California Code of Regulations
Title 5 - Education
Division 3 - Teachers' Retirement System
Chapter 1 - Teachers' Retirement System
Article 15.5 - Penalties and Interest for Late Remittances and Late and Unacceptable Reporting by Employers
Section 27003 - Assessment of Penalties for Late Reports - Defined Benefit Program

Universal Citation: 5 CA Code of Regs 27003

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) A monthly report received 45 or more calendar days following the month in which the creditable compensation being reported was earned shall be subject to penalties based on the number of calendar days it is late, in an amount equal to the cumulative value of interest accruing on the sum of employer and employee contributions due for the late monthly report compounded daily, based on the regular interest rate in effect that day, until the report is received.

(b) A monthly report that is received after 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the 44th calendar day shall be considered to have been received on the 45th calendar day, and therefore is late.

(c) Those portions of a monthly report that adjust contributions remitted in a prior month shall be aggregated and treated as a report adjusting incorrect contributions. The report shall be late if received after 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the 60th calendar day following discovery by the employer or notification by the system. The penalty for a late report adjusting incorrect contributions shall be the cumulative value of interest accruing on the sum of the absolute value of the change in employer and employee contributions for each employee on the late report compounded daily, based on the regular interest rate in effect that day, until the report is received.

(1) Notification by the system shall be on a form containing the following items of information and shall be delivered to the employer by mail or email: date the notification was mailed or emailed; fiscal year; member client id; member name; reporting source or unit; member code; assignment code; pay rate; pay code; earnings; contribution rate; contribution code; contribution amount; beginning and ending dates of the service period; and the business rule error number.

(2) A final audit report delivered to the employer by mail or email shall constitute notification by the system.

(d) Those portions of a monthly report that adjust incorrect contributions for a month prior to the effective date of this article shall not be subject to the penalties provided for in this section.

(e) Those portions of a monthly report that neither increase nor decrease employer and employee contributions for an employee shall not be subject to the penalties provided for in this section.

(f) Those portions of a monthly report that adjust contributions remitted in a prior month shall not be subject to the penalties provided for in this section if all of the following are true:

(1) The adjustments are made for all members of a class of employees;

(2) The adjustments are made pursuant to a written employment agreement with an employer or with an exclusive representative entered into by an employer, pursuant to Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code;

(3) The adjustments become effective contemporaneously with the effective date of the written employment agreement or the effective date of the provision in the agreement providing for future increases in compensation; and

(4) The adjustments are reported to the system within 90 days of the effective date of the written employment agreement or the effective date of the provision in the agreement providing for future increases in compensation.

(g) Those portions of a monthly report that are otherwise late shall not be subject to the penalties provided for in this section during the following periods of time:

(1) The period of time beginning on the date an application for workers' compensation is filed with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board until the date compensation is awarded, if the awarded compensation increases the amount of contributions due for that period of time. The portions of a monthly report that are exempt under this subdivision shall be due 30 calendar days immediately following the month in which compensation is awarded and shall be subject to the penalties provided for in this section beginning on the 45th calendar day.

(2) Any period of time that directly results from the operation of a state or federal statute or regulation which requires a retroactive change in the creditable compensation paid to a member for prior service, if that retroactive change results in a change in the amount of contributions due for that period of time. The portions of a monthly report that are exempt under this subdivision shall be due 30 calendar days immediately following the month in which the period of time expires and shall be subject to the penalties provided for in this section beginning on the 45th calendar day.

(h) For an employee employed as a substitute teacher, or on a part-time basis or a full-time basis with an additional part-time position, those portions of a monthly report for the substitute or part-time position that are otherwise late shall not be subject to the penalty and interest assessed on a late report provided for in subdivision (a) of this section if all of the following are true:

(1) The date the substitute or part-time position is paid matches the pay date on a published salary schedule for that position; and

(2) The pay date is no more than 31 calendar days following the last day of the month in which the compensation being reported was earned; and

(3) The applicable portions of the report are received no later than 44 calendar days following the pay date.

1. New section filed 4-2-2012; operative 7-1-2012 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4 (Register 2012, No. 14).

Note: Authority cited: California Constitution, Article XVI, Section 17; and Sections 22207, 22213, 22214, 22250 and 22305, Education Code. Reference: Sections 23004, 23006 and 23008, Education Code.

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