§ 31.3211-1 Measure of employee representative tax.§ 31.3211-2 Rates and computation of employee representative tax.§ 31.3211-3 Employee representative supplemental tax.
Amended 1954, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966
- 1966 Pub. L. 89-700 Pub. L. 89–700 substituted “rendered after September 30, 1965” for “rendered after December 31, 1964”, and “(i) $450, or (ii) an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable ‘wages’ as defined in section 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any month after September 30, 1965” for “$400 for any calendar month before the calendar month next following the month in which this provision was amended in 1963, or $450 for any calendar month after the month in which this provision was so amended and before the calendar month next following the calendar month in which this provision was amended in 1965, or (i) $450, or (ii) an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable ‘wages’ as defined in section 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any month after the month in which this provision was so amended”.
- 1966 Pub. L. 89-699 Pub. L. 89–699, § 301(b), (d), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and substituted “14 percent” for “13½ percent” in subd. (3), “14½ percent” for “14 percent” in subd. (4), and “15 percent” for “14½ percent” in subd. (5).
- 1965 Pub. L. 89-212 Pub. L. 89–212 substituted pars. (1) to (5) for former pars. (1) and (2) which imposed a tax equal to 13½ percent of so much of the compensation paid to such employee representative for services rendered by him after the month in which this provision was amended in 1959, and before Jan. 1, 1962, and 14½ percent of so much of the compensation paid to such employee representative for services rendered by him after Dec. 31, 1961, and inserted “and before the calendar month next following the calendar month in which this provision was amended in 1965, or (i) $450, or (ii) an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable ‘wages’ as defined in section 3121, whichever is greater, for any month after the month in which this provision was so amended”.
- 1965 Pub. L. 89-97 Pub. L. 89–97 substituted “the rate of the tax imposed with respect to wages by section 3101(a) at such time exceeds 2¾ percent (the rate provided by paragraph (2) of section 3101 as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1956)” for “the rate of the tax imposed with respect to wages by section 3101 at such time exceeds the rate provided by paragraph (2) of such section 3101 as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1956” and inserted “plus the rate imposed by section 3101(b)” after “section 3101(a)”, respectively.
- 1963 Pub. L. 88-133 Pub. L. 88–133 limited the existing taxable compensation base of $400 to any calendar month before Nov. 1963 and increased such base to $450 for any calendar month after Oct. 1963.
- 1959 Pub. L. 86-28 Pub. L. 86–28 increased the tax from 12½ percent of the compensation not in excess of $350 for any calendar month to 13½ percent of the compensation not in excess of $400 for any calendar month for services rendered before Jan. 1, 1962, and to 14½ percent for services rendered after Dec. 31, 1961, and required an increase in the rate of tax with respect to compensation paid for services rendered after December 31, 1964, by a number of percentage points equal at any given time to twice the number of percentage points by which the rate of tax imposed by section 3101 of this title at such time exceeds the rate provided by par. (2) of such section 3101 as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1956.
- 1954 Act Aug. 31, 1954, substituted “$350” for “$300”.
(a) Tier 1 tax In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on the income of each employee representative a tax equal to the applicable percentage of the compensation received during any calendar year by such employee representative for services rendered by such employee representative. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “applicable percentage” means the percentage equal to the sum of the rates of tax in effect under subsections (a) and (b) of section 3101 and subsections (a) and (b) of section 3111 for the calendar year.
Amended 1973, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2001
- 2001 Pub. L. 107-90 Pub. L. 107–90, § 204(b), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a), which related to imposition of tier 1 and 2 taxes.
- 1990 Pub. L. 101-508 Pub. L. 101–508 substituted “applicable” for “following” before “percentage of the” and provision defining the term “applicable percentage” for provision specifying that in the case of compensation received during 1985 the rate of tax was 14.10 percent, for 1986 or 1987 the rate was 14.30 percent, for 1988 or 1989 the rate was 15.02 percent, and for 1990 or thereafter the rate was 15.30 percent.
- 1983 Pub. L. 98-76 Pub. L. 98–76, § 223, substituted provisions imposing a two tiered tax on each employee representative equal to the percentage of the compensation received during any calendar year by such employee representative for services rendered as is set out in accompanying tables, for provisions that had imposed on each employee representative a tax equal to 12.75 percent plus the sum of the rates of tax imposed with respect to wages by sections 3101(a), 3101(b), 3111(a), and 3111(b) of so much of the compensation paid in any calendar month to such employee representative for services rendered by him as was not in excess of an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable “wage” as defined in section 3121 for any month.
- 1983 Pub. L. 98-76 Pub. L. 98–76, § 211(c), substituted “12.75 percent” for “11.75 percent”.
- 1981 Pub. L. 97-34 Pub. L. 97–34 substituted “11.75” for “9.5”.
- 1976 Pub. L. 94-455 Pub. L. 94–455 substituted “3111(a), and 3111(b)” for “3111(a), 3111(b)”, struck out “of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954” before “of so much of the compensation”, “after September 30, 1973,” after “rendered by him”, “of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954” after “as defined in section 3121”, and “after September 30, 1973” after “for any month”.
- 1975 Pub. L. 94-93 Pub. L. 94–93 inserted “in any calendar month” after “compensation paid”.
- 1973 Pub. L. 93-69 Pub. L. 93–69 substituted new tax rate provisions on income of employee representatives for services rendered after Sept. 30, 1973, for former provisions which prescribed 12½, 13, 14, 14½, and 15 percent on income for services rendered after Sept. 30, 1965, Dec. 31, 1965, Dec. 31, 1966, Dec. 31, 1967, and Dec. 31, 1968, respectively, as is not in excess of (i) $450, or (ii) an amount equal to one-twelfth of the current maximum annual taxable “wages” as defined in section 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever is greater, for any month after September 30, 1965: Provided, That the rate of tax imposed by this section shall be increased, with respect to compensation paid for services rendered after September 30, 1965, by a number of percentage points (including fractional points) equal at any given time to twice the number of percentage points (including fractional points) by which the rate of the tax imposed with respect to wages by section 3101(a) plus the rate imposed by section 3101(b) at such time exceeds 2¾ percent (the rate provided by paragraph (2) of section 3101 as amended by the Social Security Amendments of 1956).
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(b) Tier 2 tax In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on the income of each employee representative a tax equal to the percentage determined under section 3241 for any calendar year of the compensation received during such calendar year by such employee representative for services rendered by such employee representative.
Amended 1966, 1970, 2001, 2014
- 2014 Pub. L. 113-295 Pub. L. 113–295 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) consisted of pars. (1) and (2) establishing the tier 2 tax and its applicable percentage.
- 2001 Pub. L. 107-90 Pub. L. 107–90, § 204(b), added subsec. (b).
- 2001 Pub. L. 107-90 Pub. L. 107–90, § 203(a), struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: “In addition to other taxes, there is hereby imposed on the income of each employee representative a tax at a rate equal to the rate of excise tax imposed on every employer, provided for in section 3221(c), for each man-hour for which compensation is paid to him for services rendered as an employee representative.”
- 1970 Pub. L. 91-215 Pub. L. 91–215 substituted the rate of excise tax imposed on every employer under section 3221(c) of this title for a flat 2-cents per man hour tax as the rate for additional taxes imposed on the income of employee representatives for each man hour of compensation paid.
- 1966 Pub. L. 89-699 Pub. L. 89–699, § 301(d), added subsec. (b).
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(c) Cross reference For application of different contribution bases with respect to the taxes imposed by subsections (a) and (b), see section 3231(e)(2).
Amended 2001
- 2001 Pub. L. 107-90 Pub. L. 107–90, § 204(b), added subsec. (c).