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§ 11-10-540. Extended benefits -- Financing

AR Code § 11-10-540 (2018) (N/A)
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(a) (1) (A) There is imposed an additional tax on every employer as defined in § 11-10-209 except an employer electing reimbursement under § 11-10-713 or an employer required to reimburse under § 11-10-404 of one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) on taxable wages to defray the cost of extended benefits.

(B) This extended benefit tax shall not be credited to the separate account of an employer but shall be paid into the Unemployment Compensation Fund Extended Benefits Account.

(2)

(A) The payment of this tax shall be suspended for any rate year when the assets in this account, excluding any extended benefit taxes not yet paid, on the computation date are more than two-tenths of one percent (0.2%) of total payrolls for employment during the preceding calendar year.

(B) "Total payrolls", for the purposes of this section, shall exclude payrolls of employers who have elected to reimburse the fund in lieu of contributions under § 11-10-404 or § 11-10-713.

(C)

(i) For the purposes of this section, the "assets in this account" as of the computation date shall include only extended benefit tax payments which were paid on or before June 30, the computation date.

(ii) It shall include any accounts receivable from the United States for its share of extended benefit payments that have been paid from the fund and any accounts receivable from nonprofit employers who have elected to reimburse the fund for benefits paid.

(b) Extended benefits paid to an eligible individual shall not be charged to the separate account of each employer in the base period but shall be charged against the account.

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§ 11-10-540. Extended benefits -- Financing