New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 11 - LABOR AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION
Chapter 3 - EMPLOYMENT SECURITY
Part 300 - CLAIMS ADMINISTRATION
Section 11.3.300.323 - VOLUNTARY WITHHOLDING OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The department shall provide each claimant filing a new claim for benefits with the following information in documented form:
B. Amounts deducted and withheld from benefits shall remain in the unemployment compensation fund until transferred to the internal revenue service as a payment of income tax.
C. The department shall follow all procedures specified by the United States department of labor and the internal revenue service pertaining to the deducting and withholding of federal income tax.
D. Amounts shall be deducted and withheld for the purpose of federal income tax payments only after amounts are deducted and withheld for any overpayments of benefits, child support obligations and food stamp over-issuances required to be deducted and withheld under the Unemployment Compensation Law.