8 CSR 10-4.080 - Joint Accounts
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes how joint accounts will be established and the consequences of that action. This rule implements section 288.100, RSMo. This rule was previously known as regulation no. 17.
(1) Any employer may make application in
writing to the division to participate in a joint account with one (1) or more
other employers.
(2) The division
shall approve those applications that meet the requirements of this
rule.
(3) Any application to
participate in a joint account must be filed by the first day of April of the
calendar year in which the applicant-employer's membership in the joint account
is to become effective. In addition, all contributions, interest and penalties
due from the applicant-employer must be paid prior to the division approving
the applicant-employer's membership in the joint account.
(4) All such applications shall be accepted
only on the condition that the applicant waives all rights to its individual
employer account under the law when the division approves the application and
merges its individual account in a joint account for experience rating
purposes.
(5) Each
applicant-employer shall agree to assume joint and several liability for any
contributions, interest and penalties accruing on the part of any one of the
employers participating in the joint account during the duration of the account
in consideration for the division granting the applicant-employer the right to
participate in it.
(6) Each
employer participating in a joint account agrees to maintain a sufficient
record of its own employment in order that the employer can furnish the
division with information necessary to enable the division to make proper
certification to the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the United States Treasury
under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and to enable the division to determine
any benefit charges against the separate account.
(7) No reduced rate of contributions shall be
established for any joint account until each participating employer is
individually eligible for the calculation of a contribution rate.
(8) All joint accounts will be maintained
only on a calendar-year basis and those accounts must be maintained for a
minimum period of two (2) calendar years unless terminated sooner by action of
the division.
(9) All contribution
credits for all employers in a joint account will be calculated together. All
benefit payments chargeable against all employers in a joint account will be
calculated together. The average annual payroll of the joint account will be
the average of the annual payrolls of all employers participating in the
account.
(10) If any individual,
type of organization or employing unit succeeds to the business of an employer
participating in a joint account under conditions which would require the
transfer of any separate account of that employer to the successor, the
successor shall be ipso facto a member of the joint
account.
(11) Withdrawal from a
joint account by any participating employer may be approved if the request for
withdrawal is made in writing to the division on or before December 31 of the
year prior to the year for which the withdrawal is to be effective. The
withdrawing employer, as of the effective date of withdrawal, shall be treated
in all respects as a newly liable employer, regardless of all prior
contributions or benefit payment experience. The remaining employer or
employers shall continue to constitute the joint account. The withdrawal or
termination of all except one (1) member shall not dissolve the joint account,
unless and until that last member shall withdraw or terminate.
(12) Participation in a joint account shall
not affect the right of any employer to terminate its liability, but after
termination, the employer, in all respects, shall be treated as a withdrawing
employer under this rule.
Notes
*Original authority: 288.220, RSMo 1951, amended 1955, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1995.
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