31.6302(c)-2A—Use of Government depositaries in connection with the railroad unemployment repayment tax.
(a) Effective date.
The provisions of this section apply with respect to the tax imposed by section 3321(a) on rail employers (as defined in section 3323(a)) on wages paid on or after July 1, 1986, during a taxable period.
(b) Requirement—
(1) Rail employers—
Except as provided in this section, every rail employer who is required by section 6157(d) to compute the tax imposed by section 3321(a) on a quarterly basis shall deposit the amount of the tax so computed with respect to a calendar quarter (other than the fourth quarter of a calendar year) with an authorized financial institution on or before the last day of the first calendar month following the close of the calendar quarter.
(ii) Special rule for certain rail employers.
If, for the calendar year prior to the calendar year immediately preceding the current calendar year, the aggregate amount of taxes imposed under sections 3202 and 3221 of the Code (relating to the railroad retirement tax) with respect to an employer equaled or exceeded $1,000,000, such employer shall (except as provided below) deposit his undeposited railroad unemployment repayment tax imposed by section 3321(a) with respect to the current calendar year at the time such tax would otherwise be required to be deposited under this section in the manner set forth in Revenue Procedure 83-90, 1983-2 C.B. 615 (relating to transfers by wire to the Treasury). The funds transfer message described in Revenue Procedure 83-90 (with respect to the railroad retirement tax) shall be completed in the same manner as is prescribed in that Revenue Procedure, except that the amount required by item 12(f) shall be the amount of the railroad unemployment repayment tax (to be labeled as such by the rail employer). Item 12(g) is to be disregarded with respect to the use of the Revenue Procedure for deposits of the railroad unemployment repayment tax. A wire transfer required to be made by a rail employer with respect to the railroad unemployment repayment tax shall be made separately from any wire transfer required to be made with respect to any other tax.
(2) Special rule where accumulated amount does not exceed $100.
The provisions of paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall not apply with respect to any calendar quarter if the amount of tax imposed by section 3321(a) for such calendar quarter as computed under section 6157, plus unpaid amounts for prior calendar quarters within the taxable period, does not exceed $100.
(3) Requirement for deposit in lieu of payment with return.
If the amount of the tax reportable on a return of tax on Form CT-1 for a taxable period (as defined in section 3322(a)) exceeds by more than $100 the sum of the amounts deposited pursuant to paragraph (b)(1) of this section for such taxable period, the rail employer shall, on or before the last day of the first calendar month following the period, deposit the balance of the tax due with a Federal Reserve bank or with an authorized financial institution.
(4) Special rule for third calendar quarter of 1986.
Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this section, every rail employer required by section 6157(d) to compute the tax imposed by section 3321(a) for the third calendar quarter of 1986 shall deposit the tax so computed on or before December 15, 1986, in the manner provided by this section.
(c) Depositary forms.
The provisions of paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 31.6302(c)-2, relating to depositary forms, are incorporated in this § 31.6302(c)-2 A by reference.
[T.D. 8105, 51 FR 40169, Nov. 5, 1986. Redesignated and amended at T.D. 8227, 53 FR 34736, Sept. 8, 1988; T.D. 8952, 66 FR 33832, June 26, 2001]