payment of such tax and shall not be liable to any person for the amount of any such payment.

(c) If more or less than the correct amount of tax imposed by this section is paid with respect to any compensation payment, then, under regulations made under this Act by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, proper adjustments, with respect both to the tax and the amount to be deducted, shall be made, without interest, in connection with subsequent compensation payments to the same employee by the same employer.

EXCISE TAX ON EMPLOYERS

SEC. 3. (a) In addition to other taxes, every employer shall pay an excise tax, with respect to having individuals in his employ, equal to the following percentages of so much of the compensation as is not in excess of $300 for any calendar month paid by him to any employee for services rendered to him after December 31, 1936: Provided, however, That if an employee is paid compensation by more than one employer with respect to any such calendar month, the tax imposed by this section shall apply to not more than $300 of the aggregate compensation paid to said employee by all said employers with respect to such calendar month, and each such employer shall be liable for that proportion of the tax with respect to such compensation which his payment to the employee with respect to such calendar month bears to the aggregate compensation paid to such employee by all employers with respect to such calendar month:

1. With respect to compensation paid to employees for services rendered during the calendar years 1937, 1938, and 1939, the rate shall be 234 per centum;

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2. With respect to compensation paid to employees for services rendered during the calendar years 1940, 1941, and 1942, the rate shall be 3 per centum;

3. With respect to compensation paid to employees for services rendered during the calendar years 1943, 1944, and 1945, the rate shall be 314 per centum;

4. With respect to compensation paid to employees for services rendered during the calendar years 1946, 1947, and 1948, the rate shall be 32 per centum;

5. With respect to compensation paid to employees for services rendered after December 31, 1948, the rate shall be 334 per centum.

(b) If more or less than the correct amount of the tax imposed by this section is paid with respect to any compensation payment, then, under regulations made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, proper adjustments with respect to the tax shall be made, without interest, in connection with subsequent excise-tax payments made by the same employer.

REFUNDS AND DEFICIENCIES

SEC. 4. If more or less than the correct amount of the tax imposed by section 2 (a) or 3 (a) of this Act is paid or deducted with respect to any compensation payment and the overpayment or underpayment of the tax cannot be adjusted under section 2 (c) or 3 (b), the amount of the overpayment shall be refunded, or the amount of the underpayment shall be collected in such manner and at such times (subject to the statute of limitations properly applicable thereto) as may be prescribed by regulations under this Act as made by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury.

INCOME TAX ON EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES

SEC. 5. In addition to other taxes, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon the income of each employee representative a tax equal to the following percentages of so much of the compensation of such employee representative as is not in excess of $300 for any calendar month, earned by him after December 31, 1936:

1. With respect to compensation earned during the calender years 1937, 1938, and 1939, the rate shall be 52 per centum;

2. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1940, 1941, and 1942, the rate shall be 6 per centum;

3. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1943, 1944, and 1945, the rate shall be 62 per centum;

4. With respect to compensation earned during the calendar years 1946, 1947, and 1948, the rate shall be 7 per centum;

5. With respect to compensation earned after December 31, 1948, the rate shall be 72 per centum.

The compensation of an employee representative for the purpose of ascertaining the tax thereon shall be determined in the same manner and with the same effect as if the employee organization by which such employee representative is employed were an employer as defined in section 1 (a) of this Act.

DEDUCTIBILITY FROM INCOME TAX

SEC. 6. For the purposes of the income tax imposed by title I of the Revenue Act of 1936 or by any Act of Congress in substitution therefor, the taxes imposed by sections 2 and 5 of this Act shall not be allowed as a deduction to the taxpayer in computing his net income.

COLLECTION AND PAYMENT OF TAXES

SEC. 7. (a) The taxes imposed by this Act shall be collected by the Bureau of Internal Revenue and shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States as internal-revenue collections.

(b) The taxes imposed by this Act shall be collected and paid quarterly or at such other times and in such manner and under such conditions not inconsistent with this Act as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. If a tax imposed by this Act is not paid when due, there shall be added as part of the tax (except in the case of adjustments made in accordance with the provisions of this Act) interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum from the date the tax became due until paid.

(c) All provisions of law, including penalties, applicable with respect to any tax imposed by section 600 or section 800 of the Revenue Act of 1926, and the provisions of section 607 of the Revenue Act of 1934, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be applicable with respect to the taxes imposed by this Act.

(d) In the payment of any tax under this Act, a fractional part of a cent shall be disregarded unless it amounts to one-half cent or more, in which case it shall be increased to 1 cent.

(e) Any tax paid under this Act by a taxpayer with respect to any period with respect to which he is not liable to tax under this Act shall be credited against the tax, if any, imposed by title VIII of the Social Security Act upon such taxpayer, and the balance, if any, shall be refunded. Any tax paid under title VIII of the Social Security Act by a taxpayer with respect to any period with respect to which he is not liable to tax under such title VIII shall be credited against the tax, if any, imposed by this Act upon such taxpayer, and the balance, if any, shall be refunded.

COURT JURISDICTION

SEO. 8. The several district courts of the United States and the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, respectively, shall have jurisdiction to entertain an application by the Attorney General on behalf of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to compel an employee or other person residing within the jurisdiction of the court or an employer subject to service of process within its jurisdiction to comply with any obligations imposed on such employee, employer, or other person under the provisions of this Act. The jurisdiction herein specifically conferred upon such Federal courts shall not be held exclusive of any jurisdiction otherwise possessed by such courts to entertain actions at law or suits in equity in aid of the enforcement of rights or obligations arising under the provisions of this Act.

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

SEC. 9. (a) The term "employment", as defined in subsection (b) of section 811 of title VIII of the Social Security Act, shall not include service performed by an individual as an employee as defined in section 1 (b) or service performed as an employee representative as defined in section 1 (c).

(b) The Secretary of the Treasury at intervals of not longer than three years shall estimate the reduction in the amount of taxes collected under title VIII of the Social Security Act by reason of the operation of subsection (a) of this section and shall include such estimate in his annual report.

SEPARABILITY

SEO. 10. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.

REPEAL OF PRIOR TAX ACT

SEO. 11. The provisions of this Act are in substitution for the provisions of the Act of August 29, 1935, as amended, entitled "An Act to levy an excise tax upon carriers and an income tax upon their employees, and for other purposes", which is hereby repealed. All moneys payable as and for taxes under such Act of August 29, 1935, and not heretofore paid shall cease to be payable and all proceedings pending for the recovery of any such moneys shall be terminated. All sums paid into the Treasury of the United States as and for taxes under such Act shall be refunded, except so much of the sums so paid as and for taxes with respect to compensation earned after December 31, 1936, as equals the taxes imposed by this Act with respect to the same persons and the same period, and the sums not required to be so refunded shall be retained in the Treasury of the United States and credited on taxes due and payable under this Act. All sums deducted by employers from the compensation of employees as and for taxes under such Act of August 29, 1935, which have not been paid into the Treasury of the United States shall be repaid by such employers to such employees, except so much of the sums so deducted as and for taxes in respect of compensation earned after December 31, 1936, as equals the taxes imposed and required to be deducted by this Act with respect to the same persons and the same period, and the sums not required to be so repaid shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States and thereupon shall be credited on taxes due and payable under this Act. No interest shall be allowed or paid with respect to any sum refunded, credited, or repaid under the provisions of this section.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

SEC. 12. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make and publish such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the enforcement of this Act.

SHORT TITLE

SEO. 13. This Act may be cited as the "Carriers Taxing Act of

Approved, June 29, 1937.

PUBLIC RESOLUTION-NO. 81-76TH CONGRESS]

[CHAPTER 307-3D SESSION]

[H. J. Res. 496]

JOINT RESOLUTION

Providing for more uniform coverage under the Railroad Retirement Acts of 1935 and 1937, the Carriers Taxing Act of 1937, and subchapter B of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (c) of section 1 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, approved June 24, 1937 (50 Stat. 307), is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "Provided further, That an individual not a citizen or resident of the United States shall not be deemed to be in the service of an employer when rendering service outside the United States to an employer who is required under the laws applicable in the place where the service is rendered to employ therein, in whole or in part, citizens or residents thereof; and the laws applicable on August 29, 1935, in the place where the service is rendered shall be deemed to have been applicable there at all times prior to that date."

Subsection (d) of section 1 of said Act is hereby amended by substituting for the proviso therein the following: "Provided, however, That an individual shall not be deemed to be in the employment relation to an employer unless during the last pay-roll period in which he rendered service to it he was with respect to that service in the service of an employer in accordance with subsection (c) of this section."

The amendments in this section shall operate in the same manner and have the same effect as if they had been part of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 when that Act was enacted on June 24, 1937,

SEC. 2. Subsection (c) of section 1 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1935, approved August 29, 1935 (49 Stat. 967), is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "Provided, however, That an individual not a citizen or resident of the United States shall not be deemed to be in the service of a carrier when rendering service outside the United States to a carrier conducting the principal part of its business in the United States if such carrier is required under the laws applicable in the place where the service is rendered to employ therein, in whole or in part, citizens or residents thereof; and the laws applicable on August 29, 1935, in the place where the service is rendered shall be deemed to have been applicable there at all times prior to that date."

Subsection (d) of section 1 of said Act is hereby amended by changing the period at the end thereof to a colon and adding the following: "Provided, however, That an individual shall not be deemed to be in the employment relation to a carrier unless during

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