50.04.065 - Common paymaster or pay agent.

Common paymaster or pay agent.

(1) For purposes of this title, "common paymaster" or "common pay agent" means an independent third party who contracts with, and represents, two or more employers, and who files a combined tax report for those employers.

     (2) Common paymaster combined tax reporting is prohibited. "Common paymaster" does not meet the definition of a joint account under RCW 50.24.170.

     (3) A common pay agent or common paymaster is not an employer as defined in RCW 50.04.080 or an employing unit as defined in RCW 50.04.090.

[2007 c 146 § 16.]

Notes: Conflict with federal requirements -- Severability -- 2007 c 146: See notes following RCW 50.04.080.