Section 45605.5 Of Article 5. Miscellaneous From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 23. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 5.
45605.5
. (a) Notwithstanding Article 7 (commencing with Section
706.151) of Chapter 5 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil
Procedure, if the board determines upon receiving information from a
feepayer or other person liable for any amount under this part that
the person's employer withheld earnings for taxes pursuant to Section
45605 and failed to remit the withheld earnings to the board, the
employer shall be liable for the amount not remitted. The board's
determination shall be based on payroll documents or other
substantiating evidence furnished by the person liable for the tax.
(b) Upon its determination, the board shall mail notice to the
employer at its last known address that upon failure to remit the
withheld earnings to the board within 15 days of the date of its
notice to the employer, the employer shall be liable for that amount
which was withheld and not remitted.
(c) If the employer fails to remit the amount withheld to the
board upon notice, that amount for which the employer is liable shall
be determined, collected, and paid as though it were a tax
deficiency. The amount may be assessed at any time prior to seven
years from the first date that the unremitted amount, in the
aggregate, was first withheld. Interest shall accrue on that amount
from the first day that the unremitted amount, in the aggregate, was
first withheld.
(d) When the determination against the employer is final and due
and payable, the person's account shall be immediately credited with
an amount equal to that determined amount as though it were a payment
received by the board on the first date that the unremitted amount,
in the aggregate, was first withheld by the employer.
(e) Collection against the person liable for the tax is stayed for
both the following amount and period:
(1) An amount equal to the amount determined by the board under
subdivision (a).
(2) The earlier of the time the credit is applied to the person's
account pursuant to subdivision (d) or the determination against the
employer is withdrawn or revised and the person is notified by the
board thereof.
(f) If under this section an amount that was withheld and not
remitted to the board is final and due and payable by the employer
and credited to the person's account, this remedy shall be the
exclusive remedy for the person to recover that amount from the
employer.
(g) This section shall apply to determinations made by the board
on or after the effective date of the act adding this section.