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18663
. (a) (1) The Franchise Tax Board shall annually (or more
often if necessary) prepare and make available to the Employment
Development Department, wage withholding tables that shall be used by
every employer making payment of any wages to a resident employee
for services performed either within or without this state; or to a
nonresident employee for services performed in this state, to deduct
and withhold from those wages for each payroll period, a tax computed
in a manner as to produce, so far as practicable, with due regard to
the credits for personal exemptions allowable under Section 17054, a
sum that is substantially equivalent to the amount of tax reasonably
estimated to be due under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)
resulting from the inclusion in the gross income of the employee the
wages which were subject to withholding.
(2) For wages paid on or after November 1, 2009, wage withholding
tables prepared by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this
subdivision shall produce, so far as practicable, with due regard to
the credits for personal exemptions allowable under Section 17054, a
sum that will significantly prevent underwithholding by using an
amount equal to 10 percent more than the sum described in paragraph
(1).
(b) (1) (A) For supplemental wages paid on or after January 1,
1992, the rate of withholding that may be applied to supplemental
wages in lieu of the wage withholding tables specified in subdivision
(a) shall be 6 percent.
(B) For supplemental wages paid on or after November 1, 2009, the
rate of withholding shall be 6.6 percent.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "supplemental wages"
includes, but is not limited to, bonus payments, overtime payments,
commissions, sales awards, back pay including retroactive wage
increases, and reimbursements for nondeductible moving expenses that
are paid for the same or a different period, or without regard to a
particular period.
(c) (1) For stock options and bonus payments that constitute wages
paid on or after January 1, 2002, the rate of withholding that may
be applied to those stock options and bonus payments in lieu of the
wage withholding tables specified in subdivision (a) shall,
notwithstanding subdivision (b), be 9.3 percent.
(2) For stock options and bonus payments that constitute wages
paid on or after November 1, 2009, the rate of withholding shall be
10.23 percent.