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Section 1118 Of Article 7. Payment Of Reported Contributions From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 7.

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. (a) This section applies only to employers who employ individuals to perform domestic service, as described in Sections 682 and 684.
  (b) Effective July 1, 1997, notwithstanding Section 1088, a domestic service employer shall be authorized to file the report of wages required by Section 1088 by telephone. This does not apply to the filing of Internal Revenue Service Form W-2.
  (c) The department shall notify all domestic service employers of the availability of the telephone reporting system. A domestic service employer shall be required to make an election to report by telephone or by mail. After a domestic service employer elects to report by telephone, the employer is required to report in that mode for the remainder of the calendar year. If a domestic service employer makes this election in the second or subsequent quarter of a calendar year, the employer shall be required to report by telephone for the remainder of the calendar year and for all four quarters of the subsequent calendar year. A domestic service employer who has elected to report by telephone and who is eligible under this subdivision to change the reporting mode shall provide 30 days' notice to the department in order to begin reporting by mail.
  (d) A domestic service employer reporting by telephone shall be required to provide the department with the employer's account number, the social security numbers of all employees, and the wages paid to each employee for the reporting period. The department may request additional information in order to determine the amount of wages that are taxable.
  (e) The department shall compute the contributions owed based upon the wage information reported by the domestic service employer.
  (f) A domestic service employer reporting by telephone shall be permitted to pay the contributions owed by credit card or charge card. The payment shall be subject to the State Payment Card Act (Ch. 2.6 (commencing with Section 6160) of Div. 7, Title 1, Gov. C.).
  (g) If a domestic service employer reporting by telephone does not pay by credit card or charge card, the department shall advise the employer of the due date for the payment and of any penalties and interest that will be charged if a payment is late.