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270.7001 Continuous levy.

Subdivision 1. Authority. The commissioner may, within five years after the date of assessment of the tax, or if a lien has been filed under section 270.69, within the statutory period for enforcement of the lien, give notice to a person, officer, or political subdivision or agency of the state to withhold the amount of any tax, interest, or penalties due from a taxpayer, or the amount due from an employer or person who has failed to withhold and transmit amounts due from any payments to the taxpayer, employer, or person. The amounts withheld shall be transmitted to the commissioner at the times the commissioner designates.

Subd. 2. Levy continuous. The levy made under subdivision 1 is continuous from the date the notice is received until (1) the amount due stated on the notice has been withheld or (2) the notice has been released by the commissioner under section 270.709, whichever occurs first.

Subd. 3. Amount to be withheld. The amount required to be withheld under this section is the least of:

(1) the amount stated on the notice;

(2) if the taxpayer, employer, or person is not a natural person, 100 percent of the payment;

(3) if the taxpayer, employer, or person is an individual, 25 percent of the payment.

Subd. 4. Payments covered. For purposes of this section, the term payments does not include wages as defined in section 290.92 or funds in a deposit account as defined in section 336.9-105. The term payments does include the following:

(1) payments due for services of independent contractors, dividends, rents, royalties, residuals, patent rights, and mineral or other natural resource rights;

(2) payments or credits under written or oral contracts for services or sales whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, bonus, or otherwise, if the payments are not covered by section 290.92, subdivision 23; and

(3) any other periodic payments or credits resulting from an enforceable obligation to the taxpayer, employer, or person.

Subd. 5. Determination of status; effect. A determination of a person's status as an independent contractor under this section does not affect the determination of the person's status for the purposes of any other law or rule.

HIST: 1993 c 375 art 10 s 9

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