24.11.2715    DUE DATE AND APPLICATION OF TAXES

(1) Payments are applied to unemployment insurance liabilities as provided in the following order unless bankruptcy proceedings or the department have determined otherwise:

(a) contributions;

(b) special administrative assessment under 39-51-404(3), MCA;

(c) special administrative assessment under 39-51-404(5), MCA;

(d) penalties assessed under 39-51-1301, MCA, for failure to file reports or make payments in a timely manner;

(e) interest; and then

(f) miscellaneous penalties.

(2) Payments submitted with quarterly reports or payment transmittal forms are applied to that quarter and any overpayment is applied to amounts due in other quarters, beginning with the oldest quarter. Any remaining overpayment may only be applied to future unemployment insurance tax obligations or refunded to the employer.

(a) The employer may request that payments be applied to a more recent quarter.

 

History: 39-51-301, 39-51-302, MCA; IMP, 39-51-1103, 39-51-1110, MCA; NEW, 2004 MAR p. 2808, Eff. 11/19/04; AMD, 2018 MAR p. 638, Eff. 4/1/18.